Australian mining company, world's fourth-largest iron ore miner, plans to have mine 100% powered by renewables by 2028, further leaving the US behind.

[alan@mindly.social]

Australian mining company, world's fourth-largest iron ore miner, plans to have mine 100% powered by renewables by 2028, further leaving the US behind.

#green #energy

reuters.com

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@alan Happy to discuss if you have any questions
Andrew Forrest is literally the Bill Gates of Australia - Billionaire "doing good".
However:
"Court filings show the Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation is seeking A$1.8 billion in compensation from the Western Australian government after it allowed the Fortescue mining company to dig iron ore on their sacred country without any land-use agreement."
https://overland.org.au/2025/10/colonialisms-new-gold-rush-how-80-per-cent-of-australias-critical-mineral-mines-exploit-indigenous-land-without-true-consent/

[alan@mindly.social]

@gusseting Don't get me wrong there, I'm not "rah rah clean mining" on this. Everything is relative when it comes to the whole class of "extractive" industries.

As for the timeline, for a lot of industries, 5-10 years to get off of fossil fuels is not unreasonable. What's unreasonable is that the start dates are like 2022 when they should have been 2002 or earlier.