South Africa, US will discuss critical minerals, Ramaphosa says

South Africa and the United States will discuss the issue of critical minerals, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday, after a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the White House.

South Africa made it clear during the talks with Trump that it had up to nine critical minerals that the US needs, Ramaphosa added. “We want to cooperate,” he told a press conference in Washington.

(By Costas Pitas and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)