Iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore's Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC) has entered into an energy offtake agreement with Envusa Energy – a joint venture between Kumba's parent company Anglo American and EDF power solutions – for the embedded on-site supply of electricity to the Sishen mine, in the Northern Cape, from the Sishen solar PV plant. The project entails the development of a solar PV facility located atop the already built G80 waste rock dump within the Sishen mine boundary. The first electrons from the project are expected to flow in the fourth quarter of 2027.

The agreement is for an embedded solar photovoltaic project to be developed by Envusa Energy, a renewable energy joint venture between Anglo American and French utility EDF,…

Kumba Iron Ore has partnered with Envusa Energy to establish a 63MW solar plant at its Sishen mine, aiming to reduce carbon emissions by 35% and support local communities.