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This week:
Eskom targets 975 MW in savings as it restarts its DSM schemes.
And, Vested interests and a lack of understanding are the key impediments to a PGMs exchange.
State-owned power utility Eskom, which halted its demand-side management interventions last year owing to funding uncertainties, reports that some of the programmes will be restarted this year and that a savings target of 975 MW has been set.
Eskom senior GM for integrated demand management Andrew Etzinger
As more than 80% of the world’s known platinum-group metals reserves are in South Africa, it is ideal that a PGMs exchange be established locally to ensure that the country receives maximum benefit from its mineral wealth.
Pan-African Investments & Research Services CE Dr Iraj Abedian
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