Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.
This week:
Hydrogen turning Europe into climate neutral economy, energy leaders highlight
Parties sign terms of reference to catalyse mining industry modernization
And, Diesel and load-shedding feature in summer outlook as Eskom's maintenance recovery takes longer than envisaged
A World Hydrogen Leaders panel has highlighted that hydrogen has an essential role to play to meet the climate change imperative of carbon neutrality.
Ontras Gastransport regulatory affairs and energy policy head Dirk Manske:
Representatives of the Mandela Mining Precinct and five labour unions on October 26 signed an agreement on the terms of reference for the parties to collaborate on modernising the South African mining industry, resulting in the formation of the MMP – Organised Labour Consultative forum.
Minerals Council president Nolitha Fakude:
State-owned electricity utility Eskom says its reliability maintenance recovery interventions have not yet succeeded in stabilising the performance of its unpredictable coal fleet and that more than a year of ongoing maintenance is needed to address the poor performance of its generation assets.
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer:
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