Decarbonisation – an overview of the practical steps being taken in the mining industry.

BACKGROUND

SAIMM Webinar

Decarbonisation – an overview of the practical steps being taken in the mining industry.
Date: 14 May 2025 | Time: 12:00-13:00 | Zoom Webinar

The mining industry has traditionally been a conservative industry. However, in 2021, recognizing that mining is an energy intensive business, the ICMM and its members, representing roughly one-third of the global mining and metals industry, committed to undertake one of the most ambitious programmes of reform ever attempted: to achieve net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050 or sooner. A few years later, the majority of the mining companies had also set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. In this webinar, David will give an overview of what companies are doing globally to achieve these targets, talk about how setting these targets are also helping to reduce operating costs and to comment on how companies are evaluating initiatives.

SPEAKER
Dave Pearce
SRK Consulting
David Pearce is a Principal Mining Engineer with more than 35 years of experience in open-pit mining operations. He spent 11 years working on world class mining operations, both coal and hard rock, before joining SRK Consulting. David has worked in a wide range of commodities and working environments and is currently a leader of SRK’s initiative to help clients develop effective strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He draws on his experience designing Trolley Assist and Crushing-Conveying solutions, operational efficiency and methane capture to help clients identify potential solutions and the likely impact on emissions and project economics.

MODERATOR
Gordon Smith
Minerals Industry Advisor
Gordon is a registered Professional Engineer, an Honorary Life Fellow and Past President of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and holds a range of industry technical and managerial qualifications. Following retirement from the Technical, Safety and Sustainability Executive role at Anglo American Platinum Ltd in late 2020, he transitioned to an independent advisor and non-executive director in 2024.

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