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Resources Watch

Resources Watch

23rd February 2022

     

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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:

DRDGold building initial 20 MW solar, 100 MW storage at Ergo gold operation

DRDGold has 41 programmes to take mine communities out of poverty

And, It’s records all round for Glencore in ‘terrific’ 2021

 

With a view to reducing its carbon footprint as well as addressing the uncertainty of the supply and cost of electricity, surface gold mining company DRDGold has taken a decision to construct a solar power plant and a power storage facility at Ergo.

DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius:

 

DRDGold highlighted its R100-milllion-plus half-year contribution to the fiscus in income tax as an important current underpin of social systems that are helping the country to avoid abject poverty.

 

DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius:

 

2021 was a terrific year for Glencore with reported a record Ebitda of $21.3-billion, a record marketing performance Ebit of $3.7-bilion and a record industrial business performance of $17.1-billion Ebitda.

 

Glencore CEO Gary Nagle:

 

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