Africa's Outlook Sees Mining Trends, Opinions and Water Risk

JOHANNESBURG--August 3, 2014--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--At the time when Africa's leaders were meeting with President Obama in Washington, a speaker at a Johannesburg forum, Chris Derkson, head of frontier and emerging markets for Investec (London, England), said the emergence of Africa as an investment destination of choice is accompanied by the risk of equity providers overpaying for scarce assets that are in demand. Those trends and risks are readily apparent in Africa's mining industry, according to consultancies and industry observers.

Within this article: An overview of investment risks and opportunities in Africa.