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The Coal Face CONNECTING QUALITY CANDIDATES TO CAREERS 1800-2-RECRUIT | airrecruitment.com.au f HUNTER INDUSTRY, COMMUNITY, SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT FREE PAGE 8-9 Vol 4 No 5: March - April 2020 FIRST RATE REHAB IN A FIRST FOR THE NSW COAL INDUSTRY, GLENCORE’S WESTSIDE OPEN CUT COAL SITE HAS RECEIVED Available online GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATION FOR A SECTION OF ITS @ thecoalface.net.au REHABILITATED MINED LAND. BENGALLA MINING COMPANY HAS PROUDLY PAINTED A CAT D11T PINK AND RAISED $10,000 FOR THE MCGRATH FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT BREAST CARE AWARENESS THINK PINK PAGE 32 PHONE 4938 3425 • POLY WELDING ON CALL EQUIPMENT TO 800MM • LONGREACH EXCAVATOR 24 HOURS • SPECIALISED SILT FENCING INSTALLATION MACHINE 7 DAYS • CIVIL WORKS INCLUDING CONCRETING EXPERTS • GROUNDS MAINTENANCE FLEET POLY WELDING • SKID STEERS, BACKHOES, CIVIL EARTHMOVING EXCAVATORS, WATERCARTS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND GRADERS ALL WITH ATTACHMENTS SPECIALISED SERVICES WWW.APLUSCONTRACTING.COM.AU HEAVY ENGINEERING HEAVY FABRICATION SMART PEOPLE MINING EQUIPMENT REPAIRS SMART TECHNOLOGY MINING EQUIPMENT FABRICATION SMART SOLUTIONS SMART MINING CELEBRATING 25 YEARS f l ph 0455 552 200 www.brauntell.com.au @ THE COALFACE @ THE COALFACE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH IT’S ALL ABOUT SHINING A LIGHT ON SOME OF THE VERY DESERVING PEOPLE AND STEPHEN GALILEE, BUSINESSES IN OUR INDUSTRY. CEO, NSW MINERALS COUNCIL Where do we start? This month we celebrate some of the OPINION exceptional women in our industry as we bring to you the 2020 NSW Women in Mining fnalists. Not only showcasing women in our industry, these awards also recognise those who champion gender diversity. Also featured this month are the fnalists for the 2020 TANIA CONSTABLE NSW Industry & Supplier Awards. We are proud to see the Hunter is strongly represented in both awards and can’t MAKING THE MOST OF MINERALS wait to see who will take home the trophies on April 4. We are overfowing with community stories this month. From Bengalla’s support for the McGrath Foundation and Beyond Blue, to Mount Pleasant Operations, Thiess and SGS MAKING OUR GREAT COAL SECTOR of gold – making jewellery, storing productivity. wealth and in dentistry – a host of helping to clean up the neighbourhood as part of Clean PEOPLE ARE OFTEN ESSENTIAL IN THE DELIVERY OF It also means that we can create new uses have emerged such as Up Australia Day, to Quarry Mining raising money for SURPRISED BY THE DIVERSE RENEWABLE ENERGY. and sustain highly skilled, highly mobile phones and other electronics, Singleton Family Support through their annual Mailrun USE OF AUSTRALIAN The 30 Things series also shone a paid jobs while better protecting the Charity Bike Ride. It’s one incredible initiative after MINERALS. light on how minerals are used in aerospace and medicine. environment and creating huge value another. modern healthcare – everything One example is the use of gold for the wider community. We also put the spotlight on Glencore’s frst-rate from copper to reduce infection to nanoparticle technology as an As the world needs more complex rehabilitation this month. In a frst for the NSW coal For example, the global transition uranium in nuclear medicine and emerging form of treatment for and reliable materials in the future, industry, their Westside open cut coal site has received to low emissions technologies – lithium in medical implant batteries. cancer patients who undergo the need for our minerals will only Government certifcation for a section of its rehabilitated including advanced coal, nuclear In recent weeks, the MCA has chemotherapy and radiotherapy. increase. mined land under contemporary mine rehabilitation energy, solar, wind, batteries and stepped up our approach in showing AUSTRALIA HAS A LONG AND That includes meeting the energy criteria. But it’s not just their Westside rehab that’s gas – depends on the metals and raw Australians how important minerals PROUD HISTORY OF MINING WHICH needs of rapidly growing economies achieving accolades, Glencore’s approach to rehabilitation materials provided by the minerals are in modern life with new ads HAS SHAPED OUR COUNTRY, in Asia, who understand that across their entire operations has them setting benchmark FUTURE BRIGHT sector. to tell the story of how Australian GENERATING WEALTH AND Australian coal is some of the after benchmark. The MCA’s popular 30 Things minerals support innovative BUILDING AND SUSTAINING best in the world and that its high We hope you enjoy this month’s edition! for publication on how mining supports healthcare. REGIONAL COMMUNITIES. energy value means fewer emissions HERE WE GOHUNTER AGAIN. RECENTLY THERE’S BEEN ANOTHER MINING ROUND OF CLAIMS FROM THE modern life has been picked up by The next stage of the MCA’s ‘There’s Like our coal industry, Australia’s compared to competing coal. SO-CALLED ‘EXPERTS’ THAT DEMAND FOR OUR NSW COAL IS IN DECLINE. many of our politicians, who are keen more to Australian mining’ campaign gold miners lead the world in setting That’s good news for our regional to promote the contribution of our includes national ads on TV, radio, new benchmarks in technology, communities as well as our great world-leading sustainable minerals digital, print and out of home sustainability, safety and community mining companies and the broader These claims are simply not backed up by demand for thermal coal across Asia to companies. channels showing how Australian engagement. METS sector! the facts or evidence. double by 2040. THIS SHOWED THAT 200 TONNES OF gold is being used in innovative New technology, data and innovation TANIA CONSTABLE Demand for NSW coal among our THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2485 COAL-FIRED METALLURGICAL COAL IS REQUIRED healthcare. has unlocked new resources, CEO, MINERALS COUNCIL OF POWER STATIONS IN OPERATION AROUND international trading partners is strong and TO BUILD ONE WIND TURBINE, Along with many traditional uses made workers safer and boosted AUSTRALIA will remain so for the foreseeable future THE WORLD, WITH OVER 1600 OF THESE IN securing jobs and economic benefts for key EAST, SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA. mining regions like the Hunter. Another 220 or more are under construction, Over the past few years we’ve seen record with almost all of these in countries that are amounts of coal being exported out of NSW customers for our NSW coal. For example, at and fgures to date show that 2019 was least 14 new plants are under construction in Publisher Shane Davey another bumper year. Japan, 8 in Vietnam, 4 in Bangladesh, 5 in the [email protected] | 0408 759 088 Philippines, over 30 in India, and over 100 in THE LATEST FIGURES FROM COAL China. SERVICES SHOW THAT TO OCTOBER Editor Rebecca Connolly This presents a fantastic opportunity for [email protected] | 0408 769 699 2019, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN COAL NSW and the Hunter in particular as meeting EXPORTS FROM NSW OF 4.1 PERCENT OR this demand will mean more jobs and greater Journalist Ashley Grogan 2.3 MILLION TONNES COMPARED TO 2018. investment for our region as we supply our [email protected] | 0402 348 341 We’re seeing very positive growth in exports high quality coal that can produce electricity among our traditional markets like China with lower emissions than coal from Design CarrollMel Design and Korea as well as increased demand elsewhere. Advertising Enquiries Shane Davey from emerging markets like Vietnam and With the right government policies in NSW 0408 759 088 the Philippines. that support mining, our local industry will This growing demand for our high quality continue to deliver more jobs and economic @ THE COALFACE NSW coal is expected to continue over the benefts for the next generation. 14B/159 John Street, Singleton NSW 2330 coming decades with the highly respected STEPHEN GALILEE, CEO, NSW MINERALS www.thecoalface.net.au International Energy Agency forecasting COUNCIL 4 MARCH-APRIL 2020 | @ THE COALFACE @ THE COALFACE | MARCH-APRIL 2020 5 IN THE NEWS @ THE COALFACE @ THE COALFACE WIN! IN THE NEWS... NEWS ANNOUNCER JESSICA ROUSE says the power station is a “dud” FROM RADIO HUNTER VALLEY HAS Women Empowering Women IPC IN FOR A REVAMP LIDDELL FOR LONGER THE LATEST NEWS STORIES The NSW Independent Planning Environment groups slammed and should be shut by 2023, and HUNTER BUSINESS MINING CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Commission is in for an overhaul after an a potential Federal Government also that “it would add more WITH THE INSPIRING STORY OF SARAH WITHELL ON MARCH 6, 2020. extensive review. plan to spend $300 million than 12 million tonnes of carbon MOUNT ARTHUR SALE RUMOURS The NSW Government has accepted all keeping the Liddell Power Station pollution to the atmosphere and Despite numerous rumours around WASH Leaders from the mining industry stage, and she was nothing short me to stretch myself into the draft report found it makes town, mining giant BHP says “they of the recommendations that have been operating even longer. gathered on March 6 in celebration of amazing. challenging roles.” made including establishing the IPC as Energy Minister Angus Taylor the grid more unstable.” will always consider opportunities to of women in the industry. As the FROM THE MOMENT SHE STARTED Sarah welcomed the changes to the a separate and independent agency; the was reportedly pushing to keep it AGL is already spending $200 deliver value for their shareholders” frst Hunter Business Mining event when it comes to talk of the sale of SPEAKING, SARAH GAVE RAW industry over the years as we strive ANDTHE BLUE FLAME DINE CAFÉ & HAND IPC will act as a decision-maker on the open past the 2023 closure date, million to upgrade the Bayswater for 2020, the day saw men and Mount Arthur. STORIES AND ENCOUNTERS FROM our way to equality in the workforce, CAR WASH IS GIVING AWAY A State’s most controversial projects rather and instead leave it running at a Power Station as a part of the women come together at Merewether HER CAREER.
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