P&D Stephen Transport provides bulk cartage of potable water in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields areas and is a preferred supplier of Water Corporation

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah from 2024. The fleet of 90 haul trucks and all the heavy machinery will begin the transition to renewable diesel from the first quarter of next year, along with consumption from the concentrator, smelter and refinery. This transition will reduce Kennecott’s scope one carbon emissions by around 495ktpa of carbon dioxide, comparable to eliminating the annual emissions of more than 107k cars. Rio is targeting reduction in scope one and two carbon emissions of 50% by 2030 and net zero by 2050. The renewable diesel is made from renewable biogenic materials sources in the United States. It will be supplied…

RAMELIUS Resources Limited (ASX:RMS) is on track to exceed its June quarter and annual production guidance. The gold producer is expected to exceed 80,000oz of production in the June quarter, up from the previous guidance of 65,000-70,000oz. A total of 74,371oz of gold production was reached on 21 June 2020. There are two weekly gold pours remaining for the rest of FY2020. The company also upgraded its FY2020 production guidance to 225,000-230,000oz, up from the previous guidance of 210,000-220,000oz. Ramelius managing director Mark Zeptner credits the excellent performance from the WA operations, particularly Mt Magnet. “We are obviously delighted by the operational performance in achieving records in both quarterly and annual gold production, particularly against the backdrop of COVID-19 and…

Onslow Iron transitions to gasOperations at the Port of Ashburton, a critical link in Mineral Resources’ (ASX: MIN) Onslow Iron supply chain, are now running entirely on natural gas.The complete transition from diesel to natural gas for port operations will reduce greenhouse gas emissions whilst streamlining operations through the removal of extensive diesel logistics and handling, according to the miner.The change will result in displacing about 60 million litres of diesel every year for power generation at the port.Site infrastructure includes a 14MW gas-fired power station which is now connected to the Wheatstone Ashburton West Gas Pipeline.MinRes power station operations manager Gary Stevens comments on the milestone.“The introduction of a gas-fired power station at the port represents a major step towards delivering cleaner and more sustainable mining and export infrastructure,” he said.“Bringing something of this scale together and operational is a huge piece of work and couldn’t be done without the team’s dedication, diligence and expertise.”The Port of Ashburton, located about 150km from Ken’s Bore mine site in West Pilbara, plays a critical role at Onslow as it is where iron ore is loaded onto purpose-built 20,000t transhippers for transfer to bulk carriers offshore.MinRes general operations and development manager Rowan Hill commented on the company’s commitment to investing into greener technologies.“We consider clean energy critical to the sustainability of our industry and the communities where we operate,” he said.“We’re continually exploring ways to reduce emissions across our operations and by connecting the port to the gas lateral, we’re reducing our diesel consumption and taking another positive step towards more cost-effective and cleaner operations.”

The International Lithium Association (ILiA) has published a guide on product carbon footprint (PCF) assessment, with support from global miner Albermarle. Growth in production and demands from regulators and customers for information on greenhouse gas emissions has meant the release of this information is timely for the industry. The publication covers assessments for key lithium intermediaries and battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide specialty chemicals produced from brine or rock minerals in a standardised way. Albermarle vice president of sustainability Mark de Boer, who also leads the group’s Sustainable Lithium Subcommittee and managed the PCF project, comments on this. “We encourage anyone who intends to create a PCF of a lithium product to use this guidance because it will increase the…