Rob Lydan, Global Director Solar & Wind, Hatch has been heading the global Engineering and EPCM’s renewables for mines business development for over 3 years now and has an informed view on the challenges and necessary steps that will unlock further project potential. Along with Glencore’s wind-storage hybrid for Raglan Mine, Hatch has headed the advisory Read More
“Mining companies are looking at ways to reduce their operating expenses in light of the downturn in the industry,” says Rick Rathe, Managing Director at Caterpillar, Inc. Given that 20-30 percent of operational expenses at most mines are related to energy costs, finding innovative energy solutions is appealing, he contends. “In this environment of cost-cutting and Read More
24/7's Renewable energies are meeting the Mining Industry Dr. Arnold van den Hurk, CEO, r4mining.com Renewable energy for mining presents two main benefits: it provides electricity and fuel for vehicles. In both forms, hybrid energy architecture can be found in both hybrid power grids (mini grids) and hybrid fuels vehicles. This new approach to analyze Renewables for Mining Read More
Metals and mining multinational Vedanta Group is planning to enter the solar segment in India by bidding for some 500 MW of government projects, The Economic Times said Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. At first, the company was looking into the possibility of acquiring already operational photovoltaic (PV) assets. Later it decided that it Read More
Reaching financial close with renewable energy projects for mining companies is one of the biggest challenges for the growing sector of renewables for mines. Voltiq, a financial advisory firm specializing in renewable energy and transmission, is developing an innovative financial instrument for renewables for mines that offers price flexibility for mine offtakers while delivering price certainty Read More
Join leading mining and renewables experts for a webinar next Thursday October 8th at 11.00 AM EST - click here to sign up. This hour-long webinar will offer current insight from Caterpillar, the leading supplier of diesel generators to the mining sector, on the business pressures and energy priorities of the mining sector. It will also Read More
Australia’s first commercial solar plant used to displace diesel has commenced operation at mining giant Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine in Queensland. US-based PV manufacturer and developer First Solar’s 1.7MW capacity plant is expected to generate 2.8GWh of electricity each year. It will provide up to 20% of the daytime electricity demand of the remote mine’s Read More
John Dorward, President, CEO, and Director, Roxgold has over 19 years of experience in the finance and mining industries and most recently served as Vice-President, Business Development at Fronteer Gold prior to the Company’s sale to Newmont Mining for $2.3 billion in 2011. He is providing the opening keynote at the Energy and Mines Toronto Summit Read More
“Mining companies are looking for opportunities to use economic forms of alternative energy in order to reduce their reliance on stand-alone diesel generators and the generation of greenhouse gases,” says R. Brent Murphy, Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Seabridge Gold. For its KSM project in British Columbia which will be grid connected, Seabridge Gold has Read More
AngloGold Ashanti’s Global Head of Energy says Financing is the Key to Renewables for Mines. Bill Allemon, Global Vice President of Energy Management and Electrical Asset Integrity at AngloGold Ashanti, came to the mining sector two and half years ago after two decades at Ford Motor Company. At Ford, he fine tuned his expertise in pulling Read More
