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"Australia’s mining industry is using a quarter more diesel than it did four
years ago just to achieve the same output, despite fuel shortages crippling the
nation.
Every major Australian coal mining company is using more fuel now than in
2021/22, modelling from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial
Analysis shows.
But even as the price of diesel skyrockets due to the closure of the Strait of
Hormuz, fuel intensity rates are locked in, due to Australia’s mining sector
not yet having the ability to move to alternatives.
Workers also have to dig deeper in open-cut mines to reach coal seams than they
did in previous years.
With large volumes of dirt and rock having to be removed, more fuel is burned
as a result
“The main solutions tend to be electrification or alternative fuels, such as
biofuels or hydrogen-based fuels, but the most promising solutions vary
depending on the sector considered, and so does their maturity,” the
institute’s Australian chief executive Amandine Denis-Ryan said during an
online panel.
“One of the challenges is access to large new volumes of electricity in often
remote sites.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
