developed the con v ersion pr oc es ses and the miner turned t o suppliers such as V ancou ver s Ballar d Power S y st ems t o pr ovide component s T he truck s diesel engine is being r eplac ed by a h y dr og en fuel c ell module pair ed with a scalable highpower modular lithium ion bat t ery s y st em contr olled by a highvolt ag e power distribu tion unit delivering in ex c e s s of 1 000 k W h of ener gy st or ag e ac cor ding t o W illiams A d v anc ed Engineering Anglo American partner ed with ENGIE an ener gy servic es compan y t o pr ovide onsit e h y dr og en g ener ation capacity as well as st or ag e and dispensing f acilities at the openpit Mog alak wena platinum mine in South Africa wher e the haul truck will be used Refuelling is a specif ic ar ea we ar e f ocused on said Anglo American spok esperson K a tie Ry all sinc e it s a major benef it of h y dr og en in that y ou can r e fuel much f ast er compar ed t o char g ing a bat t ery electric vehicle W e can now g ener at e our own fuel on sit e eliminating our r elianc e on importing fuels and decoupling ourselves fr om the oil pric e she added T he haul truck use case is very compelling fr om an economic en vir onment al and t echnical perspective Ry all said this pr oject will help addr es s the r eliability and saf ety questions ar ound this fuel sour c e She sees commer cially r eady solutions f or mining thr ee t o f i ve y ears aw ay with adop tion in the openpit en vir onment f i rst Ry all explained that the compan y has set out ambitious carbon and ener gy t a r g et s f or 2030 and that h y dr og en infr a structur e will help enable a move t o net z e r o carbon emis sions T o decarboniz e our oper ations developing a z e r o emis sion solution f or mat erials movement is nec es sary In the mobile application h y dr og en is well suit ed t o the 2 4 7 activities at the sit e wher e pr oduction is par amount and as set utilisation needs t o be very high Under the earth T he big g est single driver in the move t o h y dr og en under gr ound may pr ove t o be r e gulations surr ounding diesel particu lat e mat t er DPM in under gr ound en vir onment s Sinc e DPM in conf ined spac es w as declar ed car cinog enic by the W orld Health Or g aniz ation in 2012 r e gulat o ry ag encies ha ve implement ed incr easingly string ent limit s T her e ar e limit ations curr ently on the books f or all the mining jurisdictions in N o rth America and elsewher e said Bet ournay T he options f or mines ar e t o incr ease ventilation or t o decr ease the quantity of DPM they emit T he cost of ventilation can be br eatht aking Inst ead by r emoving diesel fr om under gr ound an oper ation can sa ve 25 t o 50 per c ent of it s ventilation cost s said Bet ournay Y ou could be t alking about hundr eds of thousands t o millions of dollars per y ear per mine Ry an Sookhoo dir ect or of new initiatives at Hydr og enics a h y dr og en t echnologies compan y observed ther e ar e some nat ur al s yner gies f or a z e r o emis sion vehicle t o be used in a mine observed T he carbon f ootprint of a mining oper ation and the ventilation r equir ement s under gr ound ar e primarily driven by the emis sions of the vehicles in the tunnels And miners can pay a high pric e f or the fuel and the vehicles because they can be f airly r emot e Hydr ogen vs electric Some of the benef it s of h y dr og en r educing the carbon f ootprint cut ting down on ener gy cost s ar e alr eady being MayJune 2020 MaiJuin 2020 33 ener gy efciency Shaft Sinking Mine Development Contract Mining Raiseboring Raise Mining Underground Construction Engineering T e chnical Services Specialty Services Mining Contractors and Engineers AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE NOR T H AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA Providing full service mining solutions and innovation around the world since 1962 EXP E R I E N C E SAFETY First Last and Always redpathminingcom Consider it done safely