Decarbonization strategies for North Coal’s mining operation in British Columbia; a conceptual study

With growing urgency towards Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), mining companies are trying to position themselves to take advantage of the massive demand for metals to come with the energy transition. To place their products in the marketplace and retain their social license to operate, miners are committing to net-zero carbon emission targets.
With a progressive approach North Coal is seeking technologies to position themselves as the most ESG-efficient producer of metallurgical coal and expand the company’s value proposition to cover the energy savings aspects and the carbon footprint reductions of its current and future mining operations.
The energy and carbon footprint impacts can vary significantly from mine to mine, depending on the power sources used and the processing circuit. Our objective is to develop a mine energy system digital model that can predict the impact of utilizing different technologies/equipment under a wide range of operating conditions.

Faculty Supervisor:

Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh

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Partner:

North Coal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

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