Caledonian’s Blanket gold mine near Gwanda, in southern Zimbabwe, has an 18.4MWa standby diesel generating station that can power the whole mine in the event of a grid supply outage. It also has an uninterrupted power supply agreement with national utility ZESA. Caledonian has now invited bids for a Solar Plant with Integrated Storage Project for Read More
247Solar is seeking to market its concentrated solar power (CSP) technology to the worldwide mining industry through ROST International Trading Limited. 247Solar’s modular, scalable, CSP plants offer completely reliable, round-the-clock, and clean power independent of whether the sun is shining. These plants are ideal for mining operations in remote locations with erratic grid power. They operate Read More
Swedish mining company Boliden is expanding the electrified trolley system that was in pilot mode at its Aitik mine in Northern Sweden. Boliden will spend nearly US$31 million to: Expand the electric trolley line at Aitik of 700 meters by another three kilometers Convert an additional ten diesel trucks to electric use at Aitik At the Read More
The World Gold Council (WGC) published this week a report titled “Gold and Climate Change: Current And Future Impacts.” The report analyzes gold’s climate impact, and how the sector, particularly gold mining, could reduce its carbon footprint in consonance with the Paris climate accord, according to a review by Kitco.com. The report revealed that gold mining Read More
Nordgold is building a 13 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Burkina Faso, the location of its key Bissa and Bouly gold mines. The company has agreed with Total Eren, an independent power producer specialized in renewable energies, and Africa Energy Management Platform (AEMP), its strategic development partner, for construction of the solar PV plant. Total Read More
BHP, the biggest mining company in the world, will use only renewable energy for its copper mines in Chile starting in the mid-2020s. The company entered separate renewable energy contracts for its giant Escondida and Spence mines. It signed 15-year contracts for 3Terawatt hours per year (TWh/year) with ENEL Generación Chile and 10-year contracts for 3TWh/year Read More
Fortescue Metals Group will set up a solar gas hybrid renewables project to supply up to 100 percent of the daytime energy required at its Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak mines at the Chichester Hub iron ore operation in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Alinta Energy has agreed with Fortescue for the construction of a 60-megawatt solar PV Read More
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will fund $24.2 million of the cost of a Solar Gas Hybrid project to power two mines at Fortescue Metals Group’s Chichester mining hub in Pilbara, Western Australia. The path-breaking project will be the first time a mining major will run its daytime operations entirely off renewable energy. Alinta Energy Read More
The biggest mining names in Chile are tying up long-term renewable energy supply arrangements as power needs trend higher. Here are statistics that show the importance of mining in Chile. The country is the world’s number one producer of copper, iodine, molybdenum, and rhenium, and the #2 producer of lithium. Mining contributes 10% to Chile’s GDP, Read More
Anglo American and ENGIE have agreed to develop and fuel the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck. They signed the agreement in London aboard the Energy Observer (pictured above), the world’s first fully-electric vessel powered exclusively by hydrogen and renewable energies. ENGIE is a leading global energy and energy services company. In the collaboration, ENGIE will Read More
