VUP remains on schedule amid energy crisis

Major diamond miner De Beers’ $2.1-billion Venetia Underground Project (VUP) is on track to start production in the second half of this year, despite the National State of Disaster, declared to deal with South Africa’s energy crisis, disrupting the country’s business environment. “This disruption does affect various aspects of the project’s construction,” says Venetia Mine underground production GM Kobus van den Berg.