Perspective
12 March 2018
The pits – but not for much longer
In:
Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Transport
Region:
Middle East & Africa
Lending demand from South Africa’s mining sector has been sluggish at best – a symptom of poor economic governance, a new mining charter verging on the absurd and the global commodities slump. However, with commodity prices rising, new sources of lending and a new political landscape emerging, prospective new deal flow is looking more solid than it has since 2012.
