South Africa Reclaims Its Mining Status
Resources have tripled their weighting on the JSE over the past decade, and four miners have muscled their way into the Top 10 most valuable companies.
Mining's weighting on the JSE has tripled over the past decade, with four miners now among the exchange's ten most valuable companies, reversing a long period of relative decline for the sector. This shift reflects both commodity price gains and the growing capital intensity of South African resource firms, though it also concentrates index exposure in a cyclical industry sensitive to global demand and domestic policy conditions such as licensing and power supply.
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