Central Africa, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will overtake Southern African countries in the next 10 to 20 years as Africa’s dominant diamond producers, a conference heard on Tuesday. At the same time, Africa is the world’s preferred destination for exploration, with about -million spent in 2006 compared with -million in 2000.
South Africa, which has backed Iran’s right to enrich uranium, says it is contemplating processing its own uranium to boost power generation and envisages building up to six new nuclear reactors. But Minerals and Energy Affiars Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said in a speech that any enrichment of uranium would be pursued within international obligations.