NEWS ANALYSIS: SA’s artisanal miners face regulations
A new draft policy unwraps how the state envisions an informal mining sector coming into the mainstream economy
21 June 2021 - 05:05
The first step towards opening SA’s mineral deposits to a much wider number of participants by establishing and legalising an artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has been taken, but there is still a long way to go.
In a country where one in three adults is unemployed, the draft ASM policy to bring an unregulated segment of the economy into a formal contributor of jobs and taxes is an important step...
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