Newcrest Mining's Brucejack gold mine in British Columbia, Canada is progressing in its efforts to convert its full underground truck fleet to battery-electric operation. The company has confirmed that its final Sandvik Z50 50-t payload battery-electric truck is due on site in March, completing the full eight-truck fleet at the mine. The BEV truck project is Read More
Global miner Rio Tinto and Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese trader and business conglomerate, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible Aluminum products to downstream manufacturers in Japan. The first sale under this agreement is a batch of RenewAl ™ high purity, certified low-carbon aluminum from the Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
