mining

WA mine boosts solar and storage so it can run on renewables only during day

Western Australian mining operation will boost its solar and storage capacity to allow it to run entirely with on-site renewables for…

January 28, 2022

Hybrid solar and battery system to power mineral sands project in W.A.

ASX-listed miner Strandline Resources has signed a 15-year supply agreement with Contract Power, a move that will see it pay…

March 16, 2021

Mining majors pledge to electrify industry with renewables, batteries, EVs

Fourteen companies join forces to decarbonise Australian mining industry and to help it harness the benefits of renewables, storage and…

March 10, 2021

W.A. mines to add solar, batteries, with backing of state government

Two mining operations in W.A. Goldfields region to add solar and battery storage via first round of the state’s $19…

January 20, 2021

Solar and battery storage to power Western Australia rare earths mine

Northern Minerals has signed a PPA with Soluna Australia for 100kW solar, 200kWh battery system to help power its Brown's…

May 8, 2020

Why an Australian mining giant chose wind and solar over gas

Oz Minerals reveals why it chose wind, solar and batteries over the traditional gas pipeline solution for its new $1…

February 27, 2020

Mining giant eyes wind, solar to power huge nickel project

Oz Minerals says 55MW hybrid power plant combining solar and wind could provide 70-80% of power for West Musgrave project,…

August 29, 2019

Second-hand turbines to help power mine in wind, solar and battery project

ARENA has backed the ground-breaking fringe-of-grid project, which is using 2.5MW of second-hand wind turbines, alongside 1MW of solar and…

June 19, 2019

Rio Tinto closes coal plant, shifts to renewables at Utah copper mine

Rio Tinto opts to power Kennecott copper mine in Utah with renewables, via power purchase agreement, after permanently shutting the…

May 6, 2019

Australian miner seeks to power S. African project with 35MW of solar and wind

Orion Minerals appoints juwi Renewables to investigate powering major South African copper and zinc mine with a combination of solar…

March 5, 2019