What opportunities are there in platinum mining for investors, both local and foreign?
Local communities are participating in new platinum mining opportunities as a pre-requisite. The new Minerals Act encourages this and there has been a general acceptance of the concept by incoming investors. Several new platinum mines are being planned around the Merenski reef and this comes as a further boost for the economies between Rustenburg and Brits Beneficiation in mining is advertised as an opportunity for investors, please specify what these opportunities are and how the North West plans to assist or promote companies setting up businesses in beneficiation? Platinum jewellery manufacturing and training, diamond cutting and granite beneficiation clusters are being considered and support for the establishment of these opportunities will be made available by the province and – to a lesser extent – by the individual mining houses. The establishment of a mining supply cluster is also on the cards. What initiatives have been put in place to assist the development of tourism in the
