{"id":1167074,"date":"2020-02-21T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?guid=760deebb433cb037f2f2d07ff1ba016e"},"modified":"2020-02-24T00:45:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T06:45:57","slug":"solar-power-for-mines-under-consideration-assore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1167074","title":{"rendered":"Solar power for mines under consideration \u2013 Assore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A scoping study is under way into the self-generation of electricity for Assmang\u2019s mines \u2013 but not its smelters, Assore CEO Charles Walters said on Friday, when the company reported interim results that were negatively affected by weaker chrome and manganese prices, and lower shipments of iron-ore in the six months to December 31. 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