Home | About | Link        Procurement Jobs | BEE News  

Join for free

Useful Links


« Sponsorship serves as blueprint for empowering panelbeaters | Main | From Simane to Jaganda »

July 25, 2008

South Africans have been 'spoiled' by easy access to abundant electrical power

South Africans have been 'spoiled' by easy access to abundant electrical power, says new platinum smel-ter Braemore.

On slide 33 of the JSE listing document, Braemore Resources acting CEO David Russell has a headline that reads, "South Africa: previously spoiled for access to electrical power".



For the former South African geologist and mining analyst now living in Australia, the contrast is plain: Australian mining projects have to lay on their own power themselves with no helping hand from the State while South African project developers, by contrast, have come to expect State-owned Eskom to bring elab-orate reticulation right to the mine gate.

Read More

Posted by StaffWriter at July 25, 2008 9:14 AM