Peter Drager, Head Of Development - Hybrid and Offgrid, juwi Renewable Energies, delved at length on the prospects for zero-carbon mining in Africa in an interview with Energy and Mines. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, Drager said, given the number of countries in the continent, their political structures and different strategies for electrification. However, Drager observed Read More
Teck Resources Limited, one of Canada’s leading mining companies, will deploy 30 Caterpillar zero-emission large haul vehicles, including Cat 794 ultra-class trucks, at its mining sites beginning 2027. Teck announced Wednesday an agreement with Caterpillar Inc to develop, pilot and commence the operation of these trucks initially at the Elk Valley steelmaking coal operations in British Read More
Bruce Anderson, CEO, 247SOLAR INC., takes aim at some of the buzz-words surrounding carbon emissions and climate change, in particular, terms such as renewable, net-zero, and zero carbon. In an interview with Energy and Mines, he is blunt that the words can be used to “obfuscate as well as to clarify.” He is clear that “zero-carbon” Read More
Speaking to Energy and Mines, Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources said the company’s renewable energy initiatives would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance business sustainability through cost efficiencies, and cut production downtime due to grid disruptions. Pan African is a mid-tier gold producer with its operations in South Africa. The country’s industry is heavily dependent Read More
Gold mining company Gold Fields will rely on green energy sources to achieve two-thirds of its planned 2030 emissions reductions, CEO Chris Griffith revealed in an interview with Energy and Mines. Now considered a leader in the application of renewables in mines, Gold Fields will build on the success of its high profile renewable projects at Read More
Korea Zinc, the holding company of Australian zinc refiner Sun Metals, agreed earlier this month to deploy Swiss company Energy Vault’s long-duration, gravity-based energy storage technology at Sun’s north Queensland zinc refinery. Energy Vault’s grid-scale energy storage solutions, inspired by pumped hydro plants, harness the principles of gravity and kinetic energy to store and dispatch energy Read More
Gold mining company Gold Fields Limited has committed to a set of key environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets for 2030. ESG now constitutes one of the three pillars for the company’s business strategy. Published December 1, these ESG commitments for 2030 span decarbonisation; tailings management; water stewardship; safety, health and environment; gender diversity; and stakeholder Read More
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an international body dedicated to safe, fair and sustainable mining, was represented at the Energy and Mines World Congress by innovation and climate change manager Verónica Martinez. Martinez said on November 9 that while miners would be responsible for the global supply of many materials critical to the Read More
Speaking at the Energy and Mines Virtual World Congress on November 9, Dean Gehring, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at gold mining major Newmont Corporation said diesel-powered mobile equipment represented the company’s biggest decarbonisation challenge. Calling mobile mining equipment related emission control the “largest area and and probably the most challenging, technologically, to address,” Read More
Speaking at the Energy and Mines Virtual World Congress on Tuesday, Newmont executive VP and chief Technology Officer Dean Gehring said the gold mining company was committed to spend $500 million on renewable energy projects by 2025. Newmont plans to cut its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions of GHGs by 30% or more by 2030 Read More
