Gold Fields plan for solar plant held back by government indecision
SA miners are keen to generate their own electricity, but red tape is delaying self-generation projects
09 February 2020 - 21:23
SA miner Gold Fields has wanted to build a solar plant at its South Deep gold mine outside Johannesburg for more than three years. But it is still waiting for ministerial approval and a licence from the energy regulator to build a large generating facility.
Red tape has cost miners tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue over the past year, as power blackouts have dented their output at a time when they could have been generating their own power, they say...
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