Dino Otranto

Chief Executive Officer, Fortescue Metals, Fortescue

Search every verified Dino Otranto interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Dino Otranto, CEO of Fortescue Metals, discussed the company's decarbonization efforts in a September 2026 podcast appearance. He described the scale of Fortescue's mining operations, including blasting, crushing, processing, and transporting iron ore, and outlined three reasons for the company's shift away from hydrocarbon use. Otranto stated that Fortescue burns nearly one billion liters of diesel equivalent annually, and noted that Australia's high per capita diesel consumption is largely driven by the mining industry's heavy trucks. Otranto also addressed criticism that the company's decarbonization strategy ignores economics, asserting that Fortescue is a publicly listed company with a transparent balance sheet and that its approach is driven by "hardcore economics" rather than morality. He contrasted the economics of diesel versus solar and battery savings, and discussed challenges in mining technology and safety, noting why large machines lag in adopting new innovations.