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
The Australian Government’s Climate Active program has certified Australian Mines Limited, producer of advanced battery materials, as a Carbon Neutral Organisation, according to International Mining. The company is developing a 100% owned Cobalt-Nickel-Scandium mine in Queensland, Australia, to meet the burgeoning demand for ethically sourced battery materials triggered by the global shift to cleaner, more sustainable Read More
Gold Fields, the South Africa-based gold mining company, pioneered a mix of solar, wind, battery storage, and back-up gas generation at its Agnew mine near Leinster, Western Australia. This hybrid system, commissioned in May, is now stable with renewables providing a 54% share on average annually. James Koerting, Gold Field Australia’s manager of electrical operations, said 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
Chilean copper mine Compania Minera Dona Ines de Collahuasi SCM, also known as Collahuasi, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with solar power producer Sonnedix for the delivery of 150 GWh per year. The PPA is for a 24/7 supply of 100% renewable energy according to a statement from Sonnedix. Collahuasi is the second-largest 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
Mining group Anglo American’s Brazilian arm and Casa dos Ventos, a leading wind energy developer in Brazil, have agreed to form a joint venture to develop the Rio do Vento Wind Farm in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The companies will invest R $ 2.4 billion in a Special Purpose Entity to construct eight 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
Soluna Australia, the energy storage division of Lithium Australia, has executed a Letter of Intent with Northern Minerals to supply the latter’s heavy rare earths mine at Browns Range in Western Australia with a renewable energy system including battery storage. Currently, the mining project depends on expensive and polluting, off-grid diesel generation to power its processing 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
