As the number and variety of mining in renewable projects develops there is a greater need for a common nomenclature and taxonomy in order to better understand the market potential. For developers looking to build business plans around renewables in mining, for policy-makers aiming to move the extractive industries towards cleaner power options and for the Read More
Gold miners work in the open pit mine at Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank site near Baker Lake, Nunavut. Credit: Canadian Press. Major Nunavut employer Agnico Eagle sent a missive urging investment in renewable energy as an alternative to a carbon tax to Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna last month, citing concerns about cost.The company owns the Meadowbank Gold Read More
BHP’s Olympic Dam copper, gold, and uranium mine in South Australia (Credit: Aaron Bunch, via the Australian Business Review.) BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie is slamming renewable energy after a three-week outage at the firm’s Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia that cost the company $US105 million. “Let’s talk about affordability, reliability Read More
(Photo Credit: Ivan Alvarado, Reuters; Caption: Atacama salt flat - Rockwood lithium plant) Sonny Banjac, a Vancouver based renewable energy and clean-tech consultant, has recently posted an excellent series of three articles on the role of Lithium in the development of energy choices. The articles cover the likely demand for Lithium over the next couple of decades Read More
Credit: Shooter's Bottom wind turbine at dusk (Sharon Loxton) / CC BY-SA 2.0 Major players in global mining are beginning to acknowledge that environmental sustainability is key to business sustainability, and lead the industry toward a low-carbon future. London-based Rio Tinto, for example, outlines 10 ways it’s pushing forward on this front. These include: Signing the Paris Pledge for Read More
“Sandfire has had a knock-on effect and almost everybody developing a mine is looking at putting PV and storage," observes Vince Algar, Managing Director, Australian Vanadium. This Perth-based miner has a unique approach to market which marries energy storage and mining on many levels. The emerging vanadium producer has created an energy storage subsidiary, VSUN Energy, Read More
Goldcorp's Borden mine. Credit: Goldcorp. Industry giant Goldcorp recently announced its plans to establish North America’s first all-electric mining operation at its Borden mine, located near Chapleau, Ontario. The project will rely on a range of battery-operated drilling and blasting equipment, electric bolters, personnel carriers, and a 40-tonne battery-powered haul truck. Goldcorp will eliminate roughly 50% Read More
Mining companies from across the globe were recognized for their investments in renewable energy during the Energy and Mines Renewables in Mining Awards. The glittering gala took place in Toronto on November 21 as part of the 4th annual Energy and Mines World Congress — the essential annual gathering where the mining industry meets renewable energy Read More
India’s energy giant Adani, which is trying to build Australia’s largest thermal coal mine, has secured land for two solar farms worth A$400 million ($300 million) in Queensland and South Australia. The projects will kickstart the company’s five-year plan to install 1,500 MW of solar power plants in Australia. The energy conglomerate is planning to build Read More
Flyn McCarthy Principal SysEne Consulting Inc. The Convention of Parties (COP22) titled the ‘COP of Action’ is wrapping up here in Marrakesh, Morocco with policy makers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries outlining with more clarity their Nationally Determined “Carbon” Contributions (NDCs) and the policy measures intended to meet the Paris Agreement. There was obvious momentum Read More
