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Minex History


Judges

1995

David Buckingham (Exec Dir, MCA)

Ted Emmett (Chief Exec, NOHSC)

Michael Folie

Terry O'Reilly

 

1996

Bernard Wheelahan

Helen L'Orange

Campbell Anderson

 

1997

Dennis Else, NOHSC

Nick Stump, MIM, Pres - MCA

Dick Zandee, Placer Dome Asia Pacific

Dick Wells, MCA

 

1998

Dennis Else, NOHSC

Peter Graham, Exxon Coal & Minerals Australia

Bob Humphris, Peabody Resources

Hugh Morgan, WMC

David Stewart, Pasminco

 

1999

Bob Humphris, Peabody Resources

Hugh Morgan, WMC

Alan Rowe, NOHSC

David Stewart, Pasminco (Pres MCA)

Dick Wells, Minerals Council of Australia

 

2000

Dennis Else, NOHSC

Bob Humphris, Peabody Resources

Robert Logan, Roche Mining

David Stewart, Pasminco (Pres MCA)

Dick Wells, Minerals Council of Australia

 

2001

Barry Cusack, Rio Tinto (Pres, MCA)

Dennis Else, NOHSC

Bob Humphris, Eroc/Enex

Robert Logan, Roche Mining

Peter Tomsett, Placer Dome Asia Pacific

Dick Wells, Minerals Council of Australia

 

2002

Barry Cusack, President, MCA

Dennis Else, NOHSC

Greig Gailey, Pasminco (new)

Mitch Hooke, MCA (new)

Bob Humphris, Eroc

Robert Logan, Roche Mining

 

2003

Colin Bloomfield, BHP Billiton (new)

John Dow (new)

Greig Gailey, MCA Chairman, Pasminco

Mitch Hooke, MCA

Robert Logan, Roche Mining

 

2004

John Dow, Newmont Australia

Jerry Ellis, Chairman, NOHSC (new)

Greig Gailey, MCA Chairman, Zinifex

Mitch Hooke, MCA

Robert Logan, Roche Mining

2005

Robert Logan, Roche Mining

Professor Jim Joy, MISHC Uni of Queensland

Mitch Hooke, MCA

2006

Greig Gailey, Zinifex

Professor Jim Joy, MISHC Uni of Queensland

Mitch Hooke, MCA

Mike Boyle, Thiess

 

2007

Charlie Lenegan, MD Rio Tinto and Chair, MCA

Mitch Hooke, Chief Executive, MCA

Derek Griffiths

Tony Pooley, Newcrest

Graeme Sloan, Chair Victorian State Council, MCA

Paul Cassano, Thiess

 

2008

 

 

MINEX Applicants

1995

1.          Kanowna Belle

Award Recipient

2.          Blair Athol

Highly Commended

3.          Ranger

 

4.          Groote Eylandt (GEMCO)

 

5.          Warkworth

 

6.          Mt Leyshon

 

7.          Stawell

 

8.          KCGM

Highly Commended

9.          Thiess - Oaky Creek

Highly Commended

10.       Cooranbong (Powercoal)

 

11.       Worsley

Withdrew due to fatality on 28.4.95

12.       Olympic Dam

 

13.       Woodlawn

 

14.       Camberwell

 

 

1996

1.          Cooranbong Colliery

 

2.          Copper Mines of Tasmania

 

3.          Dartbrook Coal

 

4.          GEMCO

 

5.          Gregory Mine

 

6.          Myuna Colliery

 

7.          Osborne Mines (winner)

 

8.          Thiess Oaky Creek

 

 

1997 - No Award given

1.          BHP Coal - Gregory Mine

 

2.          BHP Manganese - GEMCO

 

3.          BHP Steel, Long Products Division - Iron Duke Mine

 

4.          Exxon Coal & Minerals Australia - Ulan Coal Mines

 

5.          Exxon Coal & Minerals Australia - Lemington Coal Mines

 

6.          Normandy Kaltails

 

7.          Normandy - Mt Leyshon Gold Mine

 

8.          North Limited - Robe River Mining Co

 

9.          Peabody Resources - Ravensworth/Narama Mine

 

10.       Powercoal - Cooranbong Colliery

 

11.       Powercoal - Myuna Colliery

 

12.       Powercoal - Newstan Colliery

 

13.       Shell Coal - Callide Coalfields

 

14.       Thiess Contractors - Collinsville Coal Operations

 

15.       WMC Resources - Kwinana Nickel Refinery

 

16.       WMC Resources - Mt Keith Nickel Operations

 

 

1998

1.          BHP - Crinum

Commended

2.          Burton Coal

 

3.          Lemington

 

4.          Mt Keith Operatn

 

5.          Normandy - Tennant Creek

 

6.          Sth Bulga Colliery

 

7.          Sth Walker Creek, Thiess

 

8.          Worsley Alumina

Award Recipient

9.          WMC Exploration

Highly Commended

10.       Yandi Iron Ore, Henry Walker

 

 

1999

1.     Broken Hill Mine - Pasminco Limited

 

2.     Cadia Mine - Newcrest Mining

Commended

3.     Collinsville Coal Project - Thiess Contractors

 

4.     Ferny Grove Quarry - Pioneer

 

5.     Golden Grove Gold Mine - Normandy Mining

 

6.     Kaltails - Normandy Mining

Commended

7.     Mt Owen Mine - Thiess Contractors

Commended

8.     Northparkes Mine - North Limited

Highly Commended

9.     Osborne Mine - Placer Pacific

Award Recipient

10.  Pinjarra Refinery - Alcoa of Australia

Highly Commended

11.  Ravenswood Gold Mine - MIM Holdings

 

12.  Ravensworth/Narama - Peabody Resources

Highly Commended

13.  Three Springs Talc - WMC Resources

 

 

2000

1.     Alcoa World Alumina Australia - Pinjarra Refinery

Highly Commended

2.     BHP Coal - Goonyella Riverside Mine

Acknowledgment

3.     Pacific Coal - Tarong Coal

Award Recipient

4.     Pasminco Limited - Rosebery Mine

Commended

5.     Rio Tinto - Dampier Salt

Commended

6.     Wesfarmers Coal Limited

Acknowledgment

 

2001

1.     Angus Place Colliery - Powercoal

Acknowledgment

2.     Argyle Diamond Mine - Rio Tinto

 

3.     Bayswater Colliery Co Pty Ltd - BHP Billiton

 

4.     Bengalla Mining Co - Coal & Allied

Award Recipient

5.     Burton Coal Project - Thiess Pty Ltd

 

6.     Cobar Management Pty Ltd - Glencore

 

7.     Dampier Salt Operations - Rio Tinto

Commended

8.     Drayton Coal Pty Ltd - Anglo Coal

Highly Commended

9.     Gympie Eldorado Gold Mine - Monkland Mine

 

10.  Kanowna Belle Gold Mines - Delta Gold

Highly Commended

11.  Lennard Shelf Operations - Western Metals

Acknowledgment

12.  Rosebery Mine - Pasminco Limited

Commended

13.  South Bulga Colliery - Glencore/Enex

Acknowledgment

14.  Stawell Gold Mines Pty Ltd - MPI

Acknowledgment

15.   Mt Keith Operations - Roche Mining

(withdrawn/fatality May 2001

 

2002

1.     Anglo Coal Australia - Capricorn Coal, Southern Colliery

 

2.     Australian Premium Coals - Coppabella Coal Mine

 

3.     BHP Billiton - Cannington

 

4.     BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal - Appin Colliery

Acknowledgment

5.     BHP Billiton Iron Ore - Mt Whaleback

Commended

6.     Coal & Allied - Mt Thorley Operations

Commended

7.     MIM Holdings - McArthur River Mining

 

8.     Pacific Coal/Rio Tinto - Kestrel Coal

Highly Commended

9.     Pasminco Limited - Century Mine

Award Recipient

10.  Preston Resources - Bulong Operations

 

11.  Roche Mining - Lewis Mine

 

12.  Sons of Gwalia Ltd - Greenbushes Operations

Acknowledgment

13.  Wesfarmers Energy - Curragh Queensland Mining

 

14.  Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd

 

 

 

 

 

2003

1.      Alcoa World Alumina Australia – WA Mining

Award Recipient                    

2.      Commodore Mine, Roche Mining                                

Acknowledgment

3.      Ernest Henry Mining, Xstrata Copper (MIM)                  

Acknowledgment

4.      Hail Creek Mine, Hatch Assoc/Pacific Coal

Commended                          

5.      Hay Point Services, BMA

 

6.      Mt Whaleback, BHP Billiton Iron Ore                            

Highly Commended

7.      Newlands Coal, Xstrata Coal (MIM)

 

8.      Osborne Mines, Placer Dome Asia Pacific

 

9.      Pasminco Rosebery Mine

 

10.   Port Waratah Coal Services (Rio Tinto)

 

 

2004

1.     BHP Billiton Iron Ore Railway                                        

 

2.     Goonyella Riverside Mine, BMA                                    

Highly Commended

3.     International Power Hazelwood Mine

Commended

4.     Marulan Mine – BCSC Minerals (Boral)

 

5.     North Goonyella Coal Mine - Peabody Energy Coal

 

6.     Newmont Pajingo Operations

 

7.     Peak Gold Mines, Wheaton Minerals Asia Pacific Acknowledgmt                                                               

 

8.     Pilbara Rail, Rio Tinto                                                   

Highly Commended

9.     South Middleback Ranges Iron Ore Operations, HWE Acknowledgmt                                                               

 

10.  Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, Anglo Gold Ashanti Australia 

Award Recipient

 

2005

1. Bulga Coal, Xstrata Coal                                              

Acknowledgment

2. Drayton Mine, Anglo Coal                                                                                                                                         

 

3. Pajingo Mine, Newmont Australia                                                                                                                             

Award Recipient

4. Peak Downs Mine, BMA

 

5. Pilbara Rail Railways Division, Rio Tinto Group

Highly Commended

7.     Yallourn Mine, Roche Thiess Linfox (RTL) Joint Venture

Acknowledgment

 

2006

1. Curragh North Project, Thiess                                       

 

2. Narngulu Mine, Iluka                                                                                                                                                 

Commended

3. Norwich Park Mine, BMA                                                                                                                                           

Highly Commended

4. Weipa Mine, Comalco, Rio Tinto

Award Recipient

 

2007

1.     Beltana Highwall Mine - an Xstrata Coal

 

2.     Cracow Gold Mine – a Newcrest/Downer EDI

 

3.     Gregory Crinum Mine - a BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance

 

4.     Loy Yang Coal Mine - Loy Yang Power’s Encouragement

Encouragement

5.     Mt Whaleback Iron Ore Mine - a BHP Billiton Highly Commended

Highly Commended

6.     Worsley Alumina - a JV managed by BHP Billiton Award Recipient

Award Recipient

 

Total MINEX Applicants 1995-2007: 133

MINEX Evaluators

1995

1.          Mr Graeme Beven                   Normandy Mining

2.          Mr Ray Bland                          Queensland Nickel

3.          Mr Carl Carton                         Worsley Alumina

4.          Mr Rob Dennis                        (consultant)

5.          Mr Geoff Dodge                      WA Dept of Mines and Energy

6.          Mr Leigh Dyson                       Alcoa of Australia

7.          Mr Roy Ford                            Pancontinental Mining Corp

8.          Mr Kee Hah                             NT Dept of Mines and Energy

9.          Mr David Hall                          Shell Australia

10.       Ms Sonya Hendricks                Worksafe Australia

11.       Mr Steve Hyam                       Tasmanian Development and Resources

12.       Mr Jeff Knuckey                      WMC Resources

13.       Mr Jim McCristal                     Nabalco Pty Ltd

14.       Mr Tony McPaul                     Woodlawn Mine

15.       Mr John Sargaison                  Qld Mining Council

16.       Mr Noel Wendt                        BHP Coal