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Tasmanian Minerals and Energy CouncilAnnual Report 2013 /14

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The Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council

aims to be the organisation recognised for

leadership, effective issues management and

cooperative action for the State’s minerals and

energy industry.

Our mission is to promote the development

of a safe, profitable and sustainable minerals

and energy sector, which operates within

community standards.

ACN: 009 554 616

Telephone: (03) 6223 8600

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.tasmanianmining.com.au

Contents

President’s Report 1

Board and staff changes 2

TMEC Campaign – Big Picture 3

Energy Report – Ray Mostogl 5

Land Access Report – Kim Denwer 6

OHS Report – Terry Long 8

2014 Tasmanian Minerals Business Forum 14

2014 Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Conference 15

2014 Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Competition 17

Tasmanian Devil Industry Workshop 25

The Devil Becomes a Legal Stooge by Ian Woodward 26

Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival: 10 – 12 October 2014 27

Article: Terry Long profile 28

Article: Matt Daly profile 29

Article: Kathy George - winner of the National Women in Resources

Outstanding Australian Tradeswomen/ Operator/ Technician Award 31

Article: Craig Reid profile 32

TMEC Members survey and TMEC website 33

2014 Financials 34

Board of Directors 39

List of Members 43

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Sometimes when reflecting upon a year for an annual report, goodness and light jumps out at you – what’s been achieved.

However, this year under review (2013/14) is always going to be counter-balanced by loss and personal suffering – three people were killed in two separate incidents at Mt Lyell and the consequences for their families and relatives are long-lasting. Closed for months while the formal inquiries into these deaths took place, there was another rockfall in an air vent shaft which foreclosed any medium term chance of Mt Lyell going back into production. The details of these sad events are covered elsewhere in this report.

In the meantime, the range of policy and public initiatives your Board undertook rolled onwards. Chief among them was a campaign which came to be known as the Big Picture. You will have seen on your television employees at some of Tasmania’s bigger industries explaining what they do, and why they do it. You would not think our big industries would need to explain themselves – they have been producing goods for export for decades, generating thousands of jobs and the cash flow which maintains vibrancy in regional communities and towns and the basic grunt which underpins an economy.

Wayne Bould, President

However, there has been in the public debate in Tasmania the idea floated that our big industries are somehow part of a distant past and in the future our economy and all of the employment we need will be provided by niche businesses and tourism. And while these things are useful in a mixed economy, of themselves they don’t cut the mustard. For example, tourism is seasonal. Niche enterprises do not generate much employment.

So at a Board meeting at Rosebery last year, your Directors decided to try to set the record straight – we need our big businesses and we always will. And so was born what became known as the Big Picture campaign, which is also covered in more detail elsewhere in this report.

Unfortunately, we also live in a society riven by competing but ultimately contradictory philosophies – the idea that we need sustainable development, versus the idea that we have too much development now and should wind back existing enterprise. These competing ideas have had a big impact on our industry. It has manifested in north-west Tasmania, in the Tarkine. Some diehard anti-enterprise people have taken to the Federal Court system to try to stop or delay for long periods projects which have been already approved by the Federal and Tasmanian Governments. It has impacted heavily on these companies and at the time of writing was still unresolved. There is more on this in the land access report in these pages.

You may have noticed that there has been significant public discussion about energy and energy policy in Tasmania in the past twelve months. We initiated

quite a deal of it. The State needs to come to a position on whether we will use our energy to promote enterprise and create or maintain employment in our own State, or whether we will export it and by default create employment elsewhere. We have been in the thick of the government processes which are looking at energy policy matters and are putting a strong case.

Our main public events – the Business Forum in Launceston and the Tasmanian Minerals Conference which was held in Hobart in May this year – were successful. Again, it’s a matter of putting “out there” the things which are important to our businesses and in turn our employees for the long haul. This year we looked at the energy question, along with economic and environmental matters.

It was also the year for a change of government – Will Hodgman’s Liberal Party was elected outright in March 2014. We will continue to work with government on policy initiatives or regulatory or legislative areas which concern us. Working with governments is the best approach. Taking them on, although sometimes necessary, is always a least-preferred position.During the year, your Directors have been thoughtful on which policy areas to address and relentless in their prosecution. I thank them for their time and endeavours.

My thanks to the staff at the secretariat in Hobart and we note that both Terry Long and Jayne Roberts left our employ at the end of our financial year – Terry to retire and Jayne to pursue other interests in Sydney. My thanks to both for their contributions over many years.

President’s Report

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Wayne Bould

Terry Long

While outside the formal reporting period of this report (2013/14) for clarity we will reiterate changes in office bearers for the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council –

• TerryLongretiredasCEOattheendofAugust2014.• JeremyKouwactedasinterimCEOuntiltakingupapositionwithDynoNobelinQueenslandinmid-September.• Frommid-September,thePresidentWayneBouldtookoverasCEOandstooddownasPresident.• Atthesametime,RayMostoglwaselectedPresidentbyhisfellowDirectors.

Ray Mostogl

Jeremy Kouw

Staffing/ Board Changes

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The Big Picture Tasmania group of industries includes six of Tasmania’s major employers Nyrstar Hobart, Norske Skog Boyer Mill, Bell Bay Aluminium, Grange Resources, MMG Rosebery and the Elphinstone Group.

The multi-media campaign launched in November 2013 with inaugural partners, Bell Bay Aluminium, Nyrstar, Norske Skog Boyer and Grange Resources. Since its launch, the campaign has gone from strength to strength with new major partners MMG Limited and the Elphinstone Group joining supporting partners, Veolia Environmental Services, Nubco, Cromarty Instrument & Electrical Engineering and Lloyds North uniting under the industry voice.

With just under 10% of Tasmanians employed by businesses that generate actual wealth, major industry is vital to maintaining Tasmania’s prosperity. Tasmanians continue to benefit from the Big Picture Tasmania group’s work through the creation of direct employment, the millions of dollars paid in salaries each year to employees, and goods and services purchased locally each year.

The Big Picture partners believe it is critical Tasmania establishes a business environment where industry can be supported to invest in growth, jobs and importantly be viable to support future generations of Tasmanians.

TMEC Campaign - Big Picture

Take A Look at The Big Picture!

Tasmania’s major industries are also crucial to other key Tasmanian economic sectors including small and medium business, tourism, education and hospitality.

The campaign features employees from each major partner sharing their proud and passionate stories with the Tasmanian community. The campaign is a really positive approach designed to remind Tasmanians of the ongoing contribution primary industries such as ours make to the state’s economic and social well-being.

www.bigpicturetas.com.au

Ray Mostogl

Rod Bender, Michael Bailey and Tom Black


Advocacy in the areas of energy pricing and climate change policies have remained as significant activity for the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council.

Members will note that during the year, the Board wound up our previous vehicle for energy advocacy – the Major Employers Group – and brought all matters related to energy directly under the Board’s area of operations.

We formed a new energy committee and invited to membership all members of the former Major Employers Group.

Given Mining and Manufacturing contribute $2.5 billion to Tasmania’s Gross State Product each year, the barriers which impact viability warrant active engagement by your Board. This year has seen that occur on a number of fronts.

A public awareness campaign, called, “Take a Look at the Big Picture” was launched in late 2013. The objective was to provide the public with the information about what the businesses collectively contribute to Tasmania each year. The campaign has successfully shown the links between large business and the small and medium businesses which interact, as well as providing a sharper focal point for Federal and State Governments.

The identity of “Big Picture” resulted in the views of this group being invited into private hearings by the various relevant Productivity Commission studies initiated by the Federal Government. The TMEC had an opportunity to represent the Tasmanian situation to Federal Lower

and Upper House Members earlier in 2014. Some of these messages are resonating in the current debate on the Renewable Energy Target discussions.

Recently MMG and Elphinstone Group signed up to the campaign and are now active members.

Taking the challenge of crippling electricity prices to the State Government has also been a big focus this year. The TMEC commissioned an insightful analysis of how the Government Business Enterprise behind the biggest price increases went about their business.

The TMEC have actively lobbied the Australian Energy Regulator and we take some comfort from the recent announcement to establish a Federal Senate enquiry into aspects of the Transmission Service Providers business practices. While projected transmission costs show reductions over previous forecasts, TMEC believe further opportunities exist.

The TMEC influenced both major parties heading into the last State Election to reflect on the role of the Energy Government Business Enterprises with respect to the Tasmanian economy.

We are now represented on the state Government’s Energy Working Group, charged with providing the Minister with some insights which should feature in the State Governments Energy Strategy (to be released in early 2015). The Energy Strategy will also attempt to provide some clarity on gas, which like electricity pricing, impacts all sectors within the Tasmanian community.

Energy Report

Ray Mostogl, Chair of the Energy Comittee


Land access remains problematic in Tasmania.

There is a simple issue – even if you have approval for your project from governments and government agencies, it doesn’t mean you will be able to start work. The green movement has discovered that you can use the Federal Court system to delay approved projects in the hope that the proponents go broke or otherwise abandon the project.

Venture Minerals are the current target of this vindictiveness. They are a small company, based in Perth WA, who some years ago took an active interest in mineral exploration in Tasmania’s north-west, on the basis of the Tasmanian Government putting the land out to tender. It is a fair assumption in the world of mineral exploration that if you find an economic ore body, you will be able to mine it under the supervision of the Environment Protection Authority, if it is in a relatively sensitive area.

If you didn’t have that assumption, you wouldn’t take up the ground and the project in the first place because exploration is inherently risky – you may not find anything – and expensive. It can cost millions, and in Venture’s case tens of millions. So you wouldn’t go down that road unless you had the expectation to be able to mine should you find an ore body.

As it turns out, Venture found at least three ore bodies. Two are small iron ore projects and there is a much bigger

Kim Denwer, Economic Geologist, TMEC Board Member

Land Access Report

tin/tungsten deposit. Quite reasonably, they decided to mine one of the smaller iron ore deposits – which they called Riley – in part to help fund the development of the bigger tin/tungsten project, which they called Mt Lindsay. The Federal Government at the time took a year longer than is actually convention to approve the project, even though it had been approved by the Tasmanian Government and its EPA. Then the trouble really started, because a green group took issue with the Federal approval in the Federal Court. The Federal Court moves slowly – even when it gives “expedited” hearings, as it has in the Riley Mine case. With the latest appeal by the green group, no decision is expected until next year.

Meanwhile, we’re all getting older. At the time of the Federal Government’s approval of the Riley Mine, iron ore prices were relatively high and the project was regarded as straightforward and profitable. Now, iron ore prices are relatively low and the project may not meet its required financial hurdles. A small company, Venture has been unable to maintain its workforce in Tasmania while their project is parked in the court and as a result they have had to lay off their people.

The frustration in the mining industry – and particularly among explorers – is palpable. The green movement have essentially hammered the project and the company and the State. And it’s all just a simple matter of approaching the Federal Court.

Of course, other explorers are watching this debacle and Tasmania in general. It will be a hard sell to have other interstate companies commit their exploration budgets here. There is an obvious case for the Federal Government to change the legislation to stop this sort of court action.

Otherwise, it’s the greens who will decide what projects – if any – will be allowed in Tasmania.Access to land is self-evidently fundamental to the ongoing success for a mining industry. We need the access to try to find new ore bodies.

The TMEC has spent considerable effort in this area in the year under review – lobbying governments and Parliaments and fighting the good fight in the public arena. Among many other things, we appeared before a Senate Select Committee in Canberra to speak to our extensive written submission on an amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

We will continue to have maximum access to land as a priority for both the Board and the secretariat.


Land Access Report continuedTo underscore the difficulty with the Riley project, here are some of Venture Minerals’ timelines.It took a good while to gain project approval, as you can see, and then the project went to the court and remains there.

Milestones for the Riley ProjectMarch 2012 Maiden Resource.April 2012 Scoping Study Completed.July 2012 Maiden Reserve.August 2012 Equity Finance Raised.December 2012 Mining Lease Granted.March 2013 Appointment of Mining Contractor.April 2013 Debt Finance Secured.

Only Environmental Approvals still to come.

State Environmental Approval.

8 December 2012 Application to EPA (State) for a permit.15 May 2013 Approval granted by EPA Board under EMPCA Act.22 May 2013 Permit to operate given by West Coast Council.5 June 2013 Appeal to the granting of the permit by the Tarkine National Coalition to the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal.29-31 July 2013 Hearing by RMPAT of the appeal.24 September 2013 Decision by RMPAT to approve the EPA assessment subject to extra onerous conditions e.g. No ore transport between dusk and dawn, 60 kph limit during the day.27 September 2013 Revised permit granted by West Coast Council.20 August 2014 Successfully appealed against 60 kph limit.

Federal Environmental Approval. 4 April 2012 Referral documents forwarded to Federal Government who determined it was a controlled action under the EPBC Act.3 August 2013 Project approved under the EPBC Act by the Federal Minister for the Environment.

Court cases begin

2 October 2013 Tarkine National Coalition (TNC) appeals the Minister’s decision to the Federal Court. “Expedited” hearing set for 18-19 December 2013.6 December 2013 Hearing deferred to 10 February 2014 because of late additional grounds by the TNC.11-13 February 2014 Hearing of the Appeal in the Federal Court.15 May 2014 Federal Court dismisses the appeal in full.5 June 2014 TNC appeals the Federal Court decision to the Full Bench of the Federal Court.11 June 2014 Federal Court awards costs to Venture and the Federal Government.3 July 2014 Federal Court orders “expedited” hearing before the Full Bench between 10-18 November 2014. Surety of $35,000.00 to be given by the TNC. Decision from past experience to be handed down in 2015.


OHS Report

9 December 2013

Mt Lyell Mine Accident Copper Mines of Tasmania has confirmed that two employees at the Mt Lyell copper mine in Queenstown have died following an accident at the mine shaft early this morning. Copper Mines of Tasmania’s General Manager Scot Clyde said that it was with extreme regret that he confirmed two employees, members of the mine shaft maintenance crew, died from injuries following a fall in the shaft at about 9am. “Our deepest sympathies are with the families of the two workers, their immediate work mates and also our other site employees who will be saddened by this tragic accident,” Mr Clyde said. Mr Clyde said the families of the two employees have been notified by CMT and Tasmania Police. He said Mt Lyell Mines Rescue and rescue teams from Renison and Rosebery attended the incident and Tasmania Police, ambulances and Workplace Standards’ mines inspectors are currently on the scene. “We are offering support and counselling to the families and all of our people,” Mr Clyde said. All operations at the mine are suspended until the day shift tomorrow. The cause of the accident has not yet determined and will be the subject of investigations by the Coroner and Workplace Standards’ mines inspectors. For further Information please contact Michael Lester at M&M Communications on (03) 6224 8644 or 0425 235 157.

OHS Media Release extract 1


Terry Long



You will see from the preceding news releases that it was a disastrous year for health and safety in Tasmania’s mining industry.

Three people were killed at Mt Lyell in two separate incidents. It was devastating for their families, the mine and the town. We regard one death as catastrophic.

The mine never recovered. It was still in shut-down from the fatalities when there was another rockfall and it was closed as a mining operation and put into care-and-maintenance. It may go back into

production in the future. But it will likely be on a new ore body in new workings.

People at other mines in Tasmania learnt of the fatalities with dismay. Some of their emergency response people attended Mt Lyell to help with recovery, so it became personal to some.

The difficulty is trying to reconcile the fatalities with the health-and-safety effort at other mines. Safety in the mining industry is an all-day, every-day matter. And in the back of our minds, we know that something can go wrong.

The challenge is to make sure it doesn’t. That is done through risk identification and reduction, education and eternal persistence.

A couple of hours drive from Mt Lyell, Grange Resources for example have a comprehensive OHS program. It is illustrative of the effort our mines put into OHS. Here is a report from Grange which gives you an idea of how hard people go at this fundamentally important area of operations.


TMEC – OHS, Annual Report, GRR

Grange Resources Tasmanian Operations Grange Resources Limited owns and operates Australia's leading integrated iron ore mining and pellet production business located in the northwest region of Tasmania. The Savage River magnetite iron ore mine, 100km southwest of the city of Burnie, is a long life mining asset set to continue operation beyond 2030. At Port Latta, 70kms northwest of Burnie, is Grange Resources' wholly owned pellet plant and port facility producing approximately two million tonnes of premium quality iron ore pellets annually with plans to increase annual production in the coming years to 2.7 million tonnes. Grange holds long term supply contracts for one million tonnes of its annual production and offers the balance of its production to market via a spot sales tendering/contract process. All production is offered FOB and is shipped to major steel producers in Asia. Safety Performance


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South Deposit Tails Storage Facility 2014

34a Alexander St, Burnie Tasmania 7320

Our Injury Management Profile

• Injury rates five years ago were unacceptable tracking at 4 and 5 times the average Australian National frequency rates for the mining metalliferous sector.

• The significant reduction in injury rates over the last five years is remarkable and a credit to the commitment of Directors, Senior/Operational Managers, Supervisors and all Employees.

• Grange is now tracking well below the Australian Metalliferous Injury Rates for both Total Recordable Injuries with a TRIFR of 2.98

• We are currently over 1,550 days Lost Time Injury Free Our Commitment Grange Resources is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our workers, contractors and visitors. We believe that OHS management is integral to an efficient and successful business. Over the past year we have continued to eliminate injury and occupational disease, and are committed to the development, implementation and maintenance of effective OHS management strategies that ensure continuous improvement, and deliver superior safety performance. Our mission is a mind-set to drive a continuous improvement culture involving all Managers, Supervisors, Workers and Contractors. We continue to strive towards eliminating injury and loss, create positive environmental outcomes and add value to the communities in which we operate. This being achieved through effective management systems, integrated risk management practices, risk aware culture, demonstrable leadership, maintaining standards, thinking out of the square strategies, monitoring performance and looking after our people. During 2014 Grange was committed to ensuring compliance with legislative requirements for each area of its operations including meeting and exceeding requirements within: • New Work Health and Safety Legislation.


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• Codes of Practice that apply to the company’s operations • Adopting accepted industry standards in areas where legislation is deficient, and • Applying consistent consultation and communication with our workers. Formal systems have been implemented to ensure preventative actions and legislative requirements are tracked, monitored and implemented for any instances of non-compliance to our systems. Our goal for a continued zero lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) remains. We will continue to work closely with our sites and departments to ensure our people share the responsibility for a safe workplace as we move through our journey from a proactive to a resilient operation. Our Strategies The successes, challenges and learning from the previous OHS 3 year Strategic Plan inspired the integration of OHS and ESR commitments to ensure sustainable development for the growing business. The new 3 year strategic plan has been developed for 2015 and is supported by robust business planning processes defined within Grange’s Management Operating System (MOS). This includes tracking and monitoring of performance through development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and continuous improvement plans. The focus for the new strategic plan is summarised by the following 6 core strategies and objectives which encompass all facets of effective Safety, Environment & Social Responsibility, Risk, and Management Systems:

1. People To grow a positive risk based culture driven by strong leadership, trained and competent

employees who take ownership of issues and resolutions.

2. Management Systems Improve awareness, integration, implementation and monitoring of all programs ensuring

quality outcomes from systems activities resulting in reduction in risk and loss events.

3. Environment To provide a framework for the structured implementation of environmental management

standards throughout all levels of the company with a focus on understanding, awareness, ownership and responsibilities for compliance.

4. Risk Management To ensure enterprise and operational risks are identified and controlled with effective &

compliant controls incorporating an effective risk reduction program.

5. Compliance Ensure compliance through tracking and monitoring of legal requirements, effective auditing

of SEMS and implementation of corrective actions for identified deficiencies.

6. Information Systems Increase efficiencies through information system solutions that support statistical analysis,

effective monitoring programs and streamlined systems management.


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Throughout 2014 the company continued our commitment to providing a safe and healthy work environment for workers, contractors and visitors to all our sites. This commitment is underpinned by our policies and standards, the inclusion of OHS in the balanced scorecard approach and its identification as a priority item in our induction, training and awareness programs and initiatives. OHS Resources The operation has a dedicated Safety and Training Department consisting of safety and health and training professionals who develop and coordinate safety and health systems and strategies across all sites, identify hazards and assess risks to safety and health, put appropriate safety controls in place, and provides support, advice on accident prevention and occupational health to management, workers and contractors. In addition there is an increased emphasis on risk management, safety behaviour and workplace culture. Engaging Our People Grange continues to seek personnel involvement through consultation, communication and participation to ensure our culture growth continues into the future.

We painted two trucks – one pink and one blue – to raise awareness for breast and prostate cancer. Grange Resources is the first mining company in Tasmania to paint trucks for cancer awareness. The initiative came from our Assistant Mine Superintendent. He saw an opportunity to inspire his teams to support this important cause, and to raise awareness of Grange employees’ health and wellbeing. This resulted in competing crews raising more than $9000 for the cause.

At the Boily shop at Savage, the team developed a wheel guard to protect the tyres while welding. This saw a significant reduction in the risk of welding around the tyres and an increase in productivity by reducing the need for tyre removal when hot works are required. The team was rewarded by being recognised as the year’s top problem solvers, winning the IPM Safety Award for the ‘Best Solution to an identified Work Health and Safety issue’ at the recent Worksafe Tasmania Awards presentation. This is a great representation of the collaborative and innovative culture we are building.


2014 Tasmanian Minerals Business Forum

The forum was held in March, at the Tramsheds in Launceston.

Again, it was well attended.

The forum is held mainly to let people in the supply chain know what are the key issues facing the industry and what some of the major sites have on their plates for the forthcoming year.

The Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council would like to thank our sponsors Pitt and Sherry.

Here are some of the pictures from the forum.


The Tasmanian Minerals Conference 7 - 9 May 2014

For the second year in a row, the conference was held at Wrest Point in Hobart.

It was well attended by industry people, officers of government agencies, members of Parliament and people from the industry supply chain.

We surveyed delegates for feedback, given that the program was hard-hitting and diverse.

In summary, feedback was positive with people enjoying it and finding it informative and relevant. There were also some innovative suggestions, including:-

• Thisyear’sbalancewasquiteidealwiththemixtureofday1andthere-inclusion of exploration on day 2

• The inclusion of the energy sector was a refreshing and interesting topic

• David Pemberton’s devils talk was a highlight. For example, “The best parts are often where a view is being put that challenges the dominant view of the audience, or at least illuminate the scene from a perspective way we may not have considered and articulate a positive way forward. David Pemberton’s presentation was especially valuable.”

• Aim for increased media engagement at future industry events so that there’s an opportunity to highlight many of the positive things that take place in the industry such as successful environmental practices with the view that hopefully the media will report on this, instead of the controversial aspects

• A few requests for a talk by a metallurgist

• A topic that examines possible synergies and partnerships such as one between the tourism and mining industry that looks at the positive and negatives of mining vs tourism. Invite a well-known tourism figure to talk on the subject such as Luke Martin or Simon Currant

• A talk by MRT’s new Director of Mines and or CODES

• The inclusion of Tascoss was valuable so as to provide insight into how some people have trouble paying their power bill


The Tasmanian Minerals Energy Council would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:


Tasmanian Mineral Emergency Response Committee

Chairman’s Report 2014


2014

The TMERC was very active in 2014,meeting five times during the year inaddition to a range of other events.The work of the committee broadlyencompasses:

Communication and collaboration(promoting sharing and teamworkwithin the industry and showcasing thecapability of the industry to the widercommunity);

Simplification and standardisation(removing unnecessary complexity andmaking emergency response practicesand protocols familiar and predictablestate-wide); and

Pursuit of excellence (continuousimprovement to ensure TasmanianMinerals Emergency Response reflectsindustry best-practice).

Each of these main themes runs throughall of the activities undertaken by thecommittee.

Mount Lyell Response

Two tragic events at the Mount Lyellmine occurred during the past 12months, resulting in three deathsand great sorrow in the Queenstowncommunity and in the wider mineralsindustry.

Emergency Response crewsexperienced these events first handand the TMERC spent considerabletime during the year reflecting on thelessons and regrouping as an industrybody. Nevertheless the year was anunderstandably unsettled one.

At its annual Emergency ResponseCompetition dinner, Bravery Awardswere presented to two Mount Lyell ERteam members by minister Paul Harriss;and Mutual Aid awards were presentedto those who participated in theemergency response efforts on site.

Renison Mine:Adrian Buls, Shaun Charlesworth, RonFoss, James Harvey, David Ling, WilfredPeyroux, Stephen Rush, Ken Tatto,Samuel Tokporo.

Achievements and EventsCaptains’ Workshop

Once again a 3-day Captains and Vice-Captains workshop was held in June,hosted by MMG Rosebery Mine.

In contrast to previous years theworkshop was facilitated by Phill Kemp(CMT) and focused on the natureof leadership, communication andteam skills and provided a valuableopportunity for site ER leaders tocollaborate and refocus following theMount Lyell events.

This workshop will return to its moreusual training format in 2015 and willbe hosted on site at Grange ResourcesSavage river Mine.

Other Achievements 2014

The committee also undertook thefollowing :• Coordinationofjointtraining activities between sites including shared “rookies” training courses.• OrientationofERTcaptainsonother

sites.

Work in Progress

Work continues on a range of activitiesincluding:• Improvingtheorganisationofthe annual competition to allow it to be as effective and valuable as possible

across a wide range of sites.

On behalf of the Tasmanian MineralsIndustry, TMERC wishes to record withthanks the names of those who tookpart:

Bravery Awards:Robert Butterfield and Lachlan Brown –Copper Mines Tasmania.

Mutual Aid Awards:Copper Mines Tasmania:James Atkinson, Wade Bailey, MichaelBarnett, Dylan Carroll, Jason Clarke,April Crow, John Edwards, PaulEdwards, Andrew Forshaw, LukeFreeman, Phill Kemp, Bobby Lovell,Nathanial Oldmeadow, Chris Sheean,Carol Steyn, Shaun Stafford, ShaneSturges.

Henty Gold Mine:Tim Bednarz, Nathan Boag, RobertBradshaw, Darren Brown, DanielCunningham, Simon Enman, DaleJackson, Alesha McDermott, JarrodMcKenna.

MMG Rosebery:Robert Button, Marcus Cook, PriyaGalketiya, Mark Gottliebsen, CraigLawler, Matthew O’Leary, Terry Quinn,Douglas Ralph, Elmar van Breda.

Minister for Resource Paul Harrisspresenting Bravery Awards to RobertButterfield (L) and Lachlan Brown

John Lamb, Committee Chair


• Developmentofawebdatabase/online mutual aid manual for quick identification and pre-qualification of registered emergency responders.

2014 Tasmanian MineralsEmergency Response Competition

Undoubtedly the big event in theEmergency Response calendar, the2014 competition was hosted by Nyrstar and held on site at the HobartZinc Smelter and at the Tasmanian FireService training facility in Cambridge.

This was the first competition to beheld on a mineral processing site andthe first in the south of the state andinvolved seven teams (incuding onecombined team) competing over two days.

Teams, Events and ResultsAll teams are to be congratulatedand competed effectively and safelythoughout the two days. Sitescompeting were:

• Grange Resources (two teams)• BluestoneTin• BellBayAluminium• MMGRosebery• CementAustralia(CornwallCoal)• TMERCteamcomprisingmembers from Nyrstar Hobart; Unity Henty Gold Mine and Grange Resources

The following events were scored andincluded in the calculation of overallplacings:

• Search & rescue (underground and surface)• Roperescue• TeamSkills• FirstAid• Firefighting• ConfinedSpaceRescue

Andrew House of Grange Resourcesreceiving his Award for Best Captain fromSenator Jacqui Lambie.

In addition, Vehicle Extrication wasperformed as a training event withteams either scored or coached at theiroption; while awards were also made forBest Captain and Team Safety amongothers.

The Tasmanian Minerals Councilwebsite www.tasmanianmining.com.aucontains a list of results.

Thanks to sponsorsTMERC wishes to thank the followingmajor sponsors of the 2014 competitionfor their generous support:

TMERC also thanks Nyrstar Hobartfor their generosity in organising andstaging the event.

While the overall winners, MMGRosebery, are to be congratulatedall teams acquitted themselvesprofessionally, effectively and aboveall safely nthroughout the two days ofcompetition.

The competition dinner was wellattended by competitors, sponsors,adjudicators and VIP’s. In particularMinister Harriss, Senator Jacqui Lambieand Ruth Forrest MLC attended andwere involved in the presentation ofawards.


MMG Rosebery, 2014 winners with TMEC President, Ray Mostogl and TMERC Chair, John Lamb

About TMERCTMERC is the peak body representing emergency response across the state’smining and mineral processing industry.

It aims to promote communication,collaboration and the pursuit of industry best practice. It removes barriers and through protocols, systems and standards it supports, facilitates and most importantly de-risks mutual aid.

Through the annual Emergency Response Competition, TMERC is effective in showcasing minerals industry emergency response to the public.

Office Bearers 2013

Chair: John LambVice-Chair: Douglas RalphTreasurer: Jason ClarkeAsst Treasurer: Ivan MarkotaSecretary: Tim BowdenAsst. Secretary: Leigh SpilsburyTMEC Support: Natalie Johnston

www.tasmanianmining.com.au

Chairmans Statement of ThanksMy sincere thanks on behalf of the Tasmanian Minerals Industry to the men and women who serve in Emergency Response teams on sites throughout the state, and to the members of the TMERC who work tirelessly to support them.

John LambCommittee Chair


Firefighting - MMG

Firefighting – Renison Bell

Team Skills – TMERC Combined Team Ready for Action – Bell Bay Aluminium


Road Crash Rescue - TMERC

Ruth Forrest MLC visiting the competition

Underground Search & Rescue – Renison Bell

Rope Rescue – Bell Bay Aluminium


Rope Rescue – Bell Bay Aluminium

First Aid - MMG

First Aid - MMG Road Crash Rescue – Renison Bell


First Aid – MMG

Underground Search & Rescue – Cornwall Coal Underground Search & Rescue – Grange Resources


The Save the Tasmanian Devil WorkshopIt was a welcome surprise at the 2014 Tasmanian Minerals Conference to hear a wildlife expert announce that mine sites can provide a safe haven for the endangered Tasmanian devil.

The Manager of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program, David Pemberton, provided one of the most popular conference presentations.

``Mine sites are a safe refuge for devils,’’ David said. ``All those anthropogenic mortalities that affect them, they don’t encounter at the sites.’’

As a result of David’s presentation, an industry workshop arose with the Save The Tasmanian Devil Program, a highly successful and well-attended two day workshop at Grange Resources’ Savage River in August.

Tasmanian Devil guru, Nick Mooney, joined David Pemberton at the workshop to also share his experience and expertise of the beloved native animal. It provided an excellent opportunity for the industry to understand more about the devil such as its life cycle and the important times of the year to minimise any disruption.

Nick Mooney said it was a misconception devils and miners could not co-exist. “In these sort of areas there are just a few devils covering a lot of ground and the bush on the leases surrounding the mine workings can provide a refuge,” he said.

“Yes, they have dug a big hole in the middle of devil habitat but there is a lot of habitat to share.”As the industry is aware, a mine itself generally only takes up about one per cent of the land.

Nick Mooney said the “drama” over mining and its impact on species such as the devil was overblown.

The mining industry is required to record all sightings of devils, quolls, eagles and other native species on their leases and report any injuries to animals, with industry willing doing their part. The workshop was an ideal event for environmental scientists and geologists to share and learn from each other and their practices.

The revitalisation of the Tasmanian Minerals Environment Committee will provide further opportunity for collaboration and research with groups such as Save the Tasmanian Devil Program.


The Devil becomes a legal stoogeReprinted with the permission of pitt&sherry

Written by Dr Ian Woodward, Principal Environmental Scientist, pitt&sherry

The Tasmanian devil has become a legal stooge in the attempts of a conservation group to derail new Tasmanian mine projects through legal action. The devil has been used by the Tarkine National Coalition (TNC) as a hook to launch legal challenges in the Federal Court against Commonwealth EPBC Act (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) approval decisions for two mines.

The challenges have failed, but the projects have been damaged by delays caused by the court action. The failed challenges have clarified a number of important legal points and added to EPBC Act case law.

Under the EPBC Act the Commonwealth Minister approves actions that might impact on ‘matters of national environmental significance’, such as Commonwealth-listed threatened species.

The TNC (now named ‘Save the Tarkine’), which wants no new mines in the Tarkine, last year challenged the Minister’s approval of the Shree Minerals mine at Nelson Bay River and more recently the Minister’s approval of the Venture Minerals Riley mine, near Tullah. Both mines are in north-west Tasmania and within the 400,000 hectare ‘Tarkine’ region which the TNC wants made into a national park. The combined disturbance footprint of the two mines is about 250 hectares, or approximately 0.06 per cent of the Tarkine region.

The TNC has primarily used potential impacts on the Tasmanian devil to make its arguments against the approvals. In the case of the Shree Minerals mine, the TNC successfully argued that the Minister failed to mention Departmental conservation documentation about the devil in his decision. The court agreed and overturned the approval, requiring a new approval decision to be made. The new decision (by a new minister) added mention of the conservation documentation and for good measure imposed additional conditions. The mine is now operating and has shipped product (although is currently in a production halt due to low iron ore prices).

In the case of the Venture Minerals mine, the TNC raised a series of legal arguments, again primarily relating to the Tasmanian devil. Firstly, the TNC argued that the Minister’s decision was made while the TNC’s appeal against the State approval was still being heard by the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal (RMPAT). The TNC claimed that the Minister’s decision was invalid because he should have waited for RMPAT’s decision as it could (and did) change the approval conditions, and that he was obliged by the Act to take ‘likely State approval conditions into account’.

The judge rejected this argument, finding that the Minister would only be obliged to take into account RMPAT’s decision if it had reached the stage of draft or final written conditions, and that he was not obliged to speculate on what new conditions might arise out of an appeal before then. Also, the judge found that the Act’s requirements are only there to avoid duplication or inconsistency, not to change a Commonwealth decision, so the Minister need not be swayed by RMPAT’s findings.

Secondly, the TNC argued that the Minister failed to take into account cumulative impact because the Tasmania Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA’s) assessment report expressly said that the EPA could not and did not consider the cumulative impacts of the Riley mine with future projects, only with existing projects. The assessment was a Bilateral Assessment and the TNC argued that the Minister therefore relied on the EPA‘s assessment report to make his own decision and because the EPA had not considered that cumulative impact, neither had the Minister.

The judge rejected this argument, finding that there was nothing in either the EPBC Act (or Tasmania’s Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994) that required cumulative impacts to be considered, only ‘relevant’ impacts. It is up to the Minister (and the EPA) to decide what is relevant – this may or may not include cumulative impacts. Also, the Minister does not rely on the EPA’s assessment report alone – he takes it and all the supporting documents into account, as he sees fit. In any event, the Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan contained a great deal of information about cumulative impacts. Cumulative impacts were also addressed in the Commonwealth Department’s report to the Minister, who took them into account in his decision. Incidentally, the judge disagreed with the EPA’s position and said that the EPA’s cumulative impact considerations could include future projects. However, this was not material to his findings.

The judge dismissed the TNC’s appeal and awarded costs against the TNC for the Commonwealth’s costs and for Venture’s costs. The Riley mine can now proceed. However, the TNC has now appealed the judge’s decision to the Full Bench of the Federal Court, and this further appeal remains to be heard. The delays to the Riley project caused by these legal challenges have recently led Venture Minerals to suspend the project, and also two other nearby projects, because the favourable ore price window has passed by.Interestingly, the TNC’s claims about the impact of mining on the Tasmanian devil have been shown to be invalid by a Save the Tasmanian Devil Program government expert at a recent Minerals Council conference. Contrary to the TNC’s claims, the expert argued that mines in fact provide safe refuges for devils because the controlled and restricted environment of a mine site prevents the harmful interactions between people and devils that can occur in uncontrolled and unrestricted areas.

Photo courtesy of Max Moller, Black Devil Productions


Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival

Queenstown and Queenstowners are somewhat renowned for putting on a good show and partying hard.

And they once again excelled over three action-packed days at the Queenstown Heritage Arts Festival on 9 – 11 October 2014, of which the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council was a corporate sponsor.

The festival was timely in bringing some much welcomed cheer and economic and social buzz to the iconic mining town following the tragic deaths of three staff at the Mt Lyell mine and its switching from production to care and maintenance.

Around 3,000 locals and visitors took part in the festival which included arts exhibitions and heritage displays.

The 2014 Queenstown Heritage Arts Festival marked the centenary of the Lake Margaret Power Station, 10 kms north of Queenstown. The power station was built in 1914 by the Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Company to power the Mt Lyell copper mine. In 1985 Hydro Tasmania took over the station. It is the oldest operating hydro-electric power station in Australia.

One of the great things about the festival, among others, was meeting and talking to the proud and interesting West Coast locals and expatriates at every turn and learning some of their history, such as living at Lake Margaret village.

Many of the village’s houses are still standing, though in need of care and maintenance.

Local Queenstowner Bill Tiddy, father of the Festival’s Director Travis Tiddy, reminisced about visiting his aunt and uncle at the Lake Margaret village as a

child, where his aunt and uncle lived for 39 years. There was an average of just 50 people who lived in the village during its peak period 1914 – 1964.

It seems that most people have very fond memories of living at Lake Margaret. One of these is Frank Martin, who has written a book about his birthplace called Born to Rain, an appropriate title considering that Lake Margaret records the highest rainfall in Tasmania.

“Any day was perfect if you were a kid at Lake Margaret,” Frank Martin said to the ABC. “I had a Meccano set for the wet days and we made and flew paper aeroplanes into the town hall. Badminton too.”

Fifth generation Queenstowner and Queenstown Heritage Arts Festival director Travis Tiddy said the festival goal was to create an event that’s authentic and an opportunity for visitors to connect with the environment and community.

“It’s important that it’s local, we have designed and created this for local people,” Travis said. “We have an absolute commitment to quality and connecting visitors with our community.” The Queenstown festival was launched in 2010 and held again in 2012. After its thrice-repeated success, it will hopefully become a fixed festival on Tasmania’s events calendar.


Terry Long hangs up CEO helm after 18 years

Terry Long retired as CEO of the Minerals and Energy Council at the end of the year under review.He had been CEO since 1996.

Prior to joining the Minerals and Energy Council, Terry had a comprehensive career in the media – most of it at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a reporter, presenter, producer and manager. Given that a large part of the CEO’s work at the Minerals and Energy Council involves advocacy in the media for the industry, it was not a giant step for Terry – he simply moved from one side of the microphone to the other.

He was an enthusiastic advocate for the industry on the range of policy matters – energy, OHS, environmental and land management and exploration.

His tenure took in the Beaconsfield mine fatality and rescue operation in 2006, which occupied the national media for a fortnight. Given the unusual circumstances at the mine at the time – it was in administration and had only a small management team which was rightly focussed on recovery of two people trapped underground – he represented the industry with the media.

Terry said working for the Minerals and Energy Council Board and membership over the years had been a pleasure. “The Board was always professional. The staff have been great to work with. The members have been supportive of our advocacy and activities,” he said.

As he leaves full-time work, Terry observes that the things which left him in wonderment when he joined the

organisation are still the things that leave him in wonderment as he leaves – for instance, people have normalised driving a five metre by five metre tunnel for kilometres through solid rock and the cost of the machinery needed to work underground. “Even a little machine seems to cost a million,” he said.

“I’m also impressed by the immensity of the task to produce an ingot of zinc or aluminium,” he said.

In retirement, Terry plans to do a lot of sailing and “mucking around with my boat”. His wife Gillian still works, so he has also come to understand the nature of housework and to a lesser extent so far, cooking. One of his claims to fame in this regard is that he recently successfully cooked an omelette with duck eggs.


Matt Daly - gold career and retirement

Matt Daly, Henty Gold mine’s General Manger for the past 11 years, finished up a 35 year stellar mining career on 28 March 2014.

The Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council’s Communications Officer, Natalie Johnston, chats to Matt about his retirement plans and his thoughts of the industry.

Matt will have no shortage of things to do in his retirement. It’s more a question of where does he start with his lengthy things-to-do list?

During his 11 year reign as General Manager of Henty Gold mine on Tasmania’s West Coast, Matt saw three different operators take ownership of the mine and included Matt taking a sabbatical in 2009 when it looked like the mine would close. Despite this, Henty Gold mine has been surviving and operating for 16 years.

“I’ve got mixed feelings about finishing up,” Matt says. “I’ve enjoyed being in the industry so long and I’ve got a close attachment to the mine, the people and the culture.”

Matt and Helen Daly will continue to live in Queenstown. “We really love the West Coast and we’ll stay. We like the people, climate and the uniqueness. It’s close to everything and we have our shack at Trial Harbour.

“I’ll be doing anything but putting up my feet and watching soapies.”

Matt and Helen will also for a while join the “grey nomads” and travel around Tasmania and Australia with their caravan and four dogs - three golden retrievers and one small “imitation” retriever.

“I recently wrote a three page list of things to do in retirement which ranged from practical house tasks such as painting and gardening to increasing my hobby time with fishing, golf and being more active with my military vehicle collection in terms of restoration and driving.”

After completing a mining engineering degree at Melbourne University, Matt started his mining career with Peko Wallsend at King Island Scheelite mine in 1978 as a trainee miner. During his nine year stint, Matt worked his way up to Mining Manager and had a secondment as Mining Manager at Warrego Gold Mine in the Northern Territory.

Matt’s time in King Island marked a fateful moment when he met the love of his life, Helen, a young nurse at the local hospital.

Matt next worked for North Limited in Western Australia for 13 years, including as General Manager of Kanowna Belle Gold Mine for five years.


“I’ve been a General Manager since 1992 and I’ve always liked this role. I like it because it’s site based, you can influence the operation directly, you’re close to people and you’re in a position to help develop people in their role.

“You should trust people, there’s only been a couple of times that this trust has failed. At least 95 per cent of people in any industry are naturally good people. I strongly believe that nobody is better than anybody else and that everybody is equal. Everybody has an equally important role to play from the cleaning person to the GM.”

Mining provides many opportunities for skilled and unskilled roles, Matt says. “It’s a multi-faceted industry. The skilled roles are so varied from different types of engineering, metallurgy, finance environment, geology, human resources, IT and so on.

He cites playing a major part in the safety culture as another positive of being a General Manager. “I believe mining is one of the safest industries around,” he says.

“Whenever there are mining accidents they are blown way out of proportion in the media. Around the time of the Beaconsfield mining accident in 2006, for instance, there were four young women killed in a car accident on the Midland Highway. This got fleeting coverage in the local paper, but of course the coverage of the Beaconsfield accident was unprecedented and vast.”

In 2000, Matt’s sea change was with Helen running their sheep/ cattle grazing

property in Tasmania lasted for nearly two years before taking up the GM role again. This was when he started at Henty Gold Mine for Placer Dome.

During his time at Henty Gold mine, Matt has greatly enjoyed his 11 year association as a Director of the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council, which included three years as President and over 6 years as Occupational, Health and Safety committee Chairperson.

“I’ve always found the Board has been very supportive and positive and there’s no doubt I’ll miss it.”

And there’s no doubt that Matt, one the industry’s gentlemen, will be much missed.

Scott Jones took over as Henty Gold mine’s General Manager following Matt’s retirement.


Kathy George - winner of the National Women in Resources Outstanding Australian Tradeswomen/ operator/ technician award

Just get in there and have a go and don’t expect any special treatment, is Kathy George’s advice to women entering the male-dominated mining and minerals industry.

It is a mantra that has been serving Kathy nicely over her 33 year career which started aged 19 with an apprenticeship at Nyrstar Hobart, formerly the Electrolytic Zinc Company. Kathy was the only female out of a workforce of 1,000 working on the plant site.

And now Kathy’s success has been recognised by winning the Outstanding Australian Tradeswomen/ operator/ technician category at the Women in Resources National Award in Brisbane on 1 September 2014. This is the first time the awards have been held.

“The benefit of the awards is to get the focus out there and get more women involved in male-oriented jobs,” Kathy says.

“I hope it will encourage women to progress and not stand back and let males dominate the higher-end positions. At the end of the day we only get out of something what we put into it and they will see that their efforts will be recognised.”

At Nyrstar Hobart, Kathy completed a dual trade apprenticeship as an A grade electrician and as an industrial instrument mechanic and was awarded State Electrical apprenticeship of the year at EZ and state wide.

Kathy has been running her own business for 28 years and she is the owner and manager of Total Instrument Controls. Her company supplies statewide process control instruments to the mines as well as Boags, Cascade, Tas Water and many other industrial sites around the State. Kathy has also worked as a Tradesperson on various sites around Tasmania and under contract to Roxby Downs in SA to name a few.

“We are able to measure or control flow, level, temperature, pressure, analytical and other variables in a process in such industries as mining, petro chemical, water and wastewater, food and beverage,” she explains.

About 15 years ago Kathy became the first person in the world to repair a specific piece of electronic equipment for underground drilling machines. Until that point they were throwing the expensive pieces of equipment away and replacing with new. She is still doing the repairs which are shipped from her business to various mine sites around Australia.

“I still very much enjoy my career and my greatest pleasure is fixing my customers process/plant problems.”

Kathy married her former husband in 1982 and on the completion of her apprenticeship moved to Geelong and worked at the Shell Oil Refinery. Her next move was to Warrego in the Northern Territory to work on a goldmine where they set up their own

business. After 12 months on finding that she was pregnant they returned to Hobart to continue with their own business and working with E.Z. to help develop and manufacture On Stream Analytical equipment which was sold not only in Australia but also to overseas customers, a technology which is still in use today.

Her children, Emma (26) and Chris (24) now work for Kathy’s business with both following in her footsteps with an instrumentation trade.

“Having Emma and Chris working for the business is working out very well,” Kathy says. “It provides me with more opportunity to promote and grow the business.

Her work has switched from service to mostly selling and engineering supply. “I made a point of taking on the best brands and sticking with the same four ones. That way you get the best support, they know you’re loyal to the product and not switching brands.”

In Kathy’s spare time she is not one to sit around. Her hobbies include running, bike riding, paddling, fast cars, motor bike riding, diving and travel. She also provides talks and support to long term unemployed to help them seek employment and motivate them to better their situation through further education and training.


Craig Reid Profile

Nyrstar’s senior safety and emergency response co-ordinator Craig Reid was set a big task this year as the main co-ordinator of the 2014 Tasmanian Minerals Emergency Response Competition.

Craig is a proud Nyrstar employee with over 16 years of safety knowledge and experience.

“I spent a few years at an explosives plant in Western Australia, but like many Tasmanians I moved back here to be with my family – Tasmania has always been home for me.”

Craig began working with Nyrstar in 2002 and has never looked back.

“Nyrstar takes a holistic approach to safety, we have taken significant steps in ensuring employees have a health and fitness level that supports our safety performance objectives,” he said.

“The most rewarding part of my job is working on large scale projects where we have large numbers of Nyrstar employees and contractors from both site and various companies working together to improve the site, facing daily challenges and being able to share experiences that we can all learn from,” Craig said.


Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council’s Members Survey

The survey was emailed to 97 members on 16 July 2014, with an email reminder on 5 August as well as a “can’t-miss” survey reminder in the latest newsletter.

Thirty nine people responded.

Of these, 92 % believe that the TMEC provided value for money. While clearly this was a positive result, the Board considered all constructive criticism and will utilise this information as part of the Council’s restructure and review.

The survey provided some specific feedback around the Council’s website which has assisted in the review of the current website.

Tasmanian Mining Campaign and New TMEC Website

Social Media Platforms

The hard-hitting Tasmanian Mining campaign was launched in June 2012 to defend land access and to provide a voice to frustrated industry employees and supporters wanting their say, and to counteract some of the relentless misrepresentations from extreme environmentalists.

Was it a successful campaign? Yes. It influenced the former Federal Environment Minister’s decision to reject a blanket heritage listing of the Tarkine region. It also contributed to the rally fever that swept up regional Tasmania in 2013 whereby an unprecedented 10,000 people attended four pro industry rallies in regional Tasmania within a twelve month timeframe.

In early 2013 the Tasmanian Mining website became the Council’s official one as well as the campaign’s.

During 2014 it was timely for the website to be reviewed by the Council and the Board factoring, among other things, the inclusion of energy into the Council’s portfolio and to house TMEC’s campaigns, Tasmanian Mining and Big Picture.

The outcome was an agreement for a new contemporary website with improved functionality. This will be a communications priority in early 2015.

Both Tasmanian Mining and Big Picture have developed social media portals and we will continue to support and develop social media.

The new website home page will provide clear recognition and links to the Council’s media campaigns. While the new website will replace the Tasmanian Mining one, the Tasmanian Mining Facebook will continue to remain active. It now has around 3,000 followers and continues to pick up new supporters every week. It continues to be effective and interactive with its mixture of posts.


2014 Financials


A full version of the Financial Report has been distributed to members and is available from the Secretariat. This extract from the annual financial statements should be read in conjunction with the full version of the report.

Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council Ltd


A full version of the Financial Report has been distributed to members and is available from the Secretariat. This extract from the annual financial statements should be read in conjunction with the full version of the report.

Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council Ltd


Crowe Horwath Tasmania is a member of Crowe Horwath International, a Swiss verein. Each member firm of Crowe Horwath is a separate independent legal entity.


Crowe Horwath Tasmania is a member of Crowe Horwath International, a Swiss verein. Each member firm of Crowe Horwath is a separate independent legal entity.


Board of Directors

Wayne Bould - President

In addition to his role as President of the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council, Wayne Bould is also Executive Chairman and Trustee of the Bonney Group of companies. He also serves as a current business member of the Joint Commonwealth Tasmanian Economic Council which is jointly chaired by leading Tasmanian businessman Mr Dale Elphinstone and Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Wayne has over 40 years’ practical and managerial experience in the petroleum, forestry and mining sectors. He began his career with Golden Fleece Petroleum in Hobart in 1969 and partnered with Shell Australia in developing and operating Shell’s downstream distribution business models. Mr Bould owned and operated a niche management consulting business which provided hands on specialist assistance to a variety of businesses in a wide range of sectors across Australia.

Wayne entered the mining and mineral processing industry when he joined Newmont Australia in 2004, performing various roles before being appointed as Newmont Mining Corporation’s Global Director Business Excellence in 2008. Wayne was Chief Operating Officer of Grange Resources Limited from 2009 until 2013, and was Managing Director from 2013 until 2014.

Scot Clyde - Vice President

Scot was the General Manager at Vedanta Copper Mines of Tasmania for ten years. He has 29 years experience in the mining industry in Australia, Africa and Latin America and has previously held Mine Manager and General Manager’s positions in gold and base metal operations.

Greg Hannan - Vice President

Greg is the General Manager of BHP Billiton TEMCO. He was previously the TEMCO Production Manager. Greg is a Chemistry graduate of the University of Tasmania and has had more than 30 years experience in the Tasmanian smelting industries. He has held the General Manager’s position at TEMCO for the last nine years.

Greg Hannan is currently based in Brisbane as Asset President Manganese Australia for 2014. Rod Tidey as TEMCO’s General Manager is an Alternate Director for this period.


Board of Directors

Cassie Arnold

Cassie Arnold is the Business Manager – Cornwall Coal. She has 19 years experience in the mining industry and she has worked at various mines around Australia, including as Cement Australia’s Railton Mine Manager. Cassie holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Geological Engineering from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1996) and a Graduate Diploma in Coal Mine Strata Control, University of New South Wales 2011.

Aaron Brannigan

Aaron is the General Manager - MMG Rosebery. He has over 20 years experience in mining operations across South Africa, Canada and Australia. Aaron previously was Mine Manager - MMG Rosebery, Mine Manager - Gwalia for St Barbara Limited in Western Australia and Underground Production Superintendent/ Underground Manager for Barrick Gold Corporation in W.A. Aaron has a degree in Metalliferous Mining from the University of Johannesburg and he is currently studying a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the University of Melbourne’s Business School.

Matt Daly

Matt was the General Manager of Unity Mining’s Henty Gold Mine for 11 years. Matt is a mining engineer with 35 years experience, including the 25 years in senior management roles in Australia. His experience is across both underground and open pit operations.

Kim Denwer

Kim is the Principal Exploration Geologist at MMG Rosebery and has been in this position for 21/2 years. He has 28 years exploration experience for a variety of commodities and mineralisation styles in a range of countries and environments. Kim is a Tasmanian geologist and has explored in and around many of the West Coast Tasmanian mines.


Board of Directors

Jeremy Kouw

Jeremy was the General Manager at Nyrstar Hobart and the interim CEO of the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council. He has 29 years experience in mining, mineral processing and recycling industries in Australia, China and Europe. Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Applied Science – Metallurgy, RMIT (1983).

John Lamb

John was the CEO Bonney Group Logistics Solutions, Chief Executive of Shaw Contracting, former General Manager at the Rosebery mine in Tasmania and the Century mine in Queensland. His career of 25 years includes senior mining roles in Tasmania, WA and Queensland (both underground and open pit) in gold and base metals as well as civil construction; and he has held various directorships since 1991. John is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chartered Professional Member of the AusIMM and holds degrees in business, IT and surveying.

Ben Maynard

Ben is the General Manager of Operations at Grange Resources. He joined Grange in 2009 having worked with the Savage River mine for over 15 years. His operational experience covers management responsibilities in geology, information technology, business improvement and technical services. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Tasmania, a Graduate Diploma in Computing and is a recent graduate of the Tasmanian Leaders Program.


Board of Directors

Megan Scholz

Megan Scholz was the Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer for Bluestone Mines Tasmania Joint Venture Pty Ltd (Renison Tin Mine). She has 12 years experience in the mining industry in both Tasmania and Western Australia, working for Gold Fields and Newmont prior to working in Tasmania. Megan is a member of CPA Australia and holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting).

John Stanton

John is in his 39th year working for Atlas Copco Construction and Mining. He has worked in his current position as Regional Manager Vic/ Tasmania- for over 25 years. John is a member of AusIMM the Mineral Institute Tasmanian Branch and President of the Institute of Quarrying Australia.

Ray Mostogl

As General Manager Operations for Bell Bay Aluminium (BBA), Ray Mostogl is the leader for the 190,000 tonne smelter’s operations in Tasmania with accountability for BBA’s 430 direct employees , technology and cash position. Ray has been BBA’s General Manager since 2011 and has led the smelter through what has been a turbulent time for manufacturing in Tasmania and Australia.

Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Ray spent 15 years at BHP’s Newcastle operations, culminating in a site manager role during a Blast Furnace reline.

With over 20 years’ experience in leadership and management roles in the metals industry with Rio Tinto and Rio Tinto Alcan in Australasia, Ray’s other key achievements include the development and deployment of robust maintenance systems, enabling predictable and capable operational performance. A number of these improvements have been captured as Rio Tinto Group Asset Management best practices.


2013/ 2014 Tasmanian Minerals Energy Council’s Members

The Council’s members include exploration, mining and mineral processing and energy intensive manufacturing sectors, along with companies and individuals in the associated supply chains.

TMEC represent the views of the industry on a range of issues to Government - State and Federal and the public.

The membership benefits include access, discounts and sponsorship opportunities to all the main industry and promotional events. There is also the opportunity for members to seek industry advice from the council.

Membership is open to individuals and organisations. Applications are submitted to the Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council Board for consideration.

Alpha Electrics www.alphaelectrics.com.au

Atlas Copco Australia Pty Ltd www.atlascopco.com.au

Avebury Nickel Mines Limitedaveburynickelmines.com.au

Bell Bay Aluminium www.bellbayaluminium.com.au

BHP Billiton TEMCO www.bhpbilliton.com

BIS Industries Limited www.bislimited.com

Bluestone Mines Tasmania JV Pty Ltdmetalsx.com.au

Boart Longyear www.boartlongyear.com

Caterpillar Underground Miningwww.cat.com/home

Cement Australia Group www.cementaustralia.com.au

Coffey Mining www.coffey.com

Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited www.cmt.com.au

Cominex

Cornwall Coal Company Pty Ltdwww.cementaustralia.com.au Corporate & Industrial Safety Services

Cromarty www.cromarty.com.au

Dan O’Toole & Associates Pty Ltd

De Bruyn’s Transport www.dbtrans.com.au

Doug Hagen (Hagen Oil)

Edrill Pty Ltd www.edrill.net.au

EMAC Systembuilt www.emacmodular.com.au

Finlease Tas Pty Ltd www.finlease.com.au

Gerathy & Madison Communication www.gerathyandmadison.com.au

GHD Pty Ltd www.ghd.com/australia

Global Resources Solutions Australia

Goanna Energy Consulting Pty Ltdwww.goannaenergy.com.au

Gradco Pty Ltd www.gradco.com.au

Grange Resources Limitedwww.grangeresources.com.au

Injury Prevention and Managementwww.ipmsafety.com.au

Irrigation Tasmania www.irrigationtas.com.au

John Miedecke

John Pemberton K C Morrison Pty Ltd

King Island Scheelite Limited www.kingislandscheelite.com.au

Lester Franks www.lesterfranks.com.au

Lloyds North Pty Ltd www.lloydsnorth.com.au

Mancala Pty Ltd www.mancala.com.au

Maydena Sands Pty Ltd www.maydenasands.com.au

MHM Metals Limited www.mhmmetals.com

MMG Minerals & Metals Group Rosebery www.mmg.com

Net Sea Freight Tasmania Pty Ltd

Norske Skog www.norskeskog.com

Nyrstar Hobart Pty Ltdwww.nyrstarhobart.com

Oil, Mining & Infotechnology (OMI) Pty Ltd


Life Members

Mr Bob Calvert

Mr Roger Martin

Mr Harry Stacpoole

Honorary MembersMr Ron Bugg

Mrs Barbara Willson, Rallinga Mining

Orica Mining Serviceswww.oricaminingservices.com/au

PBE Australia II Pty Ltdwww.pbeusa.com

Pitt & Sherrywww.pittsh.com.au

Raygill Quarry & Mining Supplieswww.raygill.com.au

Rescycle Pty Ltd

Russell Fulton

Rogers Exploration Services Ron Gregory Prospecting Sandvik Mining and Construction www.miningandconstruction.sandvik.com

SEMF Pty Ltdwww.semf.com.au

Shaw Contracting Pty Ltdwww.shawcontracting.com.au

Shree Minerals Ltdwww.shreeminerals.com

Sinclair Knight Merzwww.globalskm.com

Skills Council DMCwww.skillsdmc.com.au

Spaulding Drillers Pty Ltd www.spauldingdrillers.com.au

Stellar Resources Limitedwww.stellarresources.com.au

Strata Productswww.strataworldwide.com/australia/news.htm

Tamar Gold Ltdwww.tamargold.com.au/

Tas Gas Networkswww.tasgas.com.au/networks

Tasmanian Advanced Minerals Pty Ltdwww.tasam.com.au

Tasmania Magnesite NL Contact: Alan Daley

TasTAFEwww.tastafe.tas.edu.au

Tasrail www.tasrail.com.au

Tasportswww.tasports.com.au

TNT Mines Limitedwww.tntmines.com.au

Total Instrument Controls Pty Ltd www.totalinstrumentcontrols.com

Transtegic Pty Ltdwww.transtegic.com

Unity Mining Limited – Henty Gold Minewww.unitymining.com.au/activities/henty

Veolia Miningwww.veolia.com.au

Venture Minerals Ltdwww.ventureminerals.com.au

William Adams Pty Ltdwww.williamadams.com.au

Final tmec annual report for web

Documents

energy councilannual

energy council annual

report terry

states minerals

sustainable minerals

energy industry

energy report ray mostogl

energy conference