No.153 May/June 2017 MINE TO MARKET New Copper IsaSmelt Ernest Henry underground celebrates underground mine truck joins 30 years since team achieves George Fisher development two years Lost fl e e t Time Injury free Mine to Market No. 153 • May/June 2017 OPERATIONS HEALTH AND SAFETY Work experience creates opportunities for young people . 15 George Fisher Mine welcomes new Two years LTI free for Ernest Henry underground truck . 1 Mining’s underground team . 3 Record partnerships in $31 million GCPNQ program . 16 Mount Isa Mines’ copper concentrator SafeSpine program reduces the risk increases copper output . 2 of soft tissue injuries . 7 Support your community through workplace giving . 18 Glencore Technology celebrates Keep your heart healthy . 24 30 years of the copper ISASMELT™ Mount Isa Mines gives trade career technology . 4 ENVIRONMENT tips to local students . 22 Townsville Port Operations improve Keeping track of our valuable OUR PEOPLE resources every step of the way . 6 storm water management system . 6 Archie Macpherson’s Story . 12 New rock breakers help break down COMMUNITY underground ineffi ciencies . .14 NOTICES Community Assistance Program Glencore at a glance: CSA MINE, continues to deliver benefi ts to our Announcements, Calendar of Events . 25 Cobar, New South Wales, Australia . 21 north Queensland communities . 8 MineX showcases regional mining industry . 10 CONTACT THE From the COOs EDITOR Karissa Hewitt , via email In May, two of our people were honoured at socio-economic contribution to Indigenous karissa.hewitt @glencore.com. au or phone 07 4744 2979. the 2017 Queensland Resources Council (QRC) people and communities. Indigenous Awards in Brisbane. This is, in part, is due to the long-term MINE TO MARKET Supervisor of Glencore’s Indigenous intergenerational nature of mining operations, DELIVERED TO Employment Program and Chair of the which increases capacity for mining companies YOUR EMAIL INBOX Kalkadoon Community William Blackley took and Indigenous groups to develop long-term out the ‘Indigenous Advocacy’ Award, while partnerships for improved outcomes for Contact the Editor to fi rst-year Electrical Apprentice and Glencore Indigenous people. subscribe to the Mine to Market e-fl ipbook mailing list. Indigenous Employment Program Graduate This year, Glencore was invited to deliver Cameron McCartney won the ‘Up and Coming’ the keynote speech at the QRC Indigenous WANT MORE? Award in the Exceptional Indigenous Person in Practitioners Forum, and present our Indigenous Queensland category. Employment Program as a case study on how You’ll fi nd all the latest from our north Queensland Both Will’s and Cameron’s honours come on mining and Indigenous communities can operations as well as previous the heels of Glencore’s success at the 2016 QRC work together to deliver mutually benefi cial, editions of Mine to Market, Indigenous Employment Awards, where our sustainable outcomes. on our websites. Visit Indigenous Employment Program took out the Increasing participation of Indigenous people www.mountisamines.com.au honours for Best Company Initiative. in the mining industry has shared benefi ts or www.ernesthenrymining. com.au In July, we will join with our communities for our communities, as well as the long-term across Queensland in celebration of NAIDOC sustainability of our operations. You can also follow Glencore on social media: week, and refl ect on the integral place Australia’s By establishing a clear commitment to fi rst people hold in our country’s socio-cultural increasing Indigenous employment at all landscape. levels of the organisational hierarchy, driving As a business, Glencore aims to ensure that at eff ective recruitment and retention strategies all times, respect is given to the culture, history that fulfi l business requirements while removing and relationship to the land which is central some of the traditional barriers to Indigenous COMMUNITY to the past, present and future aspirations of employment, and championing a collaborative, FEEDBACK Indigenous people. ‘whole-of-community’ approach that transcends HOTLINES We know the resources sector can play an organisation boundaries, we will begin to see bett er outcomes for Indigenous people in our Our Community Relations important role in increasing participation of team is responsible for Indigenous people in the broader economy. communities, and in turn, bett er outcomes for the resources sector. engaging openly and honestly The joint Memorandum of Understanding with our stakeholders, as between the QRC and both Queensland State and Congratulations to all recognised for their well as responding to all community enquiries. If Federal governments identifi ed that the resources hard work at the 2017 QRC Indigenous Employment Awards. you have any questions sector is uniquely placed to make a signifi cant or concerns about our operations, contact our 24-hour hotlines on: Mount Isa Mines 1800 982 982 Ernest Henry Mining 1800 346 463 Townsville Mike Westerman Greg Ashe 07 4781 8211 Chief Operating Offi cer Chief Operating Offi cer Copper Assets Australia Zinc Assets Australia Operations Constantino Moreno, Auto Electrician with his family Melody Pineda and Maverick, Alvaro and Silvia Moreno at the family barbeque to show off the new MT65 George Fisher Mine welcomes MT65, the specs: • Dimensionally compact unit with a new underground truck 65-tonne load capacity • Enhanced safety features: In April, George Fisher Mine (GFM) offi cially introduced the − Automatic brake test including logging of results MT65 mine truck to its underground fl eet. − Automatic brake application engages after three seconds in neutral mode, he MT65 is the largest production fi nding information for our maintainers. or if the door opens at low speeds dump truck to be used “The unit is also dimensionally compact, − Remote activation of the dump underground at any of Glencore’s T making it more adapt and agile while body locking mechanism means north Queensland operations and is working within our complex network of maintainers no longer need to get one of the largest on the market. underground drives, which means it is underneath the dump body to engage Having reached the end of its productive less susceptible to damage.” the locking mechanism to perform life, GFM’s 55 tonne capacity AD55 work on the hydraulic systems The MT65 has a number of new production dump truck has been − On-board tyre pressure monitoring integrated engineering and reliability retired, with the MT65 taking its place system features that will have additional to complete a fl eet of three dump trucks benefi ts, including improved safety, − Beacon status light showing the working continually across all shifts. less maintenance downtime and lower health status of the unit Anthony Green, Assets and Engineering lifecycle costs. • Signifi cantly more fuel effi cient engine Manager says the MT65’s increased load and lowest lifecycle cost proposition for GFM organised a special viewing of the capacity will have some exciting benefi ts our application MT65 during a barbeque for employees for the business. and their families at the Mount Isa • Ergonomic design for effi cient service “Obviously, having a larger load Atlas Copco branch, before the unit was management in order to maximise capacity means we can move more ore dispatched to site. production time in less time to improve our overall fl eet • Extended life of drive train components “We wanted to give families an productivity,” Anthony says. (i.e. axles, gear boxes) opportunity to see a piece of equipment “The MT65 is more technologically that their mum, dad or partner might • CANBUS on-board control system to advanced than our older units which drive or fi x, and the MT65 is certainly assist with trouble shooting and fault will assist with providing machine an impressive machine to look at,” fi nding for both maintenance and operating personnel. information to the operator and fault Anthony says. MINE TO MARKET 1 Roxanne Gabel, Plant Metallurgist at the Jameson Cell which has contributed towards improved copper recovery at the Copper Concentrator Operations Mount Isa Mines’ copper concentrator increases copper output ount Isa Mines’ Copper Concentrator continues to Copper concentrator recovery rate (%) Mincrease the amount of copper extracted from the ore it treats, with 94 94 signifi cant improvements made since the installation of a new fl otation cleaning 93 93 circuit in 2015. This work has resulted in a recovery 92 92 improvement in the plant of 1.9 per cent so far in 2017, which equates to an extra 91 91 560 tonnes of copper produced this year which would have otherwise been lost 90 90 to tailings. The Copper Concentrator replaced aging 89 89 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 fl otation cleaning banks with Jameson (YTD) Cells, a fl otation technology developed in EXPECTED RECOVERY ACTUAL RECOVERY Mount Isa by Glencore Technology. The Jameson Cell technology facilitates As our copper mining operations move towards the end of increased fl otation rates of the copper minerals while improving their economic life, head grades of mined ore will decline. In separation of the gangue or waste minerals through froth response, the Copper Concentrator team are pursuing a number washing. of key initiatives which have the potential to further improve recoveries, including: Copper recovery has improved signifi cantly over the past six months as a result of ongoing optimisation of the Jameson Cells • Increased rougher fl otation residence time utilising the along with a number of other key improvements including: previous cleaning circuit • Transition to high chrome media from traditional forges steel • Pre-fl otation cleaner expansion utilising the larger existing media in the regrind mill slag cleaner circuit • Reduced regrind mill product size through optimisation of • Optimisation of reagents targeted towards coarse particle the cyclone sizing circuit recovery. • Re-design of the fl otation circuit to reduce internal recycle We look forward to reporting back on the outcomes of this work streams and our continual drive to maximise the value we extract from • Reagent optimisation work to bett er depress gangue minerals our resource.