South African Mining Minister Susan Shabangu addresses the CHINA MINING 2011

South African Mining Minister Susan Shabangu addresses the CHINA MINING 2011
Source: Portal Website of Ministry of Land and Resources   Citation: Portal Website of Ministry of Land and resources   Date: November 6, 2011

Thank you, Minister Xu, all delegates, Tianjin Municipal Government, Mayor of Tianjin, Mr. Oliver, all delegates present today, ladies and gentlemen，

I feel so honored to attend this congress today. The congress is a very important mining event. CHINA MINING 2011 is a grand event. We believe it is a rare opportunity not only for South Africa, but also for many other countries. I believe it is crucial to our future cooperation in the mining industry. We may say that South Africa has a fully-fledged legal structure. We support and encourage investment in mine exploration, prospecting and mining in South Africa, and at the same time we provide everybody a favorable environment. In face of various challenges and problems for the mining industry, our government all gives active response and solutions. We also expect to facilitate the friendship and cooperation between both countries through the congress.

Meanwhile, we facilitate the mining development in South Africa and cooperation between South Africa and other countries in many aspects. I believe that our policies will encourage investment from foreign countries in South Africa in many aspects. I believe that we will have a sustained cooperation and development not only with China, but also with some other countries. Especially in terms of mineral resources, we believe that there will be promising and sustainable development between South Africa and China. Both of our countries should complement each other’s advantages in terms of mining development. I believe that both countries encourage investment from other countries. Over the past years, both countries have carried out mining development and cooperation which no doubt will generate impact on next several generations. Moreover, I believe that South Africa will give active response to needs of our own country as well as other countries regarding prospecting and mining, guarantee the investment from everybody in our country and create a favorable environment to facilitate the cooperation and development with China in all aspects and preserve efforts and projects contributed by Chinese companies and other companies to the mining development in South Africa. I am deeply convinced that our government has given active response to the fields such as renewable energy, low-carbon and green development, and taken active actions to facilitate the development in this respect. We continue the worldwide mining cooperation with China and other countries. Our aim is that all our current mining and related infrastructure will be used to support the development and investment from all other countries in South Africa. Lastly, I hope that there will be more South African companies which establish cooperation and friendly communication with Chinese companies through CHINA MINING  2011.

Thank you!