Tharisa plc, the Johannesburg and London-listed gold miner, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with renewable energy producers Total Eren and Chariot for a 40 MWp solar project to be located at the company's mine in the North West Province of South Africa. This project will enable Tharisa to reduce the use of grid power, Read More
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) granted earlier this month two licenses for solar PV plants to Zimplats, the Zimbabwean unit of Impala Platinum. Zimplats is now cleared to construct, own, operate and maintain a 105 MW solar photovoltaic power plant at Ngezi Mine in Mhondoro in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province. The other licence is for Read More
Wärtsilä Energy has been contracted by a leading gold mining company in South American country Suriname for the supply of an integrated 7.8-megawatt (MW) / 7.8-megawatt hour (MWh), utility-scale energy storage system. Expected to be operational by late 2022, the system will cut fuel consumption at the gold mine by reducing the reliance on an emergency Read More
Peter Drager, Head Of Development - Hybrid and Offgrid, juwi Renewable Energies, delved at length on the prospects for zero-carbon mining in Africa in an interview with Energy and Mines. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, Drager said, given the number of countries in the continent, their political structures and different strategies for electrification. However, Drager observed Read More
Teck Resources Limited, one of Canada’s leading mining companies, will deploy 30 Caterpillar zero-emission large haul vehicles, including Cat 794 ultra-class trucks, at its mining sites beginning 2027. Teck announced Wednesday an agreement with Caterpillar Inc to develop, pilot and commence the operation of these trucks initially at the Elk Valley steelmaking coal operations in British Read More
Bruce Anderson, CEO, 247SOLAR INC., takes aim at some of the buzz-words surrounding carbon emissions and climate change, in particular, terms such as renewable, net-zero, and zero carbon. In an interview with Energy and Mines, he is blunt that the words can be used to “obfuscate as well as to clarify.” He is clear that “zero-carbon” Read More
Speaking to Energy and Mines, Cobus Loots, CEO, Pan African Resources said the company’s renewable energy initiatives would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance business sustainability through cost efficiencies, and cut production downtime due to grid disruptions. Pan African is a mid-tier gold producer with its operations in South Africa. The country’s industry is heavily dependent Read More
Gold mining company Gold Fields will rely on green energy sources to achieve two-thirds of its planned 2030 emissions reductions, CEO Chris Griffith revealed in an interview with Energy and Mines. Now considered a leader in the application of renewables in mines, Gold Fields will build on the success of its high profile renewable projects at Read More
Korea Zinc, the holding company of Australian zinc refiner Sun Metals, agreed earlier this month to deploy Swiss company Energy Vault’s long-duration, gravity-based energy storage technology at Sun’s north Queensland zinc refinery. Energy Vault’s grid-scale energy storage solutions, inspired by pumped hydro plants, harness the principles of gravity and kinetic energy to store and dispatch energy Read More
Issue 38 of Energy and Mines Magazine is available to view and download today. This issue features the following Interview: Chris Griffith, CEO, Gold Fields - How the use of renewables is helping Gold Fields meet their ESG commitments Achieving the zero carbon dream - Key energy trends and technologies for African miners Interview: Cobus Loots, Read More
