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Export Tax and the Future of South Africa’s Ore Economy: Chrome and Manganese in the Spotlight

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South Africa’s chrome and manganese ore sectors are at a historic inflection point.

With President Cyril Ramaphosa announcing plans for export tariffs on both minerals, questions are mounting across the mining and global ferro alloys industry, which is dependent on South Africa for its ores.

Will the proposed duty help rebuild domestic smelting capacity or risk undermining one of South Africa’s most valuable export streams?

In this exclusive OPIS Talks podcast with McCloskey, Bongani Motsa, Chief Economist at the Minerals Council South Africa, joins our Research and…

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