I can't really say specifically who our client is, but having an electric mine has numerous benefits. Let's look at underground mining in particular. A lot of the power consumption comes from running ventilation fans and from pumping the water from a depth up to the service to extract it. Ventilation, in particular, is there to make the air clean for the miners, primarily because of the diesel emissions from the equipment that is driving underground, whether it's doing the drilling or moving equipment, supplies, and people back and forth. For the most part, all of that runs on diesel. If those pieces of equipment were to run on electric, then you wouldn't have the ventilation demand requirements. As a result, you would need less power, and it would all be clean.
On October 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.