With help from a mine catering company, a West Australian Indigenous Corporation will soon be supplying the Pilbara mining industry with biodiesel fuel made entirely from used cooking oil.
ESS Support Services Worldwide (ESS) will recycle 100 per cent of its used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel through a landmark deal with Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation (AAC).
The agreement will see in excess of 200,000 litres of used cooking oil recycled by AAC’s subsidiary AshOil into biodiesel fuel every year. A global mining company working in the Pilbara will use the biodiesel for drilling and blasting operations at its mine.
AAC’s CEO Janet Brown said, “The mining companies operating in the Pilbara region go through one billion litres of mineral diesel every year, a cost that is now impacted by the carbon tax.”
“The biodiesel fuel produced by AshOil can help mining companies reduce their costs and the environmental impacts of their operations.
“By ESS giving AshOil guaranteed access to its used cooking oil, the organisation can pursue additional business opportunities in the region and build on its program of economic engagement for the local Indigenous community.
“Relationships like the one AshOil has with ESS is pivotal to ensuring we can continue to grow as a business which benefits the environment and the local community,” said Ms Brown.
AshOil Ptd Ltd is based in Tom Price and was created in 2010 as a fully owned subsidiary of Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation (AAC), of which all committee members are Traditional Owners of differing language groups found in the shire of Ashburton. AAC’s purpose is to provide direct services to enable Aboriginal people to participate in training, employment and economic opportunity.
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