The Government of South Australia and Trafigura, one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world, have unveiled a landmark $750 million hydrogen project to be integrated with the Nyrstar Port Pirie smelter.

The Kanmantoo copper and gold mine in the Adelaide Hills is set to reopen in 2022, delivering 170 new jobs to the region while massively reducing emissions as a result of the successful use of revolutionary disruptive mining technology at the mine.

On 28 November, solar alone delivered 110.6 per cent of South Australia’s state demand at 10:40 am, smashing the previous record of 104.8 per cent set in early October, and also posted a record output of 1304.7 MW at 1 pm on the same day.

Work has started on the state’s newest and biggest battery – ensuring the Government of South Australia will continue to deliver cleaner, cheaper, more reliable power for South Australians.

In another sign of South Australia’s burgeoning mining sector, a mining lease for the Buzzard Iron Ore Project has been granted to Peak Iron Mines, approximately 118 kms south-south east of Coober Pedy.

Maoneng Australia’s $150 million investment in its 225MW Gould Creek Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has been granted development approval and will see the company power 40,000 homes during peak hour, when completed in 2023.

Half of BHP’s Olympic Dam operations will be powered with electricity from renewable sources at Port Augusta.

In a world first, a Limestone Coast food manufacturer will convert oat husks into electricity, enabling it to offset almost all its monthly energy costs.

South Australia is a world-leader in green energy, with around 71 per cent of its energy produced from renewable sources. The state is now using its expertise to help other nations kick green energy goals.

Hillgrove Resources has been awarded a $2 million state government grant to trial underground technology aimed at reducing the costs, carbon emissions and the number of explosions required to restart operations at its Adelaide Hills copper-gold mine.

OZ Minerals has committed $600 million to expand the Prominent Hill copper and gold mine, located 650 km north-north-west of Adelaide, approximately 100 km south-east of Coober Pedy and 150 km north-west of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine.

Experts are helping the mining industry find a pathway to more efficient, green, sustainable and safer mining operations by transitioning to battery-supported electric vehicles (BEVs).