Bill Mercer, Vice President, Exploration, Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. Winner interview from the 2016 Energy and Mines Renewables in Mining Awards held at the Toronto Hilton on Nov 21st 2016. For more information contact andrew.slavin@energyandmines.com
Liezl Van Wyk, Manager Technical Service, Rio Tinto - Diavik Mine Winner interview from the 2016 Energy and Mines Renewables in Mining Awards held at the Toronto Hilton on Nov 21st 2016. For more information contact andrew.slavin@energyandmines.com
A feasibility study conducted to analyze a conversion of a former underground gold mine into a hydro storage plant in Kidston, Australia, found that the idea was commercially viable and the project could open as soon as 2018. https://twitter.com/ARENA_aus/status/795755303673307136 The site is run by Genex, a power generating development company based in Australia. The study released Read More
The growing popularity of renewables and electrical vehicles will increase the demand for copper in the near future, according to the Australian Warren Center think tank. BHP Billiton also expressed a similar view at a conference in Shanghai and in its latest report. “Decarbonization generally favours copper,” said Executive Director of the Warren Center think tank, Read More
Top miner BHP Billiton estimates that wind and solar energy will reach cost-parity with traditional fossil fuels in about a decade. In light of this, the mining giant plans to test how solar battery storage options can be adopted at its remote sites. “On average, wind and solar energy are expected to reach cost-parity with incumbent Read More
After tremendous success in Canada’s remote Arctic area of Nunavik, Tugliq Energy is considering doing similar wind turbine projects across other northern communities, including maybe the Hope Bay mine in Nunavut, which belongs to TMAC Resources. The 3 MW wind turbine installed in Nunavik sits at the Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine in the northern part of Read More
After being a mining community for a century, Australian town of Kidston is getting a second life following the closure of its biggest gold mine in 2001. Now there are plans to install a pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) system at the site, combined with an integrated solar farm. The project is run by Genex, a Read More
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
The innovative 10.6 MW solar PV project for the DeGrussa Copper Mine in Western Australia has reached a key milestone with the installation of the first PV panels now underway. Neon, who is providing the construction equity and will be the long-term owner-manager is presenting an update on this project at the upcoming Energy and Mines Read More
(to view the video presentation associated with this post fill in the form below) Energy is a major cost component for miners, especially for mines located off-grid, and in areas of erratic power supply and weak power infrastructure. Combining wind and/or solar with existing fossil generating plants (e.g gensets) can help to economically meet the power Read More
