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Kamoa Copper
Kamoa Copper is powered by clean , renewable hydro-generated electricity , and is projected to be among the world ’ s lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of metal produced .
In addition to the recently completed refurbishment of the Mwadingusha hydropower station ( 78 MW ), Kamoa Copper ’ s sister company , Ivanhoe Mines Energy DRC , recently extended the existing financing agreement with DRC ’ s national electricity company , La Société Nationale d ’ Electricité ( SNEL ), to refurbish turbine 5 at the Inga II hydropower complex . Turbine 5 will produce 162 MW of renewable hydropower , raising Kamoa Copper ’ s total renewable energy availability to 240MW .
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Exxaro
Exxaro — a South African resources company , is a black-empowered company that carries out its own sustainability agenda . Through its subsidiary company , Cennergi , it is in the process of developing a 70MW solar project in Lephalale to supply renewable energy to coal mining operations run by Exxaro Coal . As a company in a country that is a high producer of carbon emissions , the company is certainly achieving a lot in terms of decarbonising across its functions .
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