Global miner BHP Group said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement to use more renewable energy at its coal mines in Australia’s Queensland state which it expects will help it cut its indirect emissions such as those from fuel and power in the country by 20% in five years.
The move comes as BHP prepares to update the market on its climate actions next week which will include targets to cut operational emissions by 2030, as part of its broader commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
The steel-making coal that BHP digs out of the Bowen Basin in central Queensland will be exported and does not count towards BHP’s net zero target.