JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad on Thursday expressed delight at the energy announcement of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has unveiled several far-reaching interventions, including a doubling in the allocation for the next renewables procurement round, an uncapping of the 100 MW licence-exemption threshold for distributed generators, and a proposal of a feed-in tariff for self-generating households and businesses, as part of a much-anticipated action plan for ending load-shedding.
“We’re delighted with the news,” Wanblad told a media conference covered by Mining Weekly.
In 2020, roughly one-third of the electricity Anglo American used globally was drawn from renewables. Having secured 100% renewable electricity supply across our operations in South America, by 2023 Anglo expects to be drawing 56% of its global grid supply from…
