B2Gold, will set up one of the largest off-grid hybrid solar/heavy fuel oil (HFO) plants in the world at its Fekola gold mine in Mali, West Africa. Studies of the project have indicated solid viability at 30MW solar generating capacity with significant battery storage included. It will entail a capital cost of about $38 million and Read More
Principal Research Scientist Alfonso Chinnici and professors Gus Nathan and Bassam Dally who direct the Centre for Energy Technology (CET) at the University of Adelaide, have developed a solar “combustor” that can run round the clock and provide temperatures as high as 1500°C. Processes in iron, nickel, alumina, and copper mining require continuous heat at such Read More
Mining major Anglo American will buy up to 3TWh of renewable energy annually from Enel Generación Chile, a subsidiary of energy group Enel. Effective 2021, Enel will power Anglo's Los Bronces and El Soldado copper mines, as well as the Chagres smelter, for ten years. Enel will use only renewable sources for this energy. The agreement, Read More
By First Quantum MInerals (FQM) (FQM Image Library) [Public domain, GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons A recent survey conducted by The University of Queensland and The University of British Columbia indicates that, while electrification offers mines improved economic potential and a strengthed license to operate, significant changes in the fundamentals of mine Read More
In an effort to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its operations, BHP is tendering for the world's first liquefied natural gas-fuelled transport in order to move up to 27-million tonnes of the company's iron-ore. This tender represents BHP's support of The International Maritime Organisation’s decision to impose lower limits on sulfur levels in marine fuels. Read More
Jeff Nitsch, Senior Manager, Sales and Policy at Acciona provides his informed views on the opportunities for remote and grid-connected Australian mining operations to invest in renewables and lessons learned from utility-scale power purchase agreements with Chilean and Australian industrials. View Issue 11 of Energy and Mines Magazine.
In the run-up to the 2019 Energy and Mines Australia Summit we are interviewing a select group of exhibitors to understand their products, services and their involvement in the energy for mines market. In issue 11 of Energy and Mines Magazine the Q&A interview featured Penske Power Systems. Download Issue 11 of the Magazine here
In a Q&A interview, Dave Manning, juwi Renewable Energy’s Global Head of Hybrid, outlines their current project developments with mines and provides a market overview for alternative energy in mining. Dave Manning, Global Head of Hybrid, juwi Renewable Energy
While still representing a vital part of Australia's economy, the environmental impact of large-scale mining has seen Australian miners investing heavily in renewable energy to offset both environmental and economic pressures. The Australian government has ambitious targets for carbon emission reductions, looking to lower its emissions to 26% lower than 2005 levels by 2030, and 5% Read More
In an effort to reduce carbon emissions and water waste at its Los Bronces site in Chile, Anglo American is testing an innovative floating island of solar panels as a potential power generation solution. The 1,200-square-foot “Las Tortolas” power generating island will be floated in the middle of the mine's tailings pond, where its shadow is Read More
