Organisation looks into industry challenges

High regulatory and legislative barriers in the quarrying sector are constraining its growth, says quarrying and surface mining professional body Institute of Quarrying Southern Africa (IQSA) chairperson Jeremy Hunter-Smith. This is compounded, he says, by the 20% downturn in the construction industry in the first quarter of 2024.  A country’s growth in often gauged by the volume of infrastructure projects and South Africa has huge potential for growth, with a drive for infrastructure development needing to come to the forefront.