Mining company BHP and engineering firm Hatch have partnered to design a pilot plant for an electric smelting furnace (ESF), which could offer a low CO2 steel production method. The plant will use iron ore from BHP's Pilbara mine in Western Australia to test the process with steel producers and technology providers, with a long-term aim Read More
French developer Neoen has in place a 24/7 “baseload renewable” energy supply contract with mining company BHP for its Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. Neoen is one of the world’s leading producers of exclusively renewable energy. BHP’s Olympic Dam site in South Australia is one of the world’s most significant deposits of copper, gold and Read More
The cost of wind, solar, and battery storage projects has risen by 20-60% over the past two years, according to French renewable and storage developer Neoen. The firm, which has around 3 GW of renewable energy projects in Australia, said polysilicon price rises, Covid-19 lockdowns, and supply chain accidents in China were behind the increase. Meanwhile, Read More
BHP is partnering with bp to trial the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to power mining equipment at its Yandi iron ore operations in Western Australia to reduce emissions from mining equipment. BHP aims to reduce its operational greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by FY2030, and 40% of its operational emissions in FY2020 Read More
Eight technology innovators have made it to the finish line in the Charge On Innovation Challenge, which focuses on novel electric truck charging solutions, a prerequisite for the electrification of haul truck fleets in mines. BHP, Rio Tinto, and Vale are the founding patrons of the Challenge, which was facilitated by GHD, a leading professional services Read More
Large Australian mining and energy companies have advanced targets or increased spending to curb carbon emissions ahead of COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties being held in Glasgow. Going a step further, one company has evolved a radical plan to build a new copper-nickel mine that will be zero-carbon from day one, Read More
Green hydrogen may not be cost-competitive in this decade, or even maybe in the first half of the decade beginning 2030, says Lee Levkowitz, BHP’s manager for energy, carbon and technology research. Speaking at the Hydrogen and Mines virtual summit, she said the economics of hydrogen production, especially the green variety, are currently “challenging.” In that Read More
BHP, the world’s largest mining company, has awarded Southern Cross Energy, a TransAlta Renewables subsidiary, the contract to build, own, and operate the Northern Goldfields Solar Project (“Project”) for the supply of renewable solar electricity to BHP’s Goldfields-based Nickel West operations in Western Australia. The Project, to cost A$73 million (US$54 million), comprises the 27.4MW Mount Read More
Jessica Harman, BHP’s principal for portfolio strategy and development, and Steve McGill, BHP’s carbon management specialist, shed light on the mining giant’s decarbonization strategy at the Energy and Mines Virtual World Congress on December 9. (Renew Economy) Harman said BHP was fully committed to the Paris Agreement goals of reaching zero net emissions. She emphasized that Read More
BHP, the Australian mining giant announced a PPA with clean energy generator CleanCo for the supply of energy from low-emission sources and renewables such as solar and wind to its Queensland coal mines. (BHP) The five-year agreement, effective January 1, 2021, will cut emissions at the mines by 50% by 2025. Between 2021 and 2025, it Read More
