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Canada’s Goldcorp to make Borden an all-electric min

Canada’s Goldcorp to make Borden an all-electric mine

Canada’s Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) believes the days of diesel fuel use on mine sites are numbered as the world’s-fourth gold producer by output steps up efforts to build its Borden mine, the company’s first fully-electric operation.

The Borden underground mine will use an electricity and battery-powered underground fleet, which is expected to eliminate all greenhouse gases associated with the movement of ore and waste rock.

Located near Chapleau, Ontario, about 160 km west of the company’s Porcupine mine, Borden will use an electricity and battery-powered underground fleet, which is expected to eliminate all greenhouse gases (GHGs) associated with the movement of ore and waste rock, equal to roughly 50% of the total GHGs on site, or 5,000 tons of CO2 per year, the company says.

To make this vision a reality, which will also reduce maintenance and energy costs, Goldcorp has partnered with Sandvik Mining and MacLean Engineering, which will provide a range of key technology, from battery-operated drilling and blasting equipment, to electric bolters, personnel carriers and ultimately a 40 metric tonne battery powered haul truck.

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