John Dorward, President, CEO, and Director, Roxgold has over 19 years of experience in the finance and mining industries and most recently served as Vice-President, Business Development at Fronteer Gold prior to the Company’s sale to Newmont Mining for $2.3 billion in 2011. He is providing the opening keynote at the Energy and Mines Toronto Summit Read More
“Mining companies are looking for opportunities to use economic forms of alternative energy in order to reduce their reliance on stand-alone diesel generators and the generation of greenhouse gases,” says R. Brent Murphy, Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Seabridge Gold. For its KSM project in British Columbia which will be grid connected, Seabridge Gold has Read More
AngloGold Ashanti’s Global Head of Energy says Financing is the Key to Renewables for Mines. Bill Allemon, Global Vice President of Energy Management and Electrical Asset Integrity at AngloGold Ashanti, came to the mining sector two and half years ago after two decades at Ford Motor Company. At Ford, he fine tuned his expertise in pulling Read More
As well as deploying renewable technologies as an alternative main power supply, many mine operators are looking at the benefits of fuel switching on production machinery. In this speaker Q&A Mike Shuman, Manager of Maintenance at Kirkland Lake Gold discusses their use of alternative fuels. Q: What are some of the key benefits of switching to Read More
Richard Spencer is CEO of U3O8 Corp., a Canadian-based junior mining company focused on advancing uranium projects in South America. Spencer is currently exploring renewable power options for its Laguna Salada site which is a uranium-vanadium deposit in Patagonia, Argentina and will be presenting at the 3rd annual Energy and Mines’ Toronto Summit on October 22-23. Read More
Speaker Q&A Alfredo Lamego Duarte is Global Senior Category Manager - Electrical Energy and EC&I for Anglo American. Based in Brazil, Alfredo heads the energy strategy for Anglo America’s global operations and will be presenting at the 3rd annual Energy and Mines’ Toronto Summit on October 22-23. Here he provides insight on the global mining leaders Read More
Daniel Owiredu, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Golden Star Resources has over 30 years’ experience in the mining sector and believes there is a role for renewables to play in addressing the current power crisis for mines in Ghana. This week, he provides insight on his operational energy challenges and the impact gold pricing Read More
Stephen Letwin, President and CEO, IAMGOLD is committed to his goal of 15% of the gold leader’s power generation coming from renewables in the next 3 to 5 years (see details in 2014 keynote). The company has already invested in a 5 MW solar plant for its Rosebel Mine in Suriname and is currently considering solar Read More
An interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal on the shift to solar and wind by large mining operators in Chile. The article underlines the competitiveness of renewables for mining in this part of the world. The article features companies that all participated in the recent Renewables and Mining Summit in Chile. If you would like Read More
The power crisis impacting the African mining sector is beginning to bite. An article in Mining Weekly outlines the details of how power shortages in Zambia are resulting in plant closures and job losses. Mining Weekly: LUSAKA – Canada's First Quantum Minerals will lay off about 1 480 workers at one of its Zambian copper projects Read More
