Tanzania

Solar hybrid energy curbs costs for Shanta Gold

2019-02-12T08:54:15+00:00

Credit: Mining NewsIn an effort to create a leaner cost structure, Shanta Gold's CEO, Eric Zurrin, has set a cost-saving target of $7 million in annual savings, expected to be executed by Q3, 2018. In order to create those cost-savings, the AIM-listed gold producer has invested in a solar hybrid power plant to provide it's New Luika mine Read More

Solar hybrid energy curbs costs for Shanta Gold2019-02-12T08:54:15+00:00

Redavia to Expand Its Shanta Mining Solar Project

2019-02-16T12:07:02+00:00

The leader of rental solar farms in Africa, Redavia, announced that it has been awarded the contract to expand the solar capacity at the New Luika Gold Mine in Tanzania by Shanta Mining Company. The work on the expansion project has already begun. It will see a new 609 kW plant installed at the site with Read More

Redavia to Expand Its Shanta Mining Solar Project2019-02-16T12:07:02+00:00

Momentum for solar-diesel hybrid microgrids in the Zambian mining industry

2019-02-18T11:07:38+00:00

Load shedding, increased electricity rates for mining companies and a solar tender at 6.02US¢/kWh redefine the rules of power generation in Zambia Berlin/Munich, June 2016 - In recent years, an ongoing drought has caused a severe power crisis in Zambia. The new analysis “Power crisis and consequences for solar energy in the Zambian mining sector” from Read More

Momentum for solar-diesel hybrid microgrids in the Zambian mining industry2019-02-18T11:07:38+00:00

Despite barriers to adoption, cost pressure driving renewed mining interest in renewable energy

2019-02-19T11:19:45+00:00

Mine operators are in the current subdued economic reality increasingly looking at renewable electricity sources as a way to reduce current and future costs at operations; however, lower commodity prices hinder the widespread adoption of renewables, as falling profits and lower fuel prices maintain certain barriers. This had resulted in miners shifting their primary motivation for Read More

Despite barriers to adoption, cost pressure driving renewed mining interest in renewable energy2019-02-19T11:19:45+00:00

Technology choices for a remote gold mine

2019-02-20T11:21:32+00:00

To complement the video we published on the site (view here), below is the pdf of the presentation by Ian Fielding (Shanta Gold) and Manuel Duggal (MCD International Energy Solutions) on the energy options for a remote Tanzanian mine. This was presented at the Renewables and Mining Summit in Johannesburg in July 2015.

Technology choices for a remote gold mine2019-02-20T11:21:32+00:00

AngloGold Ashanti Global Head of Energy – "We are open to renewables being part of the solution".

2019-02-20T13:45:59+00:00

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

AngloGold Ashanti Global Head of Energy – "We are open to renewables being part of the solution".2019-02-20T13:45:59+00:00

Canadian Renewables Trade Mission to Africa – Renewables and Mining Summit, Johannesburg

2019-02-26T07:14:53+00:00

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, led by The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, has announced a Trade Mission to South Africa and Tanzania with a focus on renewables, mining, energy, oil and gas. The Renewables and Mining Summit, Johannesburg, June 23-24, organised by Energy and Mines (part of Canadian Clean Energy Conferences) will Read More

Canadian Renewables Trade Mission to Africa – Renewables and Mining Summit, Johannesburg2019-02-26T07:14:53+00:00