Archives: Environmental

Rio Tinto will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah from 2024, the mining company has confirmed. Kennecott’s fleet of 90 haul trucks and all heavy machinery will begin to transition to renewable diesel in the March quarter of 2024, along with consumption from the concentrator,[…]

Fortescue earlier this year delivered a prototype Offboard Power Unit to power a converted Liebherr electric R 9400 E excavator previously delivered to the Christmas Creek iron ore operation, part of the Chichester Hub. In a video update this week, the beginning of the electric excavator trial under hydrogen fuel cell derived power is shown with[…]

The Weir Group has completed a comprehensive study that highlights a significant opportunity to reduce energy use and emissions in comminution by leveraging three alternative technology combinations. The study, presented by Paula Cousins, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Weir, during a COP28 panel discussion hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of[…]

The safety and environmental advantages of dual salt emulsions are gaining more attention from the mining sector as companies pursue more ambitious environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, according to BME Global Product Manager, Dr Rakhi Pathak. Pathak says dual salt emulsions have proven themselves as less harmful in terms of potential nitrate contamination and[…]

Aggreko has successfully won the bid to build, own and operate a 12.4 MW solar farm and 8.8 MW/2.1 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) under a long-term power purchase agreement for Rio Tinto’s Amrun project in Weipa, 800 km from Cairns in far north Queensland. Rio Tinto said the project, which will supplement power[…]

Back in June 2021, Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) and ABB announced that they were collaborating on an all-battery electric mining truck, which would draw the power it needed for operations from an overhead trolley catenary line while simultaneously charging the on-board energy storage system based on ABB high power and long-life battery technology. Then in March[…]

Sandvik’s higher-capacity batteries – ones that could eliminate one battery swap every shift in some mining applications – will soon start to be installed across the company’s line of battery-electric vehicles, according to Brian Huff, Vice President of New Technologies for the Load and Haul Division within Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. Speaking to IM[…]

TAKRAF Group company DELKOR Australia has received a significant order for four 40 m² belt linear screens for a gold project in Australia. The award follows the previous installment of several smaller belt linear screens at the same client’s plant. The scope of this most recent order includes four of the largest belt linear screens available[…]

Betolar and Metso have agreed on cooperation in which Betolar’s technology can be offered globally to mining and refinery customers using Metso’s lithium hydroxide process. With material technology solutions for Betolar’s side stream research, the analcime sand generated as a side stream in lithium extraction is analysed and its further processing value is assessed. With[…]

Attendees at CES 2024 are set to experience the “Power of Possible” at Caterpillar Inc.’s roughly 9,600 sq.ft (892 sq.m) exhibit on January 9-12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s display focuses on Caterpillar’s electric machines and energy solutions to meet the evolving needs of customers as they electrify their job sites, Caterpillar says, with[…]