Modern Mining April 2023

Shell helps miner’s lower their carbon footprint

Petrochemicals giant, Shell recently attended the Investing in African Mining Indaba, where it showcased its latest products and services offering and its drive towards sustainability and the environment.

A ccording to services manager, Mpho Mokwena, the event offered a great networking opportu nity and allowed Shell to highlight its move to becoming an end-to-end solutions provider, helping its customers operate efficiently in line with their sustainability objectives, while maintaining or improving their overall primary business objectives of improved productivity and thereby profitability. Driving the green agenda Like its peers, the petrochemicals giant is working to accelerate its transition to net zero by 2050 and, as such, continues to innovate. According to Mokwena, by adopting the latest technology, Shell can significantly reduce its carbon

Shell lubrications expert at an operation in South Africa.

emissions and help its customers to do the same. “In fact, our processes are designed to reduce our carbon footprint throughout the entire value chain, all the way through to product packaging.” With Shell viewing its clients as partners, the com pany works to understand its customers’ needs and their sustainability objectives, which it integrates with those of its customers’ programmes.

Shell provides mining customers with tools and products to improve their efficiencies.

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