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Gold Fields Lays Out Key ESG Targets For 2030

2021-12-03T14:36:46+00:00

Gold mining company Gold Fields Limited has committed to a set of key environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets for 2030. ESG now constitutes one of the three pillars for the company’s business strategy. Published December 1, these ESG commitments for 2030 span decarbonisation; tailings management; water stewardship; safety, health and environment; gender diversity; and stakeholder Read More

Gold Fields Lays Out Key ESG Targets For 20302021-12-03T14:36:46+00:00

ICMM Shines Guiding Light On Climate Goals For Members

2021-11-12T14:21:47+00:00

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an international body dedicated to safe, fair and sustainable mining, was represented at the Energy and Mines World Congress by innovation and climate change manager Verónica Martinez. Martinez said on November 9 that while miners would be responsible for the global supply of many materials critical to the Read More

ICMM Shines Guiding Light On Climate Goals For Members2021-11-12T14:21:47+00:00

Newmont To Tackle Decarbonization Of Mobile Mining Equipment With Battery Power

2021-11-12T14:21:21+00:00

Speaking at the Energy and Mines Virtual World Congress on November 9, Dean Gehring, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at gold mining major Newmont Corporation said diesel-powered mobile equipment represented the company’s biggest decarbonisation challenge. Calling mobile mining equipment related emission control the “largest area and and probably the most challenging, technologically, to address,” Read More

Newmont To Tackle Decarbonization Of Mobile Mining Equipment With Battery Power2021-11-12T14:21:21+00:00

By 2025, Gold Miner Newmont Will Spend $500M On Renewable Energy

2021-11-10T15:41:56+00:00

Speaking at the Energy and Mines Virtual World Congress on Tuesday, Newmont executive VP and chief Technology Officer Dean Gehring said the gold mining company was committed to spend $500 million on renewable energy projects by 2025. Newmont plans to cut its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions of GHGs by 30% or more by 2030 Read More

By 2025, Gold Miner Newmont Will Spend $500M On Renewable Energy2021-11-10T15:41:56+00:00

COP26: Australian Miners Show Fresh Resolve, Jack Up Plans To Cut Emissions

2021-11-10T15:41:42+00:00

Large Australian mining and energy companies have advanced targets or increased spending to curb carbon emissions ahead of COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties being held in Glasgow. Going a step further, one company has evolved a radical plan to build a new copper-nickel mine that will be zero-carbon from day one, Read More

COP26: Australian Miners Show Fresh Resolve, Jack Up Plans To Cut Emissions2021-11-10T15:41:42+00:00

Anglo American Targets A Reduction Of 50% In Scope 3 Emissions By 2040

2021-11-02T19:18:57+00:00

Leading global mining company Anglo American has updated on its progress towards the target of carbon neutral operations (Scopes 1 & 2) by 2040 and announced its ambition to reduce Scope 3 emissions by the same year, 2040, against a 2020 baseline. Its Sustainability Performance 2021 Presentation quantifies total Scope 3 emissions at 115 MT between Read More

Anglo American Targets A Reduction Of 50% In Scope 3 Emissions By 20402021-11-02T19:18:57+00:00

Energy and Mines Magazine – Issue 35 Download Now

2021-10-27T18:14:14+00:00

Issue 35 of Energy and Mines Magazine is available to download now. This issue includes the following This issue includes the following stories 1. The Roadmap to Net-Zero Mining - how this new driver in mining is shaping energy and mine strategy 2. What does Net-Zero Power for Mines Look Like? - the role of renewables Read More

Energy and Mines Magazine – Issue 35 Download Now2021-10-27T18:14:14+00:00

Climate Survey Finds Encouraging Use of Renewable Energy By Russian Miners

2021-10-19T14:22:50+00:00

The Russian chapter of the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI Russia), part of the World Economic Forum's Climate Action Platform, conducted a survey of Russian mining and metallurgical companies in partnership with Deloitte CIS to assess their commitment to a climate and decarbonization agenda. Polyus, the largest gold producer in Russia, and a top-five gold producer globally Read More

Climate Survey Finds Encouraging Use of Renewable Energy By Russian Miners2021-10-19T14:22:50+00:00

Exxaro Appoints In-House Company Cennergi To Decarbonize Coal Mines

2021-09-24T19:19:07+00:00

Cennergi, a wholly-owned arm of South African coal miner Exxaro Resources, has been contracted to provide renewable energy for Exxaro's Grootegeluk, Belfast, and Matla coal mines on an arm's length basis. In 2016 Cennergi built two renewable wind farms with a combined capacity of 229 MW in the Eastern Cape. It is now South Africa’s second-largest Read More

Exxaro Appoints In-House Company Cennergi To Decarbonize Coal Mines2021-09-24T19:19:07+00:00

Iron Ore Producers To Benefit From The Drive Towards Green Steel

2021-09-10T14:11:07+00:00

Australia, Canada, and Brazil, the major iron-ore producers, are likely to benefit from the looming shift towards green steel, according to Fitch Solutions head of commodities analysis Aurelia Britsch, who was speaking at the Hydrogen and Mines virtual summit on Wednesday. A primary benefit would be that mining companies in these countries could claim lower Scope Read More

Iron Ore Producers To Benefit From The Drive Towards Green Steel2021-09-10T14:11:07+00:00