Black-owned and black-managed mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) is investigating the use of renewable energy sources and investing in the upgrading of its tailings storage facilities. The company said in reply to Mining Weekly Online during question time at Tuesday’s presentation of turnaround results that it is doing a study on potential solar energy for Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) – not total load – and for its housing development in Rustenburg.
