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Solar projects help support miner’s gold, PGMs operations
16th December 2022 Diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater is implementing a range of renewable-energy solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to support its local gold and platinum-group metal (PGM) mining operations. This includes a 50 MW solar PV project to support its gold mining operations, and a combined 175 MW of... →
Miner progressing wind projects to support embedded generation
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Supplier aids tunnel construction
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