Why is it so important to work on "
green energy "
verus carbon sequestration ?
if your running a mine model without producing
any carbon why
introduce carbon if you don/t have to ?
ADVANTAGES - MAKING OWN - GREEN ENERGY
Numerous savings - on every level of mining.
WHAT WOULD YOU ACHIEVE
WITH RIVER / HYDROGEN / GREEN ELECTRICITY ? - run crushers on near free energy
- run mills on near free energy
- make own heat for each building
- make own electricity for each building
- run mine trucks on hydrogen or / electricity
- no diesel = no carbon
ENERGY - SAVINGS - HYPOTHETICAL Let's use incremental examples - savings per tonne
using near free river / hydrogen green energy
whereas, the initial costs are baked into - CAPEX
thus reducing the - OPEX
TONNAGE EXAMPLE 40,000 tonnes per day x 365 days yr
= 14,600,000 tonnes yr
CNC peer example -
$11 usd / tonne CAPTURED PROFITS / SAVINGS 14,600,000 tonnes per yr
x $2 usd savings ( suppose evni saved )
= $29,200,000 usd 14,600,000 tonnes per yr
x $3 usd savings ( suppose evni saved )
= $43,800,000 usd 14,600,000 tonnes per yr
x$4 usd savings ( suppose evni saved )
= $58,400,000 usd 14,600,000 tonnes per yr
x $5 usd savings ( suppose evni saved )
= $73,000,000 usd As one can see.... having a river nearby, and if one decided to make
one's own energy to reduce cost per tonne...
It could offer some compelling - advantages.
- project could be chosen first to market over peers
- green energy model - better than peer who uses diesel
- green energy model - better than peer who buys energy
- perhaps no carbon enters flowsheet
- figures could also be converted to - savings / grade increase
- could trigger larger player interests - seeing it costs less to mine
- takes LG nickel to whole new level - added value
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