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Lamola calls for value-added critical minerals industry to drive Africa's industrialisation

Africa must seize the global critical minerals opportunity to accelerate industrialisation, create jobs and deepen regional economic integration rather than continue exporting raw materials, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola argues.

Lamola calls for value-added critical minerals industry to drive Africa's industrialisation

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