Electrification of Mining – Electrification and the Industry Trifecta: environment, health, economic

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There is an ecosystem of innovation, combined with the system for scaling of electrification technologies, emerging to in the mining industry that is providing economic, health and environmental value. This Industry Trifecta is good news, because the climate clock is ticking, the value is clear, and there is much work to be done.

Electrification creates enormous opportunities for operational cost savings, innovative mine designs and resilience against uncertainty. It will reduce human exposure to carcinogenic diesel particulates and reduce scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by almost 100 percent (shipping may yet prove elusive but not impossible), and start showing the way for methods to reduces Scope 3 (the holy grail) for delivering carbon neutral metals to consumers).

 

The value increases productivity and profitability in existing assets, while improving a company’s ability to unlock deeper and more remote ore bodies. Clean energy electrification facilitates precision automation and the digitization of mine operations, while improving environmental and health outcomes.

 

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Michelle ASH

Michelle ASH

Michelle Ash, CEO of GEOVIA at Dassault Systèmes, has made significant contributions to the mining sector with a focus on Innovation Strategy, Technology and Digital Transformation.

Highly passionate about Mining and the Natural Resources industry, Michelle remains focused on helping mining to evolve through digital transformation and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, to help deliver sustainable solutions to the sector.

Michelle is also the Chair of the Global Mining Guidelines Group - GMG and has contributed to develop best practices and guidelines for the implementation of technology and socially enabled changes in the Mining industry.

Previously she was Chief Innovation Officer at Barrick where she oversaw the company’s Innovation program, looking both at how innovation can drive productivity in the existing business as well as how it can be harnessed to deliver alternative business models.

She began her career as a blasting engineer with Rio Tinto.

Michelle was named to the 2016 list of “100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining” by Women in Mining UK.