Fortescue Metals Group will set up a solar gas hybrid renewables project to supply up to 100 percent of the daytime energy required at its Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak mines at the Chichester Hub iron ore operation in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Alinta Energy has agreed with Fortescue for the construction of a 60-megawatt solar PV Read More
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will fund $24.2 million of the cost of a Solar Gas Hybrid project to power two mines at Fortescue Metals Group’s Chichester mining hub in Pilbara, Western Australia. The path-breaking project will be the first time a mining major will run its daytime operations entirely off renewable energy. Alinta Energy Read More
The biggest mining names in Chile are tying up long-term renewable energy supply arrangements as power needs trend higher. Here are statistics that show the importance of mining in Chile. The country is the world’s number one producer of copper, iodine, molybdenum, and rhenium, and the #2 producer of lithium. Mining contributes 10% to Chile’s GDP, Read More
Anglo American and ENGIE have agreed to develop and fuel the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck. They signed the agreement in London aboard the Energy Observer (pictured above), the world’s first fully-electric vessel powered exclusively by hydrogen and renewable energies. ENGIE is a leading global energy and energy services company. In the collaboration, ENGIE will Read More
Another mine in Poland, this time coal, turns to solar PV to power for its operations. Polish energy group Enea SA will build a 30 MW solar plant for the Bogdanka coal mine in the southeastern province of Lesser Poland, according to PV magazine. Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A., the company which owns the coal mine, is Read More
Escondida, BHP’s massive copper mine in Chile, will switch completely to renewable sources of energy, according to the company’s chief external affairs officer Geoff Healy. The 1.2 million tonne Escondida operation currently relies on gas for its energy requirement. One of the world’s largest copper mines, it produces approximately 20% of the global copper concentrate supply. Read More
As Zimbabwe reels from rolling power cuts due to a crippling energy shortage, the mining industry, the mainstay of the country’s economy, will invest in solar energy, a Minister said. “As the US$12 billion (mining industry growth vision) is unpacked, you will find that new power generation will come from mining companies establishing solar projects; by Read More
Harmony Gold is closer to its goal of reducing electricity costs and improving power reliability at its gold mines in South Africa. The company will install 26MW of solar PV power at three gold mines located in the Free State province. In a June presentation on electricity demand management, Harmony had identified solar photovoltaic (PV) installations Read More
A survey of global mining executives shows that nearly half think the risk of losing their social license to operate is the top risk for the sector, according to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. Indeed, license to operate has figured at pole position in the top-ten list of mining sector risks for the second Read More
Honeywell and NRStor C&I have agreed to develop and operate 300 megawatts (MW) of Behind-the-Meter (BTM) battery energy storage deployment across the U.S. and Canada in early 2020. Called the Experion Energy Program, it will offer energy storage as a service to commercial and industrial customers. It will be the largest BTM battery energy storage system Read More
