From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. The United Manganese of Kalahari mine, or UMK, has become a real South African success story after it unveiled its newly built offices and warehouse. This was the last infrastructure required for UMK to become a fully operational mine. Natasha Odendaal has the story. Natasha Odendaal: The R1.2-billion UMK mine, a joint-venture between Russia-based Renova Manganese Investment and consortium Majestic Silver Trading, has become the world's third-largest producing manganese mine after completing the operations infrastructure last year.

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