South Africa Looks to Mining Industry to Fuel Covid-19 Recovery

  • Country to target attracting 3% of global exploration spending
  • Power shortages have constrained output, deterred investment
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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South Africa is banking on a rejuvenation of its flagging mining industry to help counter the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus and a lockdown that was imposed to curb its spread.