Panel: Rethinking Mine Design for A Zero-Carbon Future

Why are mines still being designed to operate the same way when the transition to decarbonising operations is well underway? What are some of the challenges miners face when trying to integrate a low-carbon strategy into project development and prepare for a zero-carbon future? This interactive discussion will bring together senior mining and engineering experts to discuss what it means to design for a zero-carbon mine and explore opportunities for carbon reduction across a mine’s full lifecycle.

• How is mining changing and what are the strategic drivers for considering a brand new way of designing mines to prepare for a net-zero future?
• How does the approach of designing a mine for a net zero differ from current best practices in mine decarbonization?
• What are the main technical, cultural and financial impediments to this approach to mine design and operation and how does this approach differ for open pit vs. underground?
• How can mines address the challenge of designing for net zero when not all technologies are commercial ready - and what is needed to accelerate the development of these solutions?
• What new models of project valuation, asset ownership and development could work to support the transition to low-carbon mines?
• What is needed to move this approach from the conceptual phase?