copper

BHP And Chinese Copper Producers Sign MoU For Collaborating On The Copper Value Chain

2023-04-03T19:42:30+00:00

BHP, China Copper, and Daye Nonferrous have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to collaborate in developing a sustainable and responsible copper value chain to support the global energy transition. China Copper and Daye Nonferrous are two of China’s leading copper producers. The parties aim to jointly explore opportunities to reduce the environmental footprint and improve energy Read More

BHP And Chinese Copper Producers Sign MoU For Collaborating On The Copper Value Chain2023-04-03T19:42:30+00:00

BHP’s Giant Escondida Mine To Use 100% Renewable Energy

2019-10-11T13:25:22+00:00

Escondida, BHP’s massive copper mine in Chile, will switch completely to renewable sources of energy, according to the company’s chief external affairs officer Geoff Healy. The 1.2 million tonne Escondida operation currently relies on gas for its energy requirement. One of the world’s largest copper mines, it produces approximately 20% of the global copper concentrate supply. Read More

BHP’s Giant Escondida Mine To Use 100% Renewable Energy2019-10-11T13:25:22+00:00

Oz Minerals to use wind and solar power in a bid to curb fossil fuels

2019-09-03T05:12:53+00:00

Oz Minerals, the Australian mining giant, is harnessing wind and solar power for its West Musgrave mine to reduce the high costs from fossil fuels. West Musgrave is the largest unexplored nickel-copper deposit in Australia. Power accounts for 40% of the mine's processing costs. "Large-scale solar photovoltaic and wind solutions are currently economically viable and technically Read More

Oz Minerals to use wind and solar power in a bid to curb fossil fuels2019-09-03T05:12:53+00:00

Copper miner explores standalone renewable energy in Australia

2019-02-13T10:40:10+00:00

While hybrid energy systems having been gaining ground in the mining industry, last year’s blackouts in South Australia may lead some firms to abandon fossil fuels entirely. Copper company Oz Minerals is one of them. The firm is considering developing independent sources of energy such as solar, wind, and thermal and bypassing the grid to ensure Read More

Copper miner explores standalone renewable energy in Australia2019-02-13T10:40:10+00:00

Chile’s Antofagasta moves to renewable energy

2019-02-13T10:52:11+00:00

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta is renegotiating its long-term energy contracts to increase renewables as the cost of solar and wind continues to fall, CEO Ivan Arriagada told Reuters. While some of the firm’s energy contracts won’t expire for another three to five years, they allow for renegotiation if market conditions change. Conditions have certainly been changing. Read More

Chile’s Antofagasta moves to renewable energy2019-02-13T10:52:11+00:00

Canadian mines could power the clean energy transition – new report

2019-02-12T11:28:13+00:00

Jericho Diamond Mine pit in Nunavut, Canada. Photo by Tom Churchill (Tomchurchill at en.wikipedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Think clean energy jobs are just in manufacturing, installation, and maintenance? Think again. Specifically, think of the extraction industries. Canada’s mining sector produces a host of metals and resources that are critical to renewable energy technologies. Copper Read More

Canadian mines could power the clean energy transition – new report2019-02-12T11:28:13+00:00

If Glencore wants cheap energy for Mt. Isa, it should go solar

2019-02-14T13:44:47+00:00

Mt. Isa Mines (CC BY-ND 2.0). Photo by densbin, via Flickr. Mining magnate Glencore is rattling sabers about shuttering its copper mines at Mt. Isa in Queensland, largely due to the soaring cost of energy. If it follows through on its threat, the company will be scuttling at least 2,000 local jobs. But the firm’s woes Read More

If Glencore wants cheap energy for Mt. Isa, it should go solar2019-02-14T13:44:47+00:00

Renewable power likely at OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena copper mine

2019-02-15T12:41:10+00:00

South Australia copper giant OZ Minerals will likely have on-site renewable energy generation at its new copper mine at Carrapateena. Documents the company recently submitted to the federal environment department specifically discussed renewable energy sources for powering the mine, in light of South Australia’s recent blackouts and rising energy prices. The company proposes supplementing its tie Read More

Renewable power likely at OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena copper mine2019-02-15T12:41:10+00:00

BHP plans on hold without greater energy security

2019-02-16T07:02:49+00:00

BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper mine in South Australia. (Credit: BHP Billiton) Concerns about reliable energy are top of mind in South Australia’s mining sector, following a statewide blackout in September and more power failures during this February's heatwave. South Australia has adopted wind energy as part of its strategy for achieving its renewable energy target Read More

BHP plans on hold without greater energy security2019-02-16T07:02:49+00:00

BHP knocks renewables after $100m loss

2019-02-13T07:07:46+00:00

BHP’s Olympic Dam copper, gold, and uranium mine in South Australia (Credit: Aaron Bunch, via the Australian Business Review.) BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie is slamming renewable energy after a three-week outage at the firm’s Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia that cost the company $US105 million. “Let’s talk about affordability, reliability Read More

BHP knocks renewables after $100m loss2019-02-13T07:07:46+00:00
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