NRW Holdings will build a 34 MW solar farm with a 12 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system at mining conglomerate Rio Tinto’s 43 Mt Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia. Announcing the win of the US$44 million EPC contract from Rio Tinto, NRW chief executive and managing director Jules Pemberton said renewable energy represented Read More
Renewable energy will soon power the operations of QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), Rio Tinto’s operation in the Anosy region of south-eastern Madagascar which produces ilmenite, a major source of titanium dioxide. Rio Tinto has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with CrossBoundary Energy for a renewable energy plant comprising an 8 MW solar facility and a Read More
Following four successful online Summits and 18 in-person events on renewables for mines, the 5th annual Energy and Mines Australia Virtual Summit, June 15-17, 2021 featured the major and mid-tier mining companies and renewable energy experts at the forefront of mining’s energy transition in Australia. Content Pods and Topics for 2021: Renewables and Decarbonisation for Mines; Read More
A State of Play survey of 450+ mining executives shows that mine electrification is viewed as one of the most pressing transformation imperatives for the industry. While facilitating precision automation and the digitization of mine operations, electrification improves environmental and health outcomes. About 89% of the survey respondents, therefore, think mine sites will electrify within the Read More
The entire amount of 308,653 MwH of electricity consumed in 2020 by the Minera Valle Central (MVC) copper operation near Rancagua in Chile came from renewable sources. MVC, which is 100% owned by TSX-listed Amerigo Resources Ltd, produces copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate as a by-product by processing fresh and historic tailings from Codelco’s El Teniente Read More
Fortescue Future Industries, a Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary focused on green electricity, green hydrogen, and green ammonia technologies, announced today (July 6, 2021) its achievement of June 30 targets for decarbonization projects. The company said it successfully produced high purity (>97%) green iron at low temperatures in a continuous flow process using Fortescue ores. Furthermore, it Read More
Brazilian miner Vale said in an ESG presentation Thursday that it planned to spend between $4 billion and $6 billion to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions 33% by 2030, an initial step in its path towards net zero. Vale intends to cut its Scope 1 and 2 absolute emissions, which stood at 14.1 Mt Read More
juwi AG will design, supply, and integrate a 36 MW solar farm and 7.5 MW battery energy storage system into the current diesel power plant at Centamin’s Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt. juwi AG, a renewable energy specialist, has built more than 2,500 MW of wind projects and 3,100 megawatts of solar PV in over 25 Read More
Caterpillar will develop, test, and produce Cat® “zero-emission machines” for Nouveau Monde’s Matawinie graphite mining project in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, Canada. According to the agreement inked between the parties, Caterpillar will become the exclusive supplier of an all-electric mining fleet for deployment at the mine by 2028. Nouveau Monde Graphite (CVE: NOU) aims to develop Matawinie as Read More
Karora Resources, an ASX-listed gold mining company, is partnering with The Net Zero Company to develop a pathway and set targets towards a True Net Zero mining future covering Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Based on a science-based methodology, the maiden ESG report from the partnership will be received in early 2022. Read More
