Company profile
Omnia Holdings Limited
Omnia Holdings Limited is a South African-based diversified chemicals group that researches, develops, manufactures, and supplies chemicals, specialised services, and solutions for the agriculture, mining, and chemical application industries. Its Agriculture division supplies granular, liquid, and speciality fertilisers, microbial products, biostimulants including humates, and AgTech solutions. Its Mining division, operating under the BME umbrella, offers its mining services through two sub-brands: BME Blasting Solutions and BME Metallurgy, which provide bulk emulsions, explosives, AXXIS electronic initiating systems, BlastMap software, mobile manufacturing units, and blasting and metallurgical solutions. Its Chemicals division, trading under Protea Chemicals, manufactures and distributes speciality, functional, and effect chemicals across sectors including water care, agri-sciences, industrial chemistry, and life sciences. Omnia Holdings Limited was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Sector
- Manufacturing and industrials / Industrial Engineering Services, Chemicals, Fertilisers Pesticides and Seeds
- Markets
- Sierra Leone, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, Mali, Burkina Faso
- Founded
- 1953
- Ownership
- Public
- Stage
- Large Enterprise
- Capital raised
- $1.3bn
- Revenue
- $1.4bn
- Employees
- 500+
- Business model
- B2B Manufacturing, Transactional
Products and services
Fertilisers, Speciality Fertilisers, Biological Agricultural Products (including Humates, Microbial Products, and Other Biostimulants), Nutriology Crop Solutions, Agtech Innovations, Mining Explosives, Detonators, Mobile Manufacturing Units (mm Us), Blasting Accessories, Mining Chemicals (ore Processing Reagents), Speciality Chemicals, Functional Chemicals, Effect Chemicals, Polymer Distribution
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | Type | Value | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2026 | Solar Industries India acquires Omnia Holdings for R21.8 billion | Corporate Transactions, Natural Resources | $1.3bn | Mali |
Source: Partner Researchers.