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South Sudan Passes Mining Bill to Develop Untouched Resources
Nov. 27, 2012 04:49AM PST
Battery Metals InvestingMining Weekly reported that South Sudan has passed a mining bill that will help support development of its untouched resources, which experts believe potentially contain diamond, chromite, copper, uranium, manganese and a belt of iron-ore. South Sudan is also trying to move away from dependence on oil.
Mining Weekly reported that South Sudan has passed a mining bill that will help support development of its untouched resources, which experts believe potentially contain diamond, chromite, copper, uranium, manganese and a belt of iron-ore. South Sudan is also trying to move away from dependence on oil.
As quoted in the market report:
Officials say firms from China, Australia, the US, South Africa and other African countries plan to apply for licences in the new country, which seceded from Sudan in 2011.
