Short spell of mining hope dashed – Lorimer
The short spell of hope for South Africa’s beleaguered mining sector, which burst forth with the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as President, has been dashed, Shadow Mineral Resources Minister James Lorimer said during the mineral resources budget debate. Applying the ‘learning nothing and forgetting nothing’ lament of French statesman Talleyrand to today’s African National Congress (ANC), Lorimer