Mbombela manganese plant emblematic of SA's potholed industrial journey

Built almost 50 years ago, long before the loaded term ‘beneficiation’ became part of South Africa’s public discourse, the MMC manganese plant in Mbombela mirrors South Africa’s journey to industrialisation and subsequent U-turn down the potholed road of de-industrialisation.

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