WHAT WE DO
Our Company
Ulli is an Africa operating commodities trading and mining company with a focus on copper, chrome, coal and manganese. We operate with a business model focused on growth, expansion and value creation for our shareholders, business partners, and the communities we operate in.
Ulli’s management team has a wealth of commodities trading and mining experience with a track record of success in finding, growing and advancing mineral resources.
Our Business Model
Ulli is uniquely positioned to identify opportunities.
Ulli’s goal is to opportunistically develop high-quality opportunities to fill market gaps.
Ulli’s development strategy is built on the following pillars:
- Developing trading operations that generate scalable, sustainable and risk-adjusted returns.
- Partnering with companies that have proven execution capabilities, well established, and sustainably driven.
- A deep understanding of the global commodities market.
- Engaging in active asset management and value enhancement.
- Adhering to and ensuring strong transparency, sustainability, governance, and reporting norms.
- Implementing robust risk management processes for definite success in all our trading activities.
Our Industry
Our industry is constantly changing and at a very fast pace. With geopolitical power shifts and climate change, prices, policy, technology and stability are regularly being affected.
We regularly consider the global geopolitical climate and macroeconomic trends as well as the socio-economic and political environment for our commodity trading approach. In recent months, price volatility, logistical challenges and an increase in commodity prices had a direct impact on the overall business and increased the industry risks.
Our strategy is also built on sustainable expansion of our trading operations while reducing our carbon footprint. We are strongly exploring opportunities to acquire large, proven assets where we can add significant value.
Our Strategy
Operational excellence
We are focused on operational excellence to achieve targeted performance across our business by fully utilizing our assets, implementing technological developments, firming organizational leadership, and exploring new areas and environments. We operate as a responsible business, focusing on achieving zero harm, minimizing our environmental impact and promoting social inclusion across our operations. We put management systems and processes in place to ensure our operations create sustainable value for our stakeholders.
Maintaining a Strong Balance Sheet
Our focus is on generating strong business cash flows, capital discipline, proactive liability management and maintaining a strong balance sheet. We also review all our investments and trading activities based on our strict capital allocation framework, with a view to maximizing returns for all stakeholders.
Delivering on Constant Growth
We are focused on growing our operations organically by developing greenfield opportunities in our existing portfolio, and by acquiring attractive assets that add value to our portfolio.
Expand Our Reserve and Resources Base
We are looking at ways to expand our R&R base through targeted and disciplined exploration programs. Our exploration teams aim to discover gold deposits in a safe and responsible way, to replenish the resources that support our future growth.