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South Africa’s parliament passes bill giving state 20 percent of new oil ventures
MINING RULES
In mining, the aim of the bill is to create jobs in a country with an unemployment rate of around 25 per cent and to add value to its abundant natural resources, which include close to 80 per cent of the world’s known platinum reserves. Producers of designated minerals would have to offer a portion of their production to local processors in prescribed quantities, qualities and timelines at an agreed price.
“We are here to table this bill as one of the most progressive steps in improving and contributing to our economic development,” Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu told parliament. The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill was passed by 226 to 66 votes in the African National Congress-dominated national assembly.
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