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Caterpillar To Offer 100% Hydrogen Generator Sets Later This Year

2021-09-03T17:48:04+00:00

Caterpillar, the industrial machinery and locomotive giant that posted a turnover of nearly US$42 billion in 2020, will offer later this year designed-to-order generator sets that can run on 100% hydrogen including fully renewable green hydrogen. Renewable hydrogen and hydrogen blends are among several alternative fuels customers are considering to achieve their sustainability goals. Recognizing these Read More

Caterpillar To Offer 100% Hydrogen Generator Sets Later This Year2021-09-03T17:48:04+00:00

Climate Activists Haul Santos To Court over Net-Zero Claims

2021-09-03T17:43:32+00:00

The Environmental Defenders Officers, acting on behalf of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), has filed a suit against Santos Ltd, Australia’s biggest domestic gas supplier, alleging the company misled investors in its 2020 Annual Report by labeling natural gas as a “clean fuel,” and stating it had a “clear and credible” plan to reach Read More

Climate Activists Haul Santos To Court over Net-Zero Claims2021-09-03T17:43:32+00:00

Gold Miner Agnico Eagle Ties Up Wind Power For Hope Bay Mine

2021-08-03T15:39:11+00:00

Precious metals miner Agnico Eagle Mines has inked a deal to provide wind power at its Hope Bay mine in the Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region in Canada. Under an MoU with Agnico, a consortium comprising Quebec-based Tugliq Energy Co. and Hiqiniq Energy Corp., a subsidiary of Inuity-owned economic development firm Kitikmeot Corp, will build and operate and Read More

Gold Miner Agnico Eagle Ties Up Wind Power For Hope Bay Mine2021-08-03T15:39:11+00:00

TransAlta To Build US$54M Hybrid Solar-Battery Project for BHP Nickel West – juwi selected as EPC

2021-08-04T16:10:58+00:00

BHP, the world’s largest mining company, has awarded Southern Cross Energy, a TransAlta Renewables subsidiary, the contract to build, own, and operate the Northern Goldfields Solar Project (“Project”) for the supply of renewable solar electricity to BHP’s Goldfields-based Nickel West operations in Western Australia. The Project, to cost A$73 million (US$54 million), comprises the 27.4MW Mount Read More

TransAlta To Build US$54M Hybrid Solar-Battery Project for BHP Nickel West – juwi selected as EPC2021-08-04T16:10:58+00:00

Rio Tinto Awards US$44M, 34 MW Solar+Battery Project To NRW

2021-07-30T17:17:25+00:00

NRW Holdings will build a 34 MW solar farm with a 12 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system at mining conglomerate Rio Tinto’s 43 Mt Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia. Announcing the win of the US$44 million EPC contract from Rio Tinto, NRW chief executive and managing director Jules Pemberton said renewable energy represented Read More

Rio Tinto Awards US$44M, 34 MW Solar+Battery Project To NRW2021-07-30T17:17:25+00:00

Rio Tinto Signs Renewable Energy PPA with CrossBoundary Energy For Madagascar Mine And Community

2021-07-28T17:44:52+00:00

Renewable energy will soon power the operations of QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), Rio Tinto’s operation in the Anosy region of south-eastern Madagascar which produces ilmenite, a major source of titanium dioxide. Rio Tinto has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with CrossBoundary Energy for a renewable energy plant comprising an 8 MW solar facility and a Read More

Rio Tinto Signs Renewable Energy PPA with CrossBoundary Energy For Madagascar Mine And Community2021-07-28T17:44:52+00:00

89% of Australian Miners Anticipate Electrification

2021-07-12T19:17:50+00:00

A State of Play survey of 450+ mining executives shows that mine electrification is viewed as one of the most pressing transformation imperatives for the industry. While facilitating precision automation and the digitization of mine operations, electrification improves environmental and health outcomes. About 89% of the survey respondents, therefore, think mine sites will electrify within the Read More

89% of Australian Miners Anticipate Electrification2021-07-12T19:17:50+00:00

Amerigo’s MVC Operation In Chile Was 100% Renewable-Powered In 2020

2021-07-08T16:56:26+00:00

The entire amount of 308,653 MwH of electricity consumed in 2020 by the Minera Valle Central (MVC) copper operation near Rancagua in Chile came from renewable sources. MVC, which is 100% owned by TSX-listed Amerigo Resources Ltd, produces copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate as a by-product by processing fresh and historic tailings from Codelco’s El Teniente Read More

Amerigo’s MVC Operation In Chile Was 100% Renewable-Powered In 20202021-07-08T16:56:26+00:00

Fortescue’s Green Energy Subsidiary Achieves Decarbonization Goals

2021-07-06T18:10:55+00:00

Fortescue Future Industries, a Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary focused on green electricity, green hydrogen, and green ammonia technologies, announced today (July 6, 2021) its achievement of June 30 targets for decarbonization projects. The company said it successfully produced high purity (>97%) green iron at low temperatures in a continuous flow process using Fortescue ores. Furthermore, it Read More

Fortescue’s Green Energy Subsidiary Achieves Decarbonization Goals2021-07-06T18:10:55+00:00

Vale Commits $4B – $6B To Cut Emissions 33% By 2030

2021-07-05T17:43:57+00:00

Brazilian miner Vale said in an ESG presentation Thursday that it planned to spend between $4 billion and $6 billion to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions 33% by 2030, an initial step in its path towards net zero. Vale intends to cut its Scope 1 and 2 absolute emissions, which stood at 14.1 Mt Read More

Vale Commits $4B – $6B To Cut Emissions 33% By 20302021-07-05T17:43:57+00:00