The Compañía Minera del Pacífico together with ENGIE Chile signed an alliance that represents a great step in the decarbonization of mining: the first pilot of extraction trucks in Chile powered by natural gas. The project contemplates the modification of two transport vehicles, in a period of six months, from the diesel combustion system to a dual fuel system, which will be mostly operated with natural gas.With this technological innovation, the trucks will reduce CO2 emissions by between 20 and 25% and PM emissions by more than 30%, maintaining their current performance, and it will also mean economic savings for the mining operation. In fact, there is international experience in this matter at mines in Mexico, Turkey, Russia, Australia, USA, Canada, among others - that show the same results. The pilot project, which will be carried out at CMP's Los Colorados Mine located in the Atacama region, is in a first stage of development and implementation that includes the importation of the necessary equipment, the conversion of the trucks to the dual fuel, the implementation of the LNG refueling station on site and, finally, the formalization of this initiative before the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels.With an eye on the expected results, this technological innovation could not only be applied to the entire fleet of CMP mining extraction trucks and other support equipment, but also to Medium and Large Mining in Chile.
The Compañía Minera del Pacífico together with ENGIE Chile signed an alliance that represents a great step in the decarbonization of mining: the first pilot of extraction trucks in Chile powered by natural gas. The project contemplates the modification of two transport vehicles, in a period of six months, from the diesel combustion system to a dual fuel system, which will be mostly operated with natural gas.With this technological innovation, the trucks will reduce CO2 emissions by between 20 and 25% and PM emissions by more than 30%, maintaining their current performance, and it will also mean economic savings for the mining operation. In fact, there is international experience in this matter at mines in Mexico, Turkey, Russia, Australia, USA, Canada, among others - that show the same results. The pilot project, which will be carried out at CMP's Los Colorados Mine located in the Atacama region, is in a first stage of development and implementation that includes the importation of the necessary equipment, the conversion of the trucks to the dual fuel, the implementation of the LNG refueling station on site and, finally, the formalization of this initiative before the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels.With an eye on the expected results, this technological innovation could not only be applied to the entire fleet of CMP mining extraction trucks and other support equipment, but also to Medium and Large Mining in Chile.
