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
NRW Holdings will build a 34 MW solar farm with a 12 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system at mining conglomerate Rio Tinto’s 43 Mt Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia. Announcing the win of the US$44 million EPC contract from Rio Tinto, NRW chief executive and managing director Jules Pemberton said renewable energy represented Read More
Renewable energy will soon power the operations of QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), Rio Tinto’s operation in the Anosy region of south-eastern Madagascar which produces ilmenite, a major source of titanium dioxide. Rio Tinto has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with CrossBoundary Energy for a renewable energy plant comprising an 8 MW solar facility and a Read More
International mining company Rio Tinto and Heliogen, the renewable energy technology company backed by Bill Gates, announced an agreement to deploy Heliogen’s high-temperature, concentrated solar technology to provide clean, renewable energy to Rio Tinto’s Boron, California mine. The mine supplies half of the global demand for refined borates, used in products ranging from fertilizers to construction Read More
Mining companies would do well to address Scope 3 (downstream) emissions, such as at steelmaking customers, on a war footing. Apart from tackling their carbon footprint, these efforts would protect the miners’ own core businesses, says an article in Mining Journal. “Miners heavily invested in metallurgical coal and iron ore who don't help their steel customers Read More
Rio Tinto will invest $1.5 billion through its Kennecott Utah Copper subsidiary to extend mining of copper and other metals at Utah’s Bingham Canyon Mine through to 2032. Rio had previously planned to retire the mine in 2026. Rio considered an improving outlook for copper as the basis for the move to extend mining operations at Read More
Apple bought the first-ever batch of carbon-free aluminum produced by Elysis, a Canadian joint venture between mining giants Alcoa Corp and Rio Tinto, according to Mining Global. Elysis, the company’s name, is derived from the ‘electrolysis of alumina,’ a process in aluminum smelting. The ELYSIS™ technology eliminates all direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the aluminum Read More
Rio Tinto announced an A$1 billion investment at its Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 (WTS2) iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia. The amount includes the construction of a 13 km long conveyor system that will help lower greenhouse gas emissions from the mine by 3.5% compared to road haulage. Giles Parkinson says in an Read More
Today we published Issue 17 or Energy and Mines Magazine featuring 3 excellent articles. 11 recent renewables in mining projects In Issue 2 and Issue 8 of Energy and Mines Magazine we provided details of 17 recently announced renewables in mining projects. In this issue, we list another 11 projects involving the use of renewables in Read More
