South Africa Regains Mining Competitiveness After 10 Years of Power and Logistics Bottlenecks
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 12
South Africa Regains Mining Competitiveness After 10 Years of Power and Logistics Bottlenecks
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 12
South Africa has regained competitiveness in mining, Patrice Motsepe said, crediting joint work between government and business to remove regulatory and operational constraints.
Public-private partnerships targeted the sector's biggest drags—policy uncertainty, vandalism, power outages and logistics bottlenecks—that had weighed on miners for more than a decade.
Ramaphosa's government has worked with business groups including B4SA to improve transport and energy infrastructure and operations, a central effort in the industry's recovery.
The remarks point to a broader turnaround strategy for one of South Africa's key industries after years of structural problems eroded its global standing.
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