Kennecott switching to renewable diesel

Rio Tinto, owner of the Kennecott copper mining and refining operations in Utah, will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel Utah copper operation in beginning in 2024.

Kennecott’s fleet of 90 haul trucks and all heavy machinery will begin to transition to renewable diesel in the first quarter of 2024, along with fuel consumption at its concentrator, smelter and refinery operations. The transition will reduce Kennecott’s Scope 1 carbon emissions by approximately 495,000 tons of CO2-equivalent per year, comparable to eliminating the annual emissions of more than 107,000 passenger cars, the Please log in to see the rest of this story.