(1) What was the cost of the assessment by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to determine the viability of the proposed vertically-integrated raw iron ore production plant located near the Sishen mine, which has a capacity of about 3 million tonnes per year; (2) whether (a) his department or (b) the IDC has been approached by foreign investors to be involved in the construction of the vertically-integrated steel plants; if so, what are the relevant details?