OUR EXPERTS’ SOLUTIONS
BBA’s environmental management experts analyzed the regulation in detail and assessed various scenarios to establish long-term GHG emission reduction targets, optimized based on the mining plan. Producing concentrate and transporting material were the two activities most subject to CO2 emission reduction measures, which had to total 12% over five years.
Special attention was given to communicating the results to the client so workers had a comprehensive understanding and could make informed decisions.
Some of the options BBA provided to help reduce CO2 emissions included:
- Analyzing the cycle time (transport) between mining deposits, waste rock piles and the concentrator
- Transitioning fossil fuel energy to renewable energy
The main challenge was using the options provided for in the Newfoundland and Labrador program and adapt them to the Tata Steel mining plan, for a mine still under development, so that establishing GHG emission targets now would not negatively impact its operations later, all while allowing maximum flexibility for TSMC to meet its ambitious GHG reduction targets throughout the mine’s development.