In chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals, a feasibility study for the local beneficiation of fluorspar and production of fluorine chemicals had been completed, but the project was found to be not viable owing to aluminium prices and the exchange rate. Pre-feasibility studies for a project to beneficiate titanium and zirconium were continuing, the former linking into alternative materials for the aerospace industry, and the latter linking into the green industries. The establishment of a downstream plastics fabrication industry was being discussed with Sasol, while an environmental impact assessment (EIA) had been started on Sasol's Project Mafutha coal-to-liquid plant. The feasibility of establishing a local Anti- Retroviral (ARV) active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing plant was being undertaken, but a commitment from government to procure the ARVs was essential. Development of a medicinal poppy project was underway, but this would also require approval for poppies to be grown in this country.