Australia’s largest iron ore exporter is considering using former mines in the Pilbara to host the solar power farms.
Australia’s largest iron ore exporter is considering using former mines in the Pilbara to host the solar power farms it needs to displace the 3 million tonnes of carbon emissions generated each year by its network of 17 mines.
“We are looking at a couple of our sites and our pits where we have closed,” Rio’s port and rail operations managing director Richard Cohen said. The company is also eying wind power and actively monitoring conditions at key locations. ‘We see iron ore remaining a large and very attractive market as we go forward and that’s why we’re continuing to invest in it.’“We’re really focusing now on what are the sites that we need to progress,” Simon Trott, Rio’s chief executive of iron ore, said.
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