“What you’re seeing over here is one of the first wind turbines that we put up in Australia, a mine where we’re going to have average renewable input into our energy usage of about 57%”, was the first sentence stated by Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland as he flashed up a picture of a wind turbine at the commencement of his presentation of a superb set of results. Keeping with the new technology theme, he added: “…and that picture’s been taken by a drone in the middle of the outback, 1 100 km from Perth”.