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
At first glance, banks might seem remarkably carbon-clean places, with a footprint little more than the electricity their giant servers consume. However, there is more to it than that. When a bank lends money to a coalmine, or funds a gas peaking station it becomes an indirect contributor to far more that its own global warming. Read More
In June 2016, juwi commissioned the world’s largest off-grid hybrid (solar + diesel + storage) power plant at DeGrussa Copper-Gold mine in Western Australia. juwi’s hybrid power solution delivers 20% fuel savings and a reduction of 12,000 tonnes CO2 per annum, as well improving power quality and reliability. Join the webinar “Hybrid Power for Mines”, where Read More
Presented at the Energy and Mines World Congress in Toronto on November 21st, Lightsource Renewable Energy CEO, Nick Boyle outlines an innovative and bespoke approach to delivery renewables to mining projects. Fill in the form below to download the pdf.
Presented at the London Energy and Mines Summit in January 2016, Duncan Stevens, who at the time was Gold Fields VP of sustainable development, provided a joint presentation with the Carbon War Room on the energy and carbon strategy of the South African Gold leader. Complete the form to download the presentation
With investments in wind and hydro (plus diesel) Minera el Toqui, a southern Chilean zinc and lead mine operated by Nyrstar, is aiming to self generate 45% of its energy from renewables. The presentation (from the Energy and Mines Chile Summit, May 2015) details the mine's key considerations and challenges of integrating wind and hydro for Read More
Fill in the form below to view the presentation from Romain Desrousseaux the Deputy CEO, Neoen - the project developers.
The Cerro Bayo gold and silver mine in Southern Chile is integrating wind energy as a means of reducing diesel costs and addressing logistical and social challenges of transporting diesel to the mine site. Over the past couple of years Energy and Mines has featured this case study because of a couple of unique characteristics - Read More
Join leading mining and renewables experts for a webinar next Thursday October 8th at 11.00 AM EST - click here to sign up. This hour-long webinar will offer current insight from Caterpillar, the leading supplier of diesel generators to the mining sector, on the business pressures and energy priorities of the mining sector. It will also Read More
To complement the video we published on the site (view here), below is the pdf of the presentation by Ian Fielding (Shanta Gold) and Manuel Duggal (MCD International Energy Solutions) on the energy options for a remote Tanzanian mine. This was presented at the Renewables and Mining Summit in Johannesburg in July 2015.
