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As part of its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, the Western Australian Government led by Premier Roger Cook has announced that members of the ‘Pilbara Industry Roundtable’ (PIR) have all agreed on common use electricity infrastructure in the Pilbara. The agreement recognises the importance of supporting increased use of renewable energy in the Pilbara.[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has started testing a battery-electric truck at its operations in the Pilbara of Western Australia as part of its latest decarbonisation efforts. Having floated the idea of a battery-electric haul truck some three years ago – and started a physical build process 12 months ago – the company is now testing a[…]

Ore characterisation company Plotlogic and its proprietary OreSense® technology have been given a boost with the latest $28 million funding round, supported by US- and Australia-based venture capital climate and sustainability firms. In the five years since its inception, Plotlogic has become a leader in ore characterisation. Its OreSense technology is helping customers, including BHP,[…]

Mining in Latin America is a large scale, well established activity, Atmos International Sales Engineer, Rodrigo Salgado, writes. Latin America accounts for 50% of the world’s silver production, 40% of the global production of copper and 35% of the world’s lithium.¹ With the region holding a significant share in the production and reserves of the[…]

Veolia says it has renewed its contract with AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited, part of the South Africa headquartered gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, with Veolia Ghana Limited continuing to be responsible for operating and maintaining all the water treatment plants for the Obuasi open-pit and underground operations in Ghana. These two-year extension confirms Veolia’s operational[…]

Vale says it has implemented the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM) in 48 of its 50 tailings storage facilities (TSFs), with plans to bring the two remaining TSFs into conformance by August 2025. The GISTM was developed after the tragic failure of a tailings facility at Brumadinho, Brazil, in 2019, through an independent[…]

Gold mining major Kinross has released its 2022 Climate Report in which J. Paul Rollinson, the President and Chief Executive Officer discusses how it is translating ESG Strategy into Climate Change Action. He states: “We continue to take important steps to address climate change through renewable energy projects, power purchase agreements, electric autonomous haulage partnerships,[…]

Ventilation on demand not only reduces energy usage and costs in underground mines, it can help extend production and the lifespan of existing infrastructure as part of a suite of electrification and automation solutions, say Marcos Hillal, Global Product Line Manager, Automation, ABB, and Jan Nyqvist, Global Product Manager, Automation Underground Mining, ABB. By now,[…]

Glencore Technology is to help Atlantic Copper, owned by Freeport-McMoRan, to create the first waste recovery plant for metal fractions of e-material in southern Europe. The ‘CirCular’ project will feature Glencore Technology’s ISACYLE™ technology to process 60,000 t/y of e-material, and is expected to be operational in the March quarter of 2025. According to Atlantic[…]

Vale says it has reached maximum capacity at the Sol do Cerrado solar energy complex in Brazil, one of the largest solar parks in Latin America. The project is set to supply 16% of all the energy consumed by Vale in its operations in Brazil, in line with the company’s strategy of achieving zero CO2[…]