Jay Minerals

Working at Plot 1003/4 in the Gidc Estate means you’re probably going to go home with a bit of dust on your shoes. That’s just the nature of dealing with minerals. We’ve been in Phase-iv for a good while now at Jay Minerals, and we’ve seen the estate change quite a bit over the years. Our setup is pretty simple—we have piles of raw materials and the grinders that turn them into what our customers need. It’s not a clean, white-collar environment, and we like it that way. We spend our days checking the grit and the color of whatever we’re processing that week. Sometimes the machines need a bit of extra attention, and you’ll find us covered in grey powder while we fix a belt or a motor. We don’t have a big HR department or a social media manager. Usually, if someone needs something, they just call the office and one of us picks up the phone. It’s a small team, and we all pitch in wherever it’s needed, whether that’s loading a truck or checking the inventory. The sun can get pretty hot on the tin roofs here, but we keep the fans going and stay busy. We aren’t trying to be the biggest company in the world; we just want to make sure the minerals we send out are exactly what people asked for. It’s honest, dusty work, and it keeps us occupied.