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2015

  • Sale of mining rights and associated property to Raubex

  • Letamo placed under care and maintenance

2014

  • Vaal Quarry (Pty) Limited acquired and renamed Letamo Quarry (Pty) Limited

  • Sale of certain business and assets to Raubex

2013

  • Finalisation of a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Transaction resulting in an effective BEE shareholding in excess of 25%

  • Successful conclusion of a share consolidation resulting in 181,300.839 shares in issue with a par value of 19 cents

  • Specific share repurchase of 192,500,000 shares of its own ordinary shares issued

  • Successful conclusion of a share consolidation resulting in 181,300.839 shares in issue with a par value of 19 cents

  • Appointed Mr Jackie Mathebula as an executive director to the Buildmax Board

2012

  • Diesel Power Congo SARLU was established in October 2012

  • Diesel Power Mining (Pty) Limited trading as Diesel Power Botswana was established in October 2012

  • The following entities were disclosed as discontinued operations and disposed off during the period:Watertite (1 March 2011),Benoni Sand and Buildware (31 August 2011),Buildmax Industries including; S.Burde and Kensmark (30 Nov 2011),Columbia DBL (30 November 2011),Cast Industries (31 January 2012)

  • Appointed Ms Gillian Miller as Group Company Secretary

2011

  • The Buildmax Board took the strategic decision to move the Aggregates and Quarries from the Construction Materials unit to the Mining Services business unit

  • Buildmax Board took a strategic decision to dispose of the entities in the Construction Materials business unit

2010

  • Successful completion of rights issue raising R300.5 million

2008

  • Buildco group of companies aquired

  • Diesel Power Open Cast Mining aquired

  • Buildmax repositioned as leading opencast mining group and supplier of contruction materials

  • Buildmax floats 179 million shares on the JSE

  • Brait aquires 24% of Buildmax

2007

  • Verlesha Investments established (previously a member of Buildco)

  • Mystic Blue secures prospecting rights (previously a member of Buildco

2001

  • Columbia DBL established (previously a member of Buildco)

1990

  • Crushco established (previously a member of Buildco)

1980

  • Diesel Power Open Cast Mining established

1979

  • Cast Industries established (previously a member of Buildco)

1978

  • Vukuza Earth Works (previously a member of Buildco)

1973

  • Watertite Guttering established

1970

  • Alfa Sand Works established (previously a member of Buildco)

1961

  • Watson Concrete established

1946

  • Kensmark established

  • S Burde & Co established

1939

  • Wit Deep Sand and Stone established (previously a member of Buildco)

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