CAN WE SHIFT TO A NEW PARADIGM OF FLEXIBILITY IN MINING AND PROCESSING TO BUILD MINES POWERED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE VARIABLE INPUT OF RENEWABLES?

CAN WE SHIFT TO A NEW PARADIGM OF FLEXIBILITY IN MINING AND PROCESSING TO BUILD MINES POWERED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE VARIABLE INPUT OF RENEWABLES?

* M.S. Powell1,2, A. Reynolds3, S. McCrae4, J. Agnew5, R. Bracey5, D. Way5, C. Phasey6, T. Littlechild7, D. Manning7

1. Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Indooroopilly, 4068 Australia
2. Comminution Reimagined, Fig Tree Pocket, 4069, Australia
3. Inspire Resources Inc., 4040 Gulfview Dr, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6B4, Canada
4. Novamera, 2421 Bristol Circle, Oakville, ON L6H 5S9, Canada
5. Sedgman, L5 179 Grey St, South Bank, QLD 4101, Australia
6. Energy Flex, 324 Queen St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
7. Juwi Renewable energy, Perth, Australia

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*This paper was presented at the 26th World Mining Congress, held 26-29 June 2023 in Brisbane, Australia. To view the full paper select download file below. 

ABSTRACT
An initiative to explore the viability of switching from the accepted business model of continuous operation under the exiting paradigm of a continuous, unconstrained supply of energy provides an alternative world view of how our essential minerals industry may lead global transformation in an energy-constrained world.

KEYWORDS
Constrained energy, Renewable Energy, Flexible processing, Mine viability, Mine planning