The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality?

dc.contributor.authorHanlin, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T10:43:22Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T10:43:22Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-04-28T07:53:53Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a continued perception that Africa has not benefited proportionally from the exploitation of its natural resources and that this is perpetuated by the current endemic approach to the development of commercial mining operations. This approach has a direct and continued impact on procurement throughout the life cycle of a mine and serves to, by default, limit the percentage of the procurement potential that is available for exploitation by the local economy.? Despite the obvious potential that such commercial developments could afford for local revenue generation and capacity building, relatively little is actually realised. Across the continent local suppliers are seldom used and an indigenous service and supply sector for the mining industry has not developed to any significant extent outside of Ghana and South Africa. Furthermore, despite the advanced capacity of the South African mining service sector and continued evidence of world leading innovation in this sector South Africa does not appear to be benefitting proportionally from the activities taking place on the African continent. The multi-national nature of the corporations currently engaged in exploration and mining activities in Africa and the endemic systems that exist within these corporations that pre-determine the procurement route, from the design phase right through to the operational phase of the mine life cycle, effectively exclude the participation of the South African mining service sector from engaging in a significant percentage of the procurement process.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHanlin, C. (2011). <i>The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality?</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19291en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHanlin, Chris <i>The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality?.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19291en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHanlin, C. (2011). The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality. MMCP Discussion Paper, The Open University and University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Hanlin, Chris AB - There is a continued perception that Africa has not benefited proportionally from the exploitation of its natural resources and that this is perpetuated by the current endemic approach to the development of commercial mining operations. This approach has a direct and continued impact on procurement throughout the life cycle of a mine and serves to, by default, limit the percentage of the procurement potential that is available for exploitation by the local economy.? Despite the obvious potential that such commercial developments could afford for local revenue generation and capacity building, relatively little is actually realised. Across the continent local suppliers are seldom used and an indigenous service and supply sector for the mining industry has not developed to any significant extent outside of Ghana and South Africa. Furthermore, despite the advanced capacity of the South African mining service sector and continued evidence of world leading innovation in this sector South Africa does not appear to be benefitting proportionally from the activities taking place on the African continent. The multi-national nature of the corporations currently engaged in exploration and mining activities in Africa and the endemic systems that exist within these corporations that pre-determine the procurement route, from the design phase right through to the operational phase of the mine life cycle, effectively exclude the participation of the South African mining service sector from engaging in a significant percentage of the procurement process. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality? TI - The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19291 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHanlin C. The drive to increase local procurement in the Mining Sector in Africa: Myth or reality?. 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19291en_ZA
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