Last month, we wrote and committed resources to the proposed mining charter in South Africa. In the time between E&MJ being printed, mailed and readers receiving the maga-zine, sanity prevailed. South Africa reversed course (See Leading Developments, p. 5) and the news story had run its cycle. A former E&MJ editor would occasionally cite the expression that "today's news is tomorrow's birdcage liner," and I immediately thought of him when the news broke. We are happy for the South African miners and we apologize for the inconvenience.
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