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First get the minerals out the ground before beneficiating them

Date Uploaded: June 23 2026 07:30


The latest iteration of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC)’s industrial policy, called the Industrial Development Strategy, proposes taxes on minerals to encourage domestic beneficiation. But beneficiation is, arguably, not the right strategy as the mining sector is struggling with a more basic problem: getting minerals out of the ground in the first place