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6, Abstract (Limit: 200 words) of economic This Country Documentation Report presents the development and updating It supplements the Phase I indices for South Africa for the period from 1970 through 1983. Country Documentation Report for South Africa which presents the development of economic The work was done through the Bureau of Mines, indices for the period 1970 through 1981. contract calls for the Minerals Availability Program, under Contract Number J0225001. This in the mining sector development of twelve index time series describing factor input costs 1) mining wages, 2) The twelve index time series describe the costs of: of 95 countries. steel, 5) timber and construction wages, 3) equipment and repair parts,...
In September 1985, the Chairman of the Transportation, Aviation and , Materials Subcommittee of the House of Representatives requested that the Director of the Bureau of Mines address the issue of South Africa and critical materials dependency in testimony before the Subcommittee. Subsequent to the testimony, the Bureau has prepared a technical report focusing on the importance of South Africa and, in some cases, its neighboring countries as suppliers of six key materials. The report includes a qualitative analysis which examines the supply shortfall resulting from a potential disruption, options that are available for mitigating the impact, and their likely effectiveness, and quantitative analyses which estimate...
Possible consequences of continuing internal political unrest and the imposition of foreign sanctions raise concerns about the traditional reliability of the Republic of South Africa as a major world supplier of important minerals. A recent Bureau of Mines' technical report (Open File Report 76 -86) examined the impacts of temporary peacetime disruption scenarios for six key materials and mitigating options. Because of South Africa's dominant producer position for these minerals (except for cobalt), expansion of primary production capacity outside of South Africa is not a short term mitigative option. However, prospects of a longer term disruption would likely spur investment in capacity expansion in alternative...
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