SA’s ranking in the latest Fraser Institute perception survey of investment attractiveness of destinations around the world for mining companies was little changed, with investors continuing to fret about regulatory uncertainty and the labour environment.In its 2015 annual survey the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute showed SA to have come in at 66th out of 109 destinations ranked on an investment attractiveness index, topped by Western Australia. This was based on 449 responses between mid-September and end-November. The year before, SA was ranked 74th out of 122 destinations, and in 2013 it was 57th out of 112.Narrowing the focus to the continent, SA was placed 11th out of 20 African countries, one behind the Democratic Republic of Congo.In the policy perception index, which measures the attractiveness of mining policies, SA was 78th out of 109 world destinations, compared to 83rd out of 122 in the previous year.Respondents said that if SA had a best-practices mineral policy regime...
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