South32 chief executive Graham Kerr says the company’s Hermosa zinc, lead, and silver mine in Arizona could be 100% powered by renewable energy. A pre-feasibility study of the mine’s Taylor deposit is expected to be completed next year and the company is discussing its power supply with energy utilities. Other measures, such as electric vehicles, could Read More
Vivo Energy, a seller and distributor of energy fuels and lubricants in Africa, has been engaged by listed Canadian mining company Robex Resources Inc to supply solar energy at its Nampala gold mine in Mali, West Africa. The project comprises a 3.9 MWp photovoltaic power plant and a battery of capacity 2.6 MWh. These would be Read More
Singapore-headquartered Trafigura Group, an international commodity company that trades in metals and energy, has joined hands with IFM Investors, a Swiss fund manager, to form Nala Renewables. (FT) The move marks a huge shift in business focus for Trafigura. One of the world’s biggest independent oil traders, the company is looking to buy or build 2 Read More
BHP, the Australian mining giant announced a PPA with clean energy generator CleanCo for the supply of energy from low-emission sources and renewables such as solar and wind to its Queensland coal mines. (BHP) The five-year agreement, effective January 1, 2021, will cut emissions at the mines by 50% by 2025. Between 2021 and 2025, it Read More
USA Rare Earth LLC will utilize the superlative solar irradiance in West Texas in its committed plan to power operations at its Round Top Heavy Rare Earth & Critical Mineral Project in Hudspeth County, West Texas with 100% renewable energy. (Intrado GlobeNewswire) With southwest Texas enjoying annual average daily solar irradiance of more than 5.5kWh/m2/day, the Read More
Chevron Corporation, the $157 billion global energy major, and Algonquin Power, the Canadian renewable energy and utilities giant, have agreed to co-develop more than 500 MW of renewable energy projects, according to RENEW ECONOMY. Under the four-year agreement, the jointly-owned, co-developed renewable energy projects will come up on Chevron-owned sites in U.S. Permian Basin (TX and Read More
Though mining and metal companies are under pressure to decarbonize from investors, a study by S&P Global finds that progress is patchy. Some of the globe’s largest mining companies by market capitalization are yet to align their goals with the target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change seeks to Read More
After a 2019 feasibility study, Centamin plc, a gold mining company listed in London and Toronto, has decided to implement a 30MW AC solar power installation at its principal asset, the Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt, according to International Mining. The mine is currently powered by captive generators that burn up to 100 million liters of Read More
Wärtsilä Energy Business, which leads the transition to a 100% renewable future, has researched hydrogen as a fuel for two decades. It said it is developing its combustion gas engines to run on 100% hydrogen fuel and has already tested its engines to run on a 60:40 mix of hydrogen and natural gas according to International Read More
Gran Colombia Gold Corp., the Toronto-headquartered gold miner with operations in Colombia, has agreed to acquire the 11.2 MW “Suarez” solar project located in the Tolima region, Colombia, from Renergetica Colombia SAS, a subsidiary of Renergetica SpA. The Suarez project is expected to become operational later in 2020 and have a life of 30 years. The Read More
