Apple bought the first-ever batch of carbon-free aluminum produced by Elysis, a Canadian joint venture between mining giants Alcoa Corp and Rio Tinto, according to Mining Global. Elysis, the company’s name, is derived from the ‘electrolysis of alumina,’ a process in aluminum smelting. The ELYSIS™ technology eliminates all direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the aluminum Read More
Brazilian miner Vale, one of the world’s largest producers of iron ore, committed to power its global operations with clean energy by 2030, even as it said it would align its business with the 2015 United Nations conference on climate change in Paris. Vale unveiled its “New Pact with Society” at its annual investor briefing in Read More
Strandline Resources Limited announced its selection of Woodside and EDL for a hybrid gas and renewable power solution at the Coburn mineral sands project in WA’s Mid-West. The Woodside and EDL Joint Venture (WEJV) will develop for Strandline a 27MW integrated trucked LNG, storage, and power station facility, comprising gas and diesel back-up generators combined with Read More
Rio Tinto announced an A$1 billion investment at its Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 (WTS2) iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia. The amount includes the construction of a 13 km long conveyor system that will help lower greenhouse gas emissions from the mine by 3.5% compared to road haulage. Giles Parkinson says in an Read More
Resolute’s Syama Gold Mine in Mali, the world’s first purpose-built, fully automated, sub-level cave gold mine, will develop a new hybrid modular power station. The new power plant, to be developed with partner Aggreko plc, will be a combination of solar, battery, and thermal generation technologies. It will replace the mine’s 28 MW diesel-based power station, Read More
The Yukon Government released for consultation its strategy for climate change, energy, and a green economy in the coming decade. Titled Our Clean Future, it sets a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, compared to emissions in 2010. “Over the next several months, we will also work with industry to set an Read More
Bill Gates-backed startup Heliogen unveiled concentrated solar technology that could achieve temperatures as high as 1,500C using software-controlled mirrors that focus sunlight onto a tower-mounted receiver. The company has dubbed this low-cost, carbon-free, ultra-high temperature heat as HelioHeat™. Heliogen emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday. Bill Gross, chief executive, and founder said HelioHeat would enable the Read More
Kirsten Rose, BHP’s head of innovation, sustainable operations, will shed light on the miner’s ambitious plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the middle of the century. Ms. Rose will participate in a panel discussion on decarbonizing technologies at Resources Technology Showcase 2019 in Perth next week, according to The West Australian. Investors Read More
Siemens and juwi have entered a strategic technology partnership that will ensure reliable, cost-effective renewable energy supply via microgrids to the mining industry. The two companies will work together on the advanced microgrid control system that enables the seamless integration of power from renewable energy to a mine's off-grid power supply. The partnership will build on Read More
Danish company FLSmidth launched Mission Zero on its Capital Markets Day on November 6. Mission Zero is the company’s new sustainability program to significantly reduce emissions across the global cement and mining industries by 2030, according to a report in INTERNATIONAL MINING. FLSmidth supplies equipment to both cement and mining customers. Both industries are known to Read More
