Question NW944 to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
24 March 2023 - NW944
Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Whether his department has any plans to collaborate with other countries in order to develop green mineral mining policies which will make it easier to attract investment, but would help to prevent past policy failures in that it will ensure that the countries benefited from the mining investments; if not, (a) why not and (b) what is the status of the development of national policies on the mining of green minerals; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
South Africa has not officially declared any minerals green. The Department is in the process of developing a strategy on critical minerals which will also reflect on minerals that are considered as green to support the country’s just energy transition.