Anglo American’s Australian steelmaking coal business has signed a 10-year partnership contract with Queensland government-owned energy company Stanwell to aid its transition to 100 per cent renewable energy.
Under the contract, Stanwell will power Anglo American’s five steel manufacturing coal operations across Central Queensland’s Bown Basin.
Included in the contract are Anglo American’s mines in Moranbah, Middlemount, Moura, including draglines, longwall equipment, conveyors, coal preparation facilities, lighting and ventilation and cooling infrastructure, water treatment plant and administration facilities.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the contract, which is set to be Stanwell’s most lucrative retail deal, demonstrates the “strong shift to clean energy from Queensland businesses.”
The premier added that her government’s Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan is continuously answering the call of businesses and industries that seek to decarbonise while delivering massive investments in the regions and creating over 100,000 more good jobs.
“The Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan is my government’s commitment to delivering an energy system that brings more cleaner, cheaper energy to households and businesses while capitalising on the economic opportunities partnerships like this provide,” Palaszczuk said in a press release.
Dan van der Westhuizen, CEO of Anglo American in Australia, said the partnership with Stanwell will remove all Scope 2 emissions from the company’s steelmaking coal business in Australia from 2025.
“Many of the metals and minerals we produce – including steelmaking coal – are critical to supporting decarbonisation projects and the transition to renewable energy, as an essential component of solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy and hydrogen power generation,” van der Westhuizen said.
“We are committed to playing our part against climate change, including through renewable energy use and accelerating a number of technologies to abate our on-site emissions, from electrifying our mobile equipment to capturing the methane from our steelmaking coal operations,” the Anglo American CEO added.
Michael O’Rourke, CEO of Stanwell, said his company was proud to be supporting Anglo American in its efforts to become carbon neutral by 2040.
“As a long-standing customer, we are pleased to be able to provide Anglo American with a bespoke, new energy solution,” Mr O’Rourke said.
