{"id":388801,"date":"2026-01-03T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388801\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:38:10","slug":"what-australia-can-learn-from-the-worlds-first-fully-electric-mine-in-greece-the-greek-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388801\/","title":{"rendered":"What Australia can learn from the world&#8217;s first fully electric mine in Greece \u2013 The Greek Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Australia\u2019s mining sector intensifies its focus on ESG performance, safety and productivity, a fully electric underground mine in <a href=\"https:\/\/greekherald.com.au\/news\/opinion\/a-dark-side-of-greece-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Greece<\/a> is offering a compelling example of what\u2019s possible, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianmining.com.au\/lessons-from-the-worlds-first-fully-electric-mine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">australianmining.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At Grecian Magnesite, remote-controlled Brokk electric robots have been deployed far beyond their traditional processing roles. Under mine manager George Boumas, the operation has rethought underground mining by using compact, electric machines to selectively remove waste rock at the face-before it ever reaches the mill. The result: lower emissions, safer working conditions and dramatically reduced costs.<\/p>\n<p>Grecian Magnesite\u2019s narrow drives and vein-style deposits demanded innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Brokk is a small machine, highly manoeuvrable, and you can execute lots of auxiliary works,\u201d Boumas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it can also be used as your main excavation machine\u2026 The possibilities are endless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because the machines are remotely operated, workers remain clear of high-risk zones while ore and waste are separated underground. This approach has slashed processing and ventilation costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is electric (so) we have very low ventilation costs,\u201d Boumas said. \u201cThe electricity cost per month is less than \u20ac2000 ($3500). It\u2019s just like operating a workshop, not a mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The financial impact is equally striking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had to follow the traditional way of mining\u2026 I would definitely have a cost that would be six to seven times bigger than the operational cost I have right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since adopting Brokk technology, the mine has also recorded zero near-misses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s because we designed it first in the geotechnical scheme, and then executed it with the Brokk machine,\u201d Boumas said.<\/p>\n<p>For Australian miners facing rising energy prices, tightening margins and stricter ESG expectations, the Greek experience shows how electric, remote-controlled systems can deliver safer, cleaner and more efficient operations.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianmining.com.au\/lessons-from-the-worlds-first-fully-electric-mine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianmining.com.au\/lessons-from-the-worlds-first-fully-electric-mine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">australianmining.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Australia\u2019s mining sector intensifies its focus on ESG performance, safety and productivity, a fully electric underground mine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,84984,44],"class_list":["post-388801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-greek-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}