Brazillian headquartered miner, Vale SA, announced yesterday that it plans to invest at least $2bn to make good on the commitment to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050. In an interview with Reuters, Chief Executive Eduardo Bartolomeo outlined an interim emissions reduction target of 33% by 2030 indicating the announced funds would be used to reach this Read More
Wärtsilä Energy Business, which leads the transition to a 100% renewable future, has researched hydrogen as a fuel for two decades. It said it is developing its combustion gas engines to run on 100% hydrogen fuel and has already tested its engines to run on a 60:40 mix of hydrogen and natural gas according to International Read More
Gran Colombia Gold Corp., the Toronto-headquartered gold miner with operations in Colombia, has agreed to acquire the 11.2 MW “Suarez” solar project located in the Tolima region, Colombia, from Renergetica Colombia SAS, a subsidiary of Renergetica SpA. The Suarez project is expected to become operational later in 2020 and have a life of 30 years. The Read More
Azelio, a Swedish renewable energy company, announced its partnership with Chilean company Industria Mecánica VOGT S.A. (VOGT) on solar PV energy storage projects for the Latin American mining industry. (Azelio) VOGT is a Chilean supplier of industrial equipment including pumping systems for the largest mining companies in the region. These pumping installations require power 24/7, and Read More
The uptake for renewable energy generation in the mining sector is rapidly increasing and for most companies is no longer just a ‘possible, long-term consideration’ agenda item. As the cost of renewable energy solutions continues to drop and the demand for improved social and environmental compliance climbs, even the remotest mines in Africa are now starting Read More
Australian Mines Limited, one of the world’s lowest-cost producers of battery materials for the electric vehicle and energy storage industries, intends to be 100% carbon neutral by the end of this year, according to proactiveinvestors.com. The company will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and offset its remaining carbon-generating activity to achieve the carbon neutrality status. Managing director Read More
Centinela, the copper mining unit of Chile-based, London-listed Antofagasta plc has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ENGIE Energía Chile S.A. for the supply of renewable power effective from 2022 until 2033. The entire power supply under the Agreement will be from renewable sources, according to Creamer Media’s Engineering News. The Centinela copper mine is Read More
Very exciting news on the hydrogen in mining front - Anglo America, BHP and Fortescue Metals Group have formed a consortium to explore the use of hydrogen in decarbonizing their operations globally. Global engineering firm Hatch has been appointed as project management and governance facilitator of the Consortium. The aims and plans of the consortium will Read More
Oz Minerals will use an optimized mix of solar, wind, battery and diesel power for its proposed copper-nickel project in West Musgrave, Australia, according to Mining Technology. Oz Minerals and Cassini Resources own the project in the ratio of 70:30 respectively. According to its pre-feasibility report released Wednesday, the mine will produce 28,000 tonnes of copper Read More
Energy and Mines Magazine Issue 18 is now available. The 40-page issue comprises 3 feature articles To download - click here 5 Key Takeaways from the 2019 Energy and Mines World Congress Whether or not mines will decarbonize is no longer a question. "If we don't do something different on energy, we won't be in business Read More
