Worsening power cuts can have ‘material impact’, says Implats
Reduced electricity consumption due to blackouts and rebuilding of furnace led to a 9% fall in refined PGMs output
02 March 2023 - 12:16
UPDATED 02 March 2023 - 17:51
Impala Platinum (Implats) said on Thursday that it had to defer refining of 38,000 ounces of platinum group metals (PGMs) mined at its SA operations due to so-called load-curtailment.
It also estimates that the impact of power cuts on efficiency, while difficult to measure, could have been almost as large...
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