Namibia: Mining Industry Should Support Value Addition - Alweendo

26 April 2018
New Era (Windhoek)
By Edgar Brandt

Windhoek — At yesterday's official opening of the 2018 Mining Expo and Conference at the Windhoek Showgrounds, Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo noted that the government remains concerned about the export of Namibia's natural resources without any value addition. The theme for this year's Mining Expo and Conference, organised by the Namibia Chamber of Mines, is 'Maximising the Multiplier Effect from Namibia's Mining Sector".

In a speech read on his behalf by the permanent secretary in the mines ministry, Simeon Negumbo, Alweendo stated that he is fully aware of the mining industry's position on the matter that 'miners are not manufacturers and manufacturers are not miners'.

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