Fortescue said its making real efforts to move towards real zero by 2030 with a number of different initiatives to accelerate decarbonisation efforts across their numerous projects across Australia.
At the WA Mining Conference and Exhibition (WA Mining) 2025, held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Fortescue explored their rollout of decarbonisation efforts on the ground – from zero-emissions haulage to renewable energy integration.
“We have moved over 3.9 billion tonnes of iron ore autonomously from our integrated operations centre in Perth,” Fortescue general manager for Eliwana Asad Majrouh said.
Eliwana operates in Nanutarra in Western Australia, 140kmn west of the company’s Solomon site in Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura country and has a capacity of 30 million tonnes per year.
Despite being one of the world’s largest iron ore producers – shipping over two billion tonnes of ore since 2008 – Majrouh outlined that the company aren’t afraid to streamline operations and move towards a greener future.
“We don’t shy away from the fact that we are heavy emitter. In fact, we emit over 2.7 million tons of CO two equivalent into the atmosphere every year,” he said.
“This is why we have committed to delivering real zero terrestrial emissions across scope one and scope two by 2030 we will eliminate fossil fuels from our operations and also achieve this without any carbon offsets.”
This is done through scaling up its electric autonomous trucks and embracing artificial intelligence to drive efficiency across its business.
“This means that we are now able to optimize every step of our supply chain, right from the extraction process through to the delivery as we move towards an integrated renewable energy network,” Majrouh said.
“The use of AI will be critical to how we manage the complex network of cabled equipment processing plants.”
In addition, global partnerships are being forged to ensure a “multilateral network of cooperation”.
“We are building global alliances, linking the Pilbara with world leading operational excellence – America and Australia’s research and development strength, the UK and Europe’s innovation and engineering excellence, and anchoring it all with scale and cost efficient manufacturing in China and the United States together.”
