Now is the time to revive South Africa's beneficiation ambitions

Value addition has been punted as an economic priority for decades, yet those hopes have been undermined by SA’s persistent energy and logistics crises

02 February 2025 - 00:00 By Njabulo Sithebe

South Africa has long held grand ambitions to transform its vast mineral resources into higher-value products before shipping them abroad. For the most part, those plans have not materialised, for various reasons. However, we believe the time is right to revive them and devise a comprehensive beneficiation strategy for the nation...

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