As the mining industry continues to evolve, operators around the world are looking for ways to increase productivity and efficiency, increase safety standards, and decarbonise their operations.
IGO commissioned Perenti and ABB to evaluate the technical feasibility, cost, and operational implications of implementing a battery electric fleet underground at IGO’s Cosmos Nickel Project in Western Australia
Leveraging the three companies’ combined electrification knowledge and underground mine operations expertise, this report is one of the first to comprehensively detail the requirements for underground mine electrification and diesel fleet transition.
Download the study1. Based on Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) provided assumptions, BEV fleet offerings matching the productivity of the existing Cosmos diesel mobile fleet are available to the Australian market.
2. The estimated cost to electrify the Cosmos underground fleet was not prohibitive over the envisaged life of mine, even based on conservative productivity and cost assumptions.
3. The total power consumption of a fully electrified fleet was calculated to be less than that of the equivalent diesel operation, due to substantial power savings in mine cooling and ventilation.
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Chris Carr, Chief Commercial Officer of IGO, Dareen Kwok, Head of Mining Electrification and Technology at Perenti, and Mehrzad Ashnagaran, Business Intelligence Manager for Business Line Mining at ABB, discuss the findings of the study in this fireside chat.
ABB and Perenti share a vision for a cleaner, greener and ultimately safer and more productive mining sector. That’s why we’ve teamed up to collaborate on mining operation projects to provide electric and digital solutions. With ABB’s sector leading position in electric-mine technology development, and Perenti’s excellence and experience in mine development and mine operations; the scope of this collaboration is a perfect opportunity to tackle a paradigm shift in the industry.
With global reach and local expertise in all mining jurisdictions, the ABB and Perenti collaboration has the capability to deliver novel technical and business models for a sustainable path to zero emissions.
