Modern Mining June 2022

load haul truck Anglo American and Engie, amongst others, are in partnership to develop a hydrogen valley to capitalise on the country’s PGM resources and its renewable energy poten tial. The aim is to revitalise and decarbonise key industrial sectors along an economic corridor that extends from the mines in Limpopo, down through Johannesburg and onto the KwaZulu-Natal coast, poten tially contributing some R57-billion to South African GDP by 2050.

This with a view to making South Africa a real centre-of-excellence for green hydro gen production and export. “Just as finding new mineral deposits leads to new demand in various parts of the country, so will the green hydrogen economy spawn new industries and associated economic activ ity, leading to the improvement of the lives of our people. This is the beginning of the future that we envisage in the new develop ment plan,” notes South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa. 

nuGen is the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled load haul truck.

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