A THEnergy and SolarPower Europe briefing identifies the key opportunities for solar companies to tap the potential of the mining sector for solar deployment Ahead of the Energy and Mines conference in London on 28/29 January 2016, SolarPower Europe and THEnergy have teamed up to explore the opportunity of solar and mines for our sector. In Read More
Cochilco expects that the energy demand from the copper mining sector will increase by 53, 3% in 2026. Last week, the main Chilean copper organization presented an official report at the Adolfo Ibáñez University, where they shared their predictions on the copper industry trends for the next 10 years. Based on their presentation, copper mines in Read More
By Tom Kenning, PV Tech Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), an Indian state-owned mining and power company, is tendering for 260MW of grid-connected solar PV capacity in two Indian states. The firm has released a notice inviting bids, under a reverse bidding process, for four separate projects of 65MW capacity each, with two blocks in the mining Read More
“The main goal of all the new [transmission] regulations and developments is to reduce energy prices and open the market for renewables, so this should also benefit the competitiveness of the mining industry,” comments Andres Romero, Executive Director, National Commission of Energy, Chile. Romero played a key role in developing Chile’s new transmission bill, which will Read More
By Ellsworth Dickson Corey Houle, CTO and Co-Founder of Swiss-based TwingTec AG, and his team have designed a unique power system to complement conventional diesel power. The TT100 is a fully autonomous containerized, mobile wind energy system that is a tethered aircraft that operates up to 300 metres above the ground, allowing for efficient energy harvesting Read More
By Simon Rees for Creamer Media's Mining Weekly TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – The future success of renewables in the mining sector will require companies to overhaul the way they think about energy and mine development, according to professional services firm Deloitte. “When we look at mining, innovation and competitiveness, we don’t often put those things together,” said Read More
Despite a complicated 2015, the Chilean investment portfolio of mining projects won't decline in 2016. Portal Minero, the main mining media outlet in Chile, estimates an USD 81, 085 millions investment from mining companies for the new year. An article published last week highlights 26 mining projects in exploration stage with an USD 4,000 million budget, Read More
By Simon Rees, for Creamer Media's Mining Weekly TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Despite the tie-up between the renewables market and the mining sector being dynamic and exciting, the high levels of upfront capital expenditure (capex) needed to install and operate renewable components and storage solutions remained a significant impediment to uptake. “There’s a lot of uncertainty during Read More
American Vanadium Enters into a Letter of Intent to Acquire the Complete CellCube(TM) Vanadium Flow Battery Business From DMG MORI VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 11, 2016 / American Vanadium Corp. (TSXV: AVC) (OTC Pink: AVCVF) ("American Vanadium") today announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with DMG MORI to acquire Read More
“A lot of local mining operations [in South East Asia] have lower environmental standards but that is changing and we are seeing a lot of project potential,” says Daniel Gäfke, Founder and Managing Director for Annex Power. “If you look at Indonesia, it is an island state with a limited infrastructure in a lot of areas Read More
