ANDAMAN PARTNERS at Mining Indaba 2025 (III) — Co-Founder Kobus van der Wath Speaks to Mining Weekly

ANDAMAN PARTNERS Co-Founders Kobus van der Wath and Rachel Wu attended Mining Indaba 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa on 3-6 February. At the event, Kobus spoke with Mining Weekly about how ANDAMAN PARTNERS operates and the unique value it provides to clients via its three business units: ANDAMAN Investment, ANDAMAN Advisory and ANDAMAN Trade.

Kobus stated that ANDAMAN PARTNERS is a global cross-border business solutions company that helps businesses expand internationally and scale. The company operates in key markets on the ground with extensive experience and a track record.

Kobus spoke about the experience of attending this year’s Mining Indaba and the current outlook for the mining industry and global commodity markets. He stated, “We are talking to people here about what they can do in Thailand, Vietnam, etc., and that’s where we’ve been for the last 30 years: on the ground advising, transacting, supporting, implementing. We are very focused on strategic intelligence and decision support and going deep, understanding issues and framing solutions. Then it’s about the team, the people you put on the solution for the client. We have strong, capable people.”

Kobus explained the great value of Mining Indaba in providing a barometer of companies’ issues and challenges, their level of awareness of Asia, and how ANDAMAN PARTNERS can position itself to bring value to these companies and help them succeed in Asian markets.

Kobus stated that he expects commodity markets to remain volatile amid tectonic shifts that are taking place, albeit sometimes at a glacial pace. “My prediction,” he concluded, “is that we will have uncertain times and CEOs and boards need to be astute. It will be a tough environment to succeed in, but we need to turn it into an opportunity. From our perspective, the attention Africa is receiving in Asia is increasing…Here in mining Africa and South Africa, we need to look at how Asia can partner across different dimensions.”