Rio Tinto taps Australia’s largest solar farm to power aluminum assets
Rio Tinto on Wednesday announced a deal to buy power from a new solar farm in Queensland as it seeks to green its aluminum operations on the country’s east coast and halve its direct and indirect emissions by 2030.
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Two-dimensional supercrystals harvest solar energy efficiently to produce hydrogen
Mining News Pro - An international team of researchers has developed a two-dimensional supercrystal that generates hydrogen from formic acid with the help of sunlight.
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Rio Tinto, Aboriginal group sign first solar deal for WA iron ore region
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has signed an initial agreement with the Yindjibarndi people and Philippines’ ACEN to look at options to develop green energy supplies for its operations in the world’s biggest iron ore region.
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Silver price to benefit from solar sector demand once rates peak
Mining News Pro - Robust demand from the solar industry and limited supply growth from mines will buoy silver prices once the period of higher global interest rates is over, analysts said.
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Solar money in China drives world renewable investment to record
Mining News Pro - The world is spending more money than ever in renewable energy, most of it on solar power in China, according to a report from BloombergNEF.
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The world’s appetite for solar panels is squeezing silver supply
Mining News Pro - Changes to solar panel technology are accelerating demand for silver, a phenomenon that’s widening a supply deficit for the metal with little additional mine production on the horizon.
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Copper catalyst may be essential for production of solar fuels from sunlight, water
Mining News Pro - A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has gained new insights into how copper works as an electrocatalyst, a mechanism that uses energy from electrons to chemically transform molecules into different products.
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The construction of the largest solar power plant in the country by Folad Mobarake Isfahan
Mining News Pro - The memorandum of understanding for the construction of 600 megawatts of solar power plant will be signed in the presence of Dr. Tayebnia, the CEO of Mobarake Steel, Isfahan, and Dr. Kamani, the Deputy Minister of Energy.
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Equinox Gold sells $51 million stake in Solaris Resources, stock rises
Mining News Pro - Prior to the transaction, Equinox Gold owned 15,545,487 common shares of Solaris and warrants entitling Equinox to purchase 7,500,000 common shares of Solaris representing approximately 17.88% of Solaris on a partially diluted basis.
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Top 5 Mining Companies Adopting Solar Energy
Mining News Pro - Mining companies are expected to spend $3.8bn on renewables projects, with plans for a combined capacity of 585 MW in solar energy alone.
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Biden’s trade plan to kickstart US solar fails to win over industry
Mining News Pro - President Joe Biden’s attempt to defuse a complicated trade dispute that’s paralyzed the US solar industry is drawing swift criticism from some of the very companies the White House had been seeking to appease.
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Atalaya Mining, Endesa X to build largest solar farm for a mining operation in Spain
Mining News Pro - Cyprus-based Atalaya Mining and utility company Endesa X have joined forces to build the largest self-consumption photovoltaic plant for a mining operation in Spain.
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Zinc-air batteries get solar energy makeover
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) developed a technology to improve the electrochemical performance of zinc-air batteries by utilizing solar energy.
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Calidus bringing solar to Warrawoona
Mining News Pro - Calidus Resources has executed an agreement with Zenith Pacific for the construction of a four-megawatt (MW) solar farm with a 3.5MW battery energy storage system at its Warrawoona Gold Project in the East Pilbara district of Western Australia.
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Indian researchers develop lithium-ion battery that can be recharged with solar energy
Mining News Pro - Researchers at India’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have developed a compact lithium-ion battery with photosensitive materials that can be directly recharged with solar energy.
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Tin price surge worsens supply chain woes for electronics, solar and auto firms
Mining News Pro - Tin prices have nearly doubled from a year ago and are on course for their biggest annual rise in over 30 years, stinging big users of the soldering agent such as electronics firms, utilities, solar panel makers and appliance manufacturers.
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Tin price surge worsens supply chain woes for electronics, solar and auto firms
Mining News Pro - Tin prices have nearly doubled from a year ago and are on course for their biggest annual rise in over 30 years, stinging big users of the soldering agent such as electronics firms, utilities, solar panel makers and appliance manufacturers.
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China's CMOC eyes solar and hydro for Congo copper/cobalt expansion
Mining News Pro - China Molybdenum Co (CMOC) is looking to tap more hydropower projects and potentially use solar energy as it expands its production of copper and cobalt in Democratic Republic of Congo, its vice-chairperson said.
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Solar hybrid system at Fekola mine exceeding expectations
Mining News Pro - ollowing the commissioning of the world’s largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for the mining industry, at the Fekola gold mine, in Mali, expectations to reduce the mine’s heavy fuel oil consumption by over 13-million litres a year and to lower carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 39 000 t/y have already been exceeded.
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Solar hybrid system at Fekola mine exceeding expectations
Mining News Pro - Following the commissioning of the world’s largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for the mining industry, at the Fekola gold mine, in Mali, expectations to reduce the mine’s heavy fuel oil consumption by over 13-million litres a year and to lower carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 39 000 t/y have already been exceeded, Suntrace business development and sales manager Ralf Jungebloed said.
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Rio Tinto triples solar for Weipa mine and township
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has contracted EDL to build, own and operate a 4MW (megawatt) solar plant and 4MW battery storage at its Weipa bauxite operation in far north Queensland.
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Base metals to profit from solar demand
Mining News Pro - The critical minerals sector is poised to become a major benefactor of the increase in global demand for solar power, advisory firm Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) said this week.
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BHP to build solar farms at Nickel West
Mining News Pro - BHP plans to build two solar farms and a battery storage system in partnership with Canada’s TransAlta Renewables to power the Mt. Keith and Leinster nickel mines, part of its Nickel West complex in Western Australia.
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NRW secures Gudai-Darri solar contract
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has awarded NRW Holdings with a contract to deliver a 34-megawatt solar energy system at the Gudai-Darri mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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NRW secures Gudai-Darri solar contract
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has awarded NRW Holdings with a contract to deliver a 34-megawatt solar energy system at the Gudai-Darri mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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