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ANA reports that the Chamber of Mines (COM) has rejected the view that the mining industry has had a purely negative impact on society in sub-Saharan Africa.
Instead, the organisation said that the industry had been the basis for economic development in SA and many other parts of the developing world. This comes after the chairperson of the Bench Marks Foundation, Bishop Jo Seoka, on Monday said that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region had the worst health and poverty gap on the planet, despite it being a mineral rich resources region. In reply to this criticism, COM spokesperson Memory Johnstone said the mining industry continued to contribute significantly to the SA economy and that it did so not only at a macroeconomic level, but also at local and community levels. She did however acknowledge that the industry’s history “has not always been a proud one” and said it was “seeking a new way forward.”
- Read this report in full at Mining Weekly
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