21.   Saudi Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Hisham Nazer was also recently in South Africa to explore avenues of cooperation in the energy and mining sectors.

22.   The drop indicated that jitters are spreading to the normally solid mining sector, which is a key hard currency earner.

23.   The government says that the mining sector has cost the state billions of dollars in recent years.

24.   The industrial production growth rate is positive and the mining sector is booming, an indication that confidence has been restored in commerce and other tertiary activities.

25.   The government is slowing down its strict plan to overhaul the ailing coal mining sector following miners protests, an industry official said Monday.

26.   The mining sector holds particularly strong potential for development.

27.   The mining sector set up the migrant labor system that forced blacks to live away from their families in order to work in white areas, it said.

28.   There is much more revenue to be collected by state governments from ventures in the manufacturing, construction and development sectors and the mining sector was left to decline.

29.   With a clear legal platform to stand on, foreign investors will feel more confident about forming joint ventures in the mining sector, Song said.

30.   GCC officials and businessmen are due to meet in the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah in November to discuss investment in the mining sector.