Limpopo Business 2017-18 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo. Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo. This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors. To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo.
Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors.
To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Mining<br />
Special economic zones open up possibilities for investors in processing.<br />
IMAGE COURTESY OF DE BEERS VENETIA MINE<br />
Diamonds in the north, platinum and chrome in the west and<br />
east and coal just about everywhere – <strong>Limpopo</strong> Province has<br />
extraordinary mineral wealth. The mining sector routinely<br />
contributes up to 30% of regional GDP but this has fallen back<br />
somewhat with reduced platinum operations in response to a weak<br />
global market for the commodity.<br />
Although there are efforts under way to try to diversify the <strong>Limpopo</strong><br />
economy to reduce the dependence on the mineral sector, there is a<br />
parallel effort to use the underground riches of the province to stimulate<br />
the growth of the manufacturing sector. A series of measures have been<br />
developed by the <strong>Limpopo</strong> Economic Development Agency (LEDA)<br />
to create the circumstances where processing plants and products<br />
can add value to the minerals. A large part of strategy centres around<br />
Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a nationally certified geographic area<br />
where special concessions and tax breaks apply, intended to encourage<br />
inward investment.<br />
The Provincial Government of <strong>Limpopo</strong> wants to see the supply chain<br />
of mines heavily weighted in favour of local businesses and particularly<br />
small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs). The government has<br />
committed to upgrading informal settlements around mining towns.<br />
Major investments in <strong>Limpopo</strong> include an ongoing project by De<br />
Beers in Musina to convert its Venetia mine from an open-pit mine to<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Carbon-neutral mining is the<br />
goal for researchers at De<br />
Beers’ Venetia mine.<br />
• Impala’s refinery is to be<br />
powered by fuel cells.<br />
• Exxaro has launched<br />
its vision for mining<br />
sustainably.<br />
• Ivanplats’ new Platreef<br />
mine may become the<br />
biggest PGM mine in the<br />
world.<br />
a vertical shaft mine and a multibillion<br />
new platinum mine project<br />
led by a Canadian firm (in partnership<br />
with Japanese companies).<br />
Silicon Smelters (the largest<br />
charcoal producer in Africa) and<br />
Anglo Platinum’s smelting facility,<br />
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