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Prime Minister's Visit Is Good News for Tomago Aluminium VolumeVolume 22 // 20202019 PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT IS GOOD NEWS FOR TOMAGO ALUMINIUM COST AND WASTE 2020 HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN VERY STRANGE YEAR CASTHOUSE TOMAGOWAR ON WASTE GIVES BACKBRINGS THROUGH IT’S HUNTER RIVER HIGH OUT-OF-PAYBIG REWARDS DONATION FOR TOMAGO SCHEME SCHOOL PROGRAM CONTENTS CEO Message 3 FEATURE STORY PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT IS GOOD NEWS FOR TOMAGO ALUMINIUM 4 2020 has been a very strange year 6 Fresh ways to develop Tomago’s leaders 7 Keeping out the elements 8 Achieving balance in production 9 ‘Project Productivity’ is reviewing Tomago’s efficiency 10 Tomago attracts the best and brightest 11 Tomago receives recognition at 12 the Workplace Giving & Excellence Awards War on waste brings big rewards to Tomago 14 Everyone has a story to tell 16 New online systems make life easier 17 Equipment upgrades a part of Tomago’s 18 new year resolution Predatory peregrines’ new Tomago home 19 Apprentices adapt to COVID constraints 20 Tomago is making good Kinnections 21 Making complexity look simple 22 Celebrating years of service Inside back cover Key Performance Indicators Back cover Do you have an interesting story to tell? If you have a suggestion for TAC News please contact Katie Burns at [email protected] CEO MESSAGE Matt Howell Chief Executive Officer COLLEAGUES, WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF TAC NEWS. What a year! Meal and break rosters have been staggered On the plus side, we are already holding a to avoid crowding in crib rooms and other number of impressive entries for next year’s If anyone had told us 12 months ago about small spaces, and we have placed strict Excellence Awards and we plan to celebrate what lay ahead we would probably have limits on the number of onsite visitors. those individual and team efforts as soon as laughed at them, but what we have been the restrictions ease. through was incredible. Those practices are continuing and we will adapt to ongoing changes but it was As I write this we are seeing positive signs A sweltering summer, catastrophic bushfires an excellent effort by everyone and a that a COVID-19 vaccine might not be too far and a global pandemic that touched our wonderful result. off. When that will be is hard to say but until lives in ways we didn’t think possible. it gets here I encourage everyone to maintain While we are onsite we are safe but that There is no argument that 2020 has been a those basic health measures we have all changes when we go outside, so I urge major disruptor for Australian business but been practicing since March. everyone to stay vigilant and be careful about here at Tomago we have worked together possible COVID-19 contact away from work. Let me say that, after the experience of throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to keep 2020, I could not be more proud of the our business going and our jobs secure. Through our combined efforts I am Tomago Aluminium workforce. We have done extremely pleased and proud to say we I am extremely proud and very impressed exceptionally well so far and I want all of us haven’t had one single COVID-19 case or with the way everyone rose to the challenge to get through this together. one forced job loss because of the disease of dealing with the pandemic. and that is a credit to everyone. It’s always good to end on a bright note and Over the last several months we have seen what can be brighter than gold? Despite the social and medical upheavals countless news stories about gyms, pubs, caused by the worst pandemic since the I would like to congratulate every member clubs and restaurants, schools and even Spanish Flu more than a century ago, we of the new-look Tomago Workplace Giving hospitals affected by COVID being forced made 2020 one of our best, most consistent Fund and those who have managed its to close for deep cleaning. years for product delivery. recent revamp. Whenever I see those reports I realise It was for us a time of quality in the great Less than six months after it re-launched, it how well everyone here responded to the uncertainty of a national medical emergency, has been recognised in the highly-respected threat and how lucky we are because, quite a period in which we saw an enormous Workplace Giving Excellence Awards, winning honestly, I have no idea how in hell you improvement in process stability and Gold in the Best Launch or Refresh category would deep clean an aluminium smelter cost control. and Bronze for Best Overall Program. and I don’t want to see it happen! Rodded stock inventory rose to impressive Tomago Aluminium has a strong culture of Right from the start we have said that levels, anode quality and electrolysis giving back to the local community because anyone showing any signs of the virus performance was exceptional and the we know we can make a difference. should, for the sake of themselves, their Casting team improved ingot chain reliability families and their workmates, get tested I would like to take this opportunity to wish to keep pace with metal flow. Our support as quickly as possible. There is nothing to be you and your families all the best for the departments also continued to deliver. gained by coming to work and soldiering-on. Christmas and New Year holiday period Sadly, the COVID-19 restrictions meant we and extend my thanks to those who will be Those who were able to work from home were unable to go ahead with our annual working during that time to keep everything did so and some are still doing that. Those Innovation and Excellence Awards and operating smoothly. who had to stay onsite are working to strict Supplier Awards this year, which is very protocols, maintaining social distancing, Let’s hope that 2021 brings a welcome disappointing because, here at Tomago, practicing correct hygiene and thoroughly return to normality! we enjoy rewarding those who go that cleaning work areas and tools. extra mile. Best regards, Matt Volume 2 / 2020 Page 3 PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT IS GOOD NEWS FOR TOMAGO ALUMINIUM L-R: Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Brett Timney (Maintenance Superintendent), Andy Robbins (Manager) and Hon Dr David Gillespie MP TOMAGO ALUMINIUM Mr Morrison was in the Hunter region to Mr Morrison said the electricity sector HAS HAD SOME VERY talk about energy security, delivering his needs to deliver 1,000 megawatts of SPECIAL VISITORS National Energy address at a meeting new, dispatchable energy to replace hosted by the Hunter Business Chamber Liddell, adding the Federal government SINCE OPENING IN 1983 at WesTrac’s New South Wales head will back the new gas power plant if BUT IN SEPTEMBER IT office at Tomago. the energy sector fails to replace Liddell’s capacity. WELCOMED ITS MOST In that address the Prime Minister SIGNIFICANT VISITOR SO outlined the Federal government’s post- The government’s Liddell taskforce had FAR – PRIME MINISTER COVID-19 energy recovery plan, part found closing the plant without adequate SCOTT MORRISON. of which includes building a gas-fired replacement capacity could mean power station in the Hunter Valley, should an increased risk of power outages Australia’s energy sector fail to replace as well as a 30 per cent increase in the generating capacity that will be lost energy prices over two years once the when AGL’s Liddell power station closes plant closes, something Mr Morrison in 2023. describes as unacceptable. By committing to increase generating The PM’s visit was all good news for capacity in time for the summer of Tomago Aluminium, where reliable 2023/24, the government has set April power generation is critical to the 2021 as the deadline, putting pressure business’s viability. on national energy providers to show Tomago Chief Executive Officer Matt they can replace generating capacity Howell, who attended the National lost through power station closures. Energy Address, said he is frequently The Prime Minister also confirmed asked what will happen when the Liddell during his visit to the Hunter that Snowy power station closes so the Prime Hydro Limited is currently developing Minister’s speech came as great news plans to build the gas-fired generator at for Tomago Aluminium in particular and Kurri Kurri if the electricity sector fails energy intensive manufacturing industry to fill the capacity gap left by Liddell’s in general. scheduled closure. Page 4 Volume 2 / 2020 Getting out into the plant the PM got an appreciation for the size and scale of our smelter. L-R: Senator Hollie Hughes, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Hon Dr David Gillespie MP with Nathan Skyrm (HV Electrician) and Chuck Luck (HV Electrician) in the Substation control room “This will ensure there is more than “He was also able to answer our The PM’s announcement was enough reliable supply and allows us questions,” Matt said. a very positive outcome to pursue the opportunity for a firmed Tomago Aluminium has the largest renewable energy portfolio, knowing that because improvements to interruptible electricity load in the Liddell will no longer be available. the electricity network mean country with just one of the potlines “This announcement reflects all the having an electricity consumption increased reliability for us. hard work we and others have been equivalent to about 250,000 homes. doing to get some balance into the “It means everything lost by the closure In times of extreme demand or stress energy debate.” of Liddell will be replaced by a number on the grid caused by natural hazards of sources, but most importantly, we After making his address at WesTrac the like bushfires, Tomago can quite literally, won’t have to rely on the weather to Prime Minister visited Tomago Aluminium keep the lights on in New South Wales keep the lights on.” where he, Minister for Energy and by switching-off one or more potlines Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor, for limited periods of time, freeing-up NSW Senator Hollie Hughes and electricity for broader consumption.
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