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Africa|Business|generation|Platinum
Africa|Business|generation|Platinum
africa|business|generation|platinum

Sun, wind, platinum, hydrogen, ferroalloys must be optimised to uplift our economy

2nd May 2025

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

     

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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is right about South Africa’s superior sun, prime wind, platinum group metals (PGMs) abundance, and the PGM relationship with green hydrogen generation needing to be put to work to uplift South Africa’s economy. Also right is the follow-through on this by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, who not only wants to enable what Von der Leyen is advocating but has already laid the foundation for South Africa’s leap back into the ferroalloy business. 

Tau deserves a pat on the back for establishing a working group with industry to win back some lost ferrochrome market share as a start, while also projecting a promising hydrogen fuel cell vision. All that links South Africa to a growing number of European, Asian, Americas and Oceania countries.

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Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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