Gold Fields

It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift in Energy Planning for Mines – The Business Case for Renewables is Clear

2019-02-18T10:45:19+00:00

Sunshine for Mines, a Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room initiative, aims to accelerate renewables adoption for mine sites. RMI and CWR are jointly a global nonprofit that works in various industries to facilitate investment into profitable low-carbon opportunities. They are working in the mining industry to help firms assess how renewables—solar, especially—could benefit them Read More

It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift in Energy Planning for Mines – The Business Case for Renewables is Clear2019-02-18T10:45:19+00:00

Gold Fields – "There is a much stronger convergence between mining and renewables in South Africa now than ever before"

2019-02-18T11:15:03+00:00

Challenged by frequent power supply disruptions and anticipated price increases South African mining company Gold Fields undertook a regional energy security plan in cooperation with the Carbon War Room Sunshine for Mines Project.  One of the first outcomes of this review is an RFP for a 40 MW solar PV project for its South Deep Mine. Read More

Gold Fields – "There is a much stronger convergence between mining and renewables in South Africa now than ever before"2019-02-18T11:15:03+00:00

Energy and Mines and Sunshine for Mines, an initiative of Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room, announce partnership for upcoming London Summit

2019-02-19T13:38:15+00:00

November 11, 2015 – Energy and Mines, the leading information source and networking platform for renewables for mines, and Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room, an independent non-profit that merged in 2014 and which focuses on market-based, low-carbon energy solutions, are delighted to announce a strategic partnership for the upcoming Energy and Mines London Summit Read More

Energy and Mines and Sunshine for Mines, an initiative of Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room, announce partnership for upcoming London Summit2019-02-19T13:38:15+00:00

Gold Fields set to release a Request for Proposal for a 40 MW PV System

2019-02-19T13:45:26+00:00

Johannesburg-based Gold Fields is presently out on an Expression of Interest (EoI) and intends to release a Request for Proposals on 09 November 2015. The RFP will be for a 40MW on-site PV system with option for energy storage for its South Deep gold mine in South Africa. Gold Fields, a globally diversified producer of gold Read More

Gold Fields set to release a Request for Proposal for a 40 MW PV System2019-02-19T13:45:26+00:00

Gold Fields eyes solar option

2019-02-19T10:51:36+00:00

GOLD Fields will start a six-month study into solar power to reduce its reliance on Eskom’s increasingly expensive and uncertain power supply. Gold Fields has just the South Deep mine left in SA after it unbundled three labour-intensive mines into new firm Sibanye Gold two years ago. South Deep used 100MW, but Gold Fields wanted to Read More

Gold Fields eyes solar option2019-02-19T10:51:36+00:00

Video: Golds Fields and Carbon War Room Outline Collaboration and Project

2019-02-20T12:52:25+00:00

In this video from the 2015 Johannesburg Renewables and Mining Summit, Duncan Stevens, the VP of Group Sustainable Development from Gold Fields and Carbon War Room Board Member Sean Cleary provide some background and initial findings on their project to explore the potential use of renewables across Gold Fields global operations. The powerpoint presented in this Read More

Video: Golds Fields and Carbon War Room Outline Collaboration and Project2019-02-20T12:52:25+00:00

Analyzing Global Energy Security Plans and the Role of Renewables

2019-02-20T12:27:26+00:00

Presented at the Renewables and Mining Summit in Johannesburg, July 2015, Gold Fields and the Carbon War Room/Rocky Mountain Institute provide background and initial outcomes of collaboration on a project to assess the role of energy and the potential for new energy sources across their global operations. This video of this presentation can be viewed here.

Analyzing Global Energy Security Plans and the Role of Renewables2019-02-20T12:27:26+00:00

Microgrids for African Mines

2019-02-26T10:43:43+00:00

Microgrids for Mines: Establishing Solutions for African Operations “I’d say that for more than 80 percent of African countries the mines are eventually going to run off-grid,” - Grant Pattison, Chairman and CEO, NRG Renew Africa. In an industry interview published this week, Grant Pattison, Chairman and CEO, NRG Renew Africa offers a comprehensive overview of Read More

Microgrids for African Mines2019-02-26T10:43:43+00:00

2nd African Mining and Renewables Summit Launched

2019-02-25T07:13:56+00:00

Mining operators across Africa are facing severe energy shortages and price hikes and are now actively exploring new solutions, including renewables, to power off-grid and grid-connected operations. In this environment, the relevancy and urgency for mining and renewables decision-makers to meet and understand the potential for addressing mining’s power crisis in Africa cannot be understated. Energy Read More

2nd African Mining and Renewables Summit Launched2019-02-25T07:13:56+00:00

Australian mine to house off-grid solar power system

2019-02-25T09:49:59+00:00

Sandfire Resources, a Western Australian gold and copper miner, is set to build one of the largest off-grid solar-PV plants at its DeGrussa mine near Wiluna in the far north Goldfields of Western Australia. The project will integrate a 10.6MW solar array and 6MW of battery storage with the existing 20MW diesel generator, with the aim of Read More

Australian mine to house off-grid solar power system2019-02-25T09:49:59+00:00
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