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This week:
Discounted prices for iron-ore will give local manufacturing the edge.
And, labour law and the JSE regulations narrowed consultation with government, says Amplats.
South Africa won’t have a competitive advantage unless it offers a discounted price for key inputs, such as steel, to the local manufacturing sector, while Iron Mineral Beneficiation Services CEO John Beachy Head agrees that there’s an anomaly with regard to the iron and steel value chain.
IMBS CEO John Beachy Head
Labour law and the regulations of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange prevented Anglo American Platinum from making full disclosure to government of the details of its now-controversial platinum review plan ahead of the formal public announcement.
Amplats CEO Chris Griffith
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