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Mineral Resources Is Australia’s First Miner To Receive Fully Electric Hilux and LandCruiser Utes

2023-02-20T16:55:27+00:00

Mineral Resources (MinRes), the mining company in Western Australia, has become the first to receive deliveries of Australian-engineered, electric Toyota HiLux and LandCruiser utility vehicles (utes) for its mine site operations. The company has ordered the vehicles from mining industry vehicle supplier and systems integrator MEVCO, which is partnering with SEA Electric to electrify the Toyota Read More

Mineral Resources Is Australia’s First Miner To Receive Fully Electric Hilux and LandCruiser Utes2023-02-20T16:55:27+00:00

Fortescue’s Iron Ore Operations In Pilbara Now Backed By 42MW Batteries

2023-02-20T16:49:39+00:00

Hybrid Systems Australia (HSA) has delivered Western Australia’s largest network-integrated battery energy storage system for Fortescue Metals Group’s Pilbara Energy Connect project. The system includes 42 MW of interconnected battery storage, making it one of the world’s largest network-connected BESS for a mining application. The batteries are developed alongside solar and low-emissions gas-fired generation owned and Read More

Fortescue’s Iron Ore Operations In Pilbara Now Backed By 42MW Batteries2023-02-20T16:49:39+00:00

Norwegian Miner Rana Gruber Awards Sandvik $36M Order For Battery Electric Vehicles

2023-02-20T16:47:28+00:00

Sandvik has been chosen to provide a fleet of 19 battery-electric vehicles to Rana Gruber's iron ore mine operations in northern Norway. The order, valued at around SEK 370 million (US$36 million), includes trucks, loaders, drills, on-site service support, and batteries. Deliveries are expected to start in the first quarter of 2023 and continue through 2024. Read More

Norwegian Miner Rana Gruber Awards Sandvik $36M Order For Battery Electric Vehicles2023-02-20T16:47:28+00:00

Savannah Resources Updates On Decarbonization At Its Barroso Lithium Project

2023-02-13T16:52:50+00:00

Savannah Resources, a company aiming to build the largest lithium mine in western Europe in Portugal, has announced it has found a way to eliminate the project's direct emissions (Scope 1) by using battery electric mining equipment. The company also stated that indirect emissions (Scope 2) could be lowered by 54% due to a potential reduction Read More

Savannah Resources Updates On Decarbonization At Its Barroso Lithium Project2023-02-13T16:52:50+00:00

South Africa’s Harmony Gold Mulling Green Hydrogen, LNG For Energy Needs

2023-02-13T16:52:13+00:00

Harmony Gold, South Africa's largest gold miner, is exploring options to reduce its dependence on state utility Eskom, which relies on coal-fired power plants that often break down, putting pressure on the miner to find alternative energy sources. Harmony is therefore considering using hydrogen and natural gas to generate power for some of its mines. The Read More

South Africa’s Harmony Gold Mulling Green Hydrogen, LNG For Energy Needs2023-02-13T16:52:13+00:00

Seriti To Build 155 MW Wind Farm To Power Its South African Coal Mines

2023-02-13T16:51:40+00:00

Seriti Resources, a South African coal mining company, is building the country's largest wind farm through its subsidiary Seriti Green at an estimated cost of 4 billion rand ($236 million). The 155 MW wind farm will be located in Mpumalanga and begin operating in 2025, with the electricity generated being used to power the nearby coal Read More

Seriti To Build 155 MW Wind Farm To Power Its South African Coal Mines2023-02-13T16:51:40+00:00

Canadian Gold Miner Equinox Reveals Emission Reduction Targets In Inaugural Climate Action Report

2023-02-13T16:50:22+00:00

Equinox Gold, a Canadian mining company, plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030, according to its president and CEO Greg Smith. Smith unveiled the company’s climate action report, which commits to a target of reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 25% by 2030 compared to "business-as-usual" forecast GHG emissions Read More

Canadian Gold Miner Equinox Reveals Emission Reduction Targets In Inaugural Climate Action Report2023-02-13T16:50:22+00:00

5B’s Rapidly Deployed ‘Maverick’ Solar Panels To Power Lithium Mine

2023-02-13T16:49:36+00:00

Australian company 5B has secured its largest project so far, serving as the technology provider for the solar component of a 95 MW hybrid microgrid for Liontown Resources’ Kathleen Valley Lithium mine in Australia. The microgrid, being developed by Zenith Energy, will consist of five wind turbines (30 MW), 16 MW of solar, a 17 MW/19 Read More

5B’s Rapidly Deployed ‘Maverick’ Solar Panels To Power Lithium Mine2023-02-13T16:49:36+00:00

Wind And Solar Generation In Australia Touched All-Time Highs On Feb 11

2023-02-13T16:48:57+00:00

Energy analyst Geoff Eldridge from Global Power Energy observed that Australia's main grid saw record-breaking output from renewables and wind and solar energy on February 11th. At 1.55 pm (AEST), the renewables output reached 20,138.5 MW, surpassing the previous peak by over 731 MW. Additionally, the output of wind and solar energy (variable renewables) touched 19,573.9 Read More

Wind And Solar Generation In Australia Touched All-Time Highs On Feb 112023-02-13T16:48:57+00:00

ARENA Approves $65M Grant To Vast Solar’s “First-of-its-kind” Concentrated Solar Power Project In Port Augusta

2023-02-13T16:48:26+00:00

Vast Solar, an Australian developer of solar thermal, or concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, has received funding of $65 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for its 30MW/ 288MWh reference plant, VS1, in Port Augusta, South Australia. This utility-scale CSP project, the first of its kind, will anchor Vast Solar's green technology manufacturing activities Read More

ARENA Approves $65M Grant To Vast Solar’s “First-of-its-kind” Concentrated Solar Power Project In Port Augusta2023-02-13T16:48:26+00:00
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