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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

Chapter 4 : Mineral and Environmental Regulation

26. Mineral beneficiation

 

(1) The Minister may initiate or promote the beneficiation of minerals in the Republic.

[Section 26(1) substituted by section 22(a) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act, 2008]

 

(2) If the Minister, acting on advice of the Board and after consultation with the Minister of Trade and Industry, finds that a particular mineral can be beneficiated economically in the Republic, the Minister may promote such beneficiation subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may determine.

 

(2A) In promoting beneficiation, the Minister may prescribe the levels required for beneficiation.

[Section 26(2A) inserted by section 22(b) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act, 2008]

 

(3) Any person who intends to beneficiate any mineral mined in the Republic outside the Republic may only do so after written notice and in consultation with the Minister.