Government committed to competitive mining sector: Zuma
Mining in South Africa.
Government remains committed to the creation of a favourable and globally competitive mining sector, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
"The mining industry, one of the job drivers in the New Growth Path, plays a critical role in the socio-economic development of the country," he told Parliament during his state of the nation address.
As part of addressing the triple problem of poverty, inequality, and unemployment, government had developed a beneficiation strategy, which sought to provide opportunities in the downstream part of the minerals sector.
"We remain committed to the creation of a favourable and globally competitive mining sector, and to promote the industry to attract investment and achieve both industrial growth and much-needed transformation," he said.
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