The provision of more renewable energy at the South Deep gold mine 50 km south-west of Johannesburg is under intense scrutiny by Gold Fields, which describes the mine’s two-year-old 50 MW solar plant as a major plus. “One of the biggest economic advantages for us in our portfolio is further renewable energy at South Deep and so we've been studying that very heavily,” Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser said in response to Mining Weekly during a media roundtable.
