Platinum mines operated by Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) will be on the receiving end of clean power from a R2.5-billion solar plant now under construction in South Africa’s North West province. This follows local independent power producer SOLA Group reaching agreement with local commercial banks and partners to provide finance to start construction on the 132 MWp solar project, which will sell energy to ARM’s platinum mining operations through a long-term power purchase agreement.