Rio Tinto has completed the transition from conventional to renewable diesel for all heavy mining equipment at its Kennecott copper operations in Salt Lake County. The company said the conversion gives the mine one of the lowest carbon footprints of any copper producer in the United States.
Kennecott’s fleet of 97 haul trucks and heavy machinery equipment at the mine, concentrator, smelter, refinery and tailings are now all fueled by renewable diesel sourced in the United States. This is expected to reduce the mine’s Scope 1 emissions by 450,000 tons, equal to eliminating the Please log in to see the rest of this story.
