Azumah snares experienced Aussie-Ghanaian
February 23 - March 1, 2010
ALAN Thompson has spent a fair bit of his working life doing mining studies, so the shift to a “newly-created role” at aspiring West African gold producer Azumah Resources won’t present any major change on that front. Nor will the move to Ghana faze him.
Gemcom, Avalon, Rio Tinto and BHPB appointments
February 9 - 15, 2010
SOFTWARE house Gemcom Software International has welcomed Canadian Eric Palmer back home as its new CFO, and elevated Ben Farquharson to the position of Minex business unit director.
On the move ... FMG, Apex Minerals, Decmil, Scorpio Mining, Iron Road
February 23 - March 1, 2010
AZURE Capital executive chairman Mark Barnaba has joined the board of directors at Fortescue Metals Group.
Equity efforts paying off for Qld mining industry
February 16 - 22, 2010
THE mining industry’s attempts to attract and retain female workers appears to be having some impact, if the latest figures from the Queensland Resources Council are to be believed.
Minotaur, Aldridge, Clough-AMEC, Greenland Minerals, Rio Tinto
February 16 - 22, 2010
THE team at Minotaur Exploration, best known for being the discoverer of the Prominent Hill deposit in South Australia, has been filled out with the appointment of a new managing director, Andrew Woskett.
On the move ... VDM Group, Troy Resources, BHP Billiton
February 2 - 8, 2010
FORMER Brandrill boss Ken Perry has moved into the CEO’s chair at VDM Group.
Perry’s work at Brandrill was done when the drilling contractor was taken over by bigger rival Ausdrill. He was a director at Brandrill from August 2002.
Making money in mining still harder for women
January 26 - February 1, 2010
THERE was good and bad news for mining workers in the latest Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy survey of salaries in the industry. Across the board, mining workers earned more money last year despite the challenging business conditions of much of 2009, but for women, the top end of the pay scale is proving increasingly difficult to crack.
Waratah Coal, Centrex, North West Iron Ore Alliance, RCR Tomlinson
January 26 - February 1, 2010
EXPERIENCED coal mining figure Peter Lynch has walked away from the ‘new energy in coal’ in Australia, Waratah Coal, and its $A5 billion Galilee Basin project in central Queensland, citing “family reasons” for stepping down as the company’s president and CEO.
People on the move ... Hillgrove Resources, Continental Coal, Catalpa, Norton Gold Fields, Fox Resources
January 19 - 25, 2010
THE former mine operations development manager of the Olympic Dam expansion project, Cam Schubert, will oversee development of South Australia’s next copper-gold mine as executive general manager of Hillgrove Resources’ Kanmantoo project.
