The Minerals Processing and Beneficiation Industries Association of Southern Africa

Advancing Mineral Beneficiation, Waste Recovery, Industrial Development

About MPBIASA

History & Founding

The Minerals Processing and Beneficiation Industries Association of Southern Africa (MPBIASA) was established around 2010 in response to South Africa’s need for more inclusive, locally driven industrialization in the mining and minerals value chain. The founding vision was to champion transformation in a historically exclusive sector and to facilitate a broad-based participation model —especially for emerging SMMEs and marginalised communities. Since its inception, MPBIASA has served as a vital industry body, enabling policy engagement, enterprise development, and stakeholder collaboration aimed at realizing the full economic and social value of mineral resources in the region. MPBIASA is a bona fide affiliate member of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI), ensuring that the organisation is rooted in the

national business ecosystem and aligned with broader economic transformation agendas.

MPBIASA also serves as a strategic value addition partner supporting the growth of beneficiation and mineral waste management across Southern Africa. The association operates as a minerals industrialisation platform facilitating long term commercial collaboration between project developers, investors, technology partners, and regulatory rights holders involved in compliant mineral processing, waste recovery, and mine rehabilitation initiatives.

Through this platform approach, MPBIASA helps structure investable beneficiation, mineral waste recovery, and mine rehabilitation projects aligned with national industrial development priorities.

MPBIASA structures compliant beneficiation, mineral waste recovery, rehabilitation, and industrial revival initiatives through strategic collaboration between industry, government, communities, investors, and technical partners.

National Impact
• 9 Provincial Chapters • Southern Africa Focus • Rehabilitation & Resuscitation Programme • Beneficiation & Waste Recovery Platform • Government & Industry Partnerships • Community-Centered Industrialisation

THE RRP PLATFORM

Rehabilitation Projects • Backfilling • Flood mitigation • Site restoration • Environmental stabilization • Illegal mining mitigation

Resuscitation Projects • Dormant mine revival • Feasibility studies • Regulatory compliance • Investor mobilisation • Legal operational restart

Skills & Industrial Training • Artisanal training • Processing plant engineering • Technical development • Community empowerment

Our Contributions

Industries We Serve!

Minerals-bearing soil and dump material processing

Tailings retreatment • Slag beneficiation • Coal ash processing • Diamond cutting • Jewellery manufacturing • Mine rehabilitation • Waste recovery • Mineral processing

Mine closure and rehabilitation projects

The Rehabilitation & Resuscitation Programme (RRP) is MPBIASA’s flagship initiative—an integrated “cradle-to-grave” solution specifically tailored for the rehabilitation of abandoned, derelict, and legacy mine sites across Southern Africa. This holistic model aligns with national operations such as Vala Umgodi and Vula Umgodi, enabling both environmental restoration and inclusive economic renewal.

The RRP is built around two primary components:

These projects focus on restoring degraded mining landscapes through the strategic use of mineral by- products such as ash, slag material (ASM), waste rock, low-grade sweepings, and tailings—identified and secured in large volumes. Material is selected based on proximity between the source (e.g., dumps or stockpiles) and the destination (e.g., shafts, sinkholes, or excavations) to optimise logistics and impact.

WHY PARTNER WITH MPBIASA

MPBIASA is a strategic industrialisation and rehabilitation platform advancing compliant mineral beneficiation, mine rehabilitation, waste recovery, and inclusive economic development across Southern Africa.

We connect government, industry, investors, technical partners, and communities through structured development initiatives aligned with environmental restoration, industrial growth, and regulatory compliance.

WHY STAKEHOLDERS WORK WITH US

• National footprint across all nine provinces

• Strategic relationships with government, industry, and technical institutions

• Integrated Rehabilitation & Resuscitation Programme (RRP) implementation model

• Beneficiation and mineral waste recovery expertise

• Community-centered industrial and SMME development

• Multi-disciplinary technical and project coordination

• Regulatory and stakeholder alignment across the minerals value chain

PARTNERS WE SUPPORT

Government Departments

Mine rehabilitation, land restoration, flood mitigation, and community development initiatives.

Mining Companies

Mine closure support, rehabilitation implementation, waste beneficiation, and compliance-aligned partnerships.

Investors & Financial Partners

Structured rehabilitation, beneficiation, and industrial development opportunities.

Technical & Research Partners

Applied research, technology integration, innovation, and skills development collaboration.

“Partner with MPBIASA in advancing responsible mineral development, rehabilitation, and inclusive industrial growth.”