Misplaced export taxes hurt trade

Eskom has had to ask existing ferrochrome producers to extinguish their furnaces during the most serious supply crises, to leave a bit of electricity for the rest of us

13 December 2020 - 00:05 By DUANE NEWMAN and DONALD MACKAY

The cabinet, in its less-than-infinite wisdom, has agreed that SA should consider an export tax on chrome ore, to be imposed next year...

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