There is a crunch coming in Cobalt supply as electric cars become more common. There is 25kg of cobalt in the lithium ion battery pack of a Chevy Bolt. Looking down the track 5 years, let’s say that 10% of 78 million cars sold world wide are electric. This will require 195,000 tonnes of additional Cobalt supply each year. Currently the total world production is only 123,000 tonnes, all of which is already needed to make items such as aircraft parts.
MEC Mining General Manager of Strategy and Business Development, Maria Joyce, attended the Women in Resources National Awards (WIRNA) dinner in Launceston, Tasmania in her capacity as Committee Chair of Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) last Thursday 31st August 2017.
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MEC Mining welcomes the return of Chris Catania to the MEC Mining team in the role of Principal Mining Engineer. In his role he will manage the MEC Projects team and be a key member of our leadership team.
Chris previously worked with MEC as a Team Leader in the Brisbane office and returns to us after two years working for Kaz Mineral’s at their Aktogay Copper Mine in Kazakhstan. During Chris’s tenure as the Planning Superintendent in Kazakhstan he managed a large mining engineering team and was responsible for the development of mine planning processes and systems.
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Markets are funny beasts, the moment you think you have it figured out, something comes along that makes you rethink your strategy.
Mike Tyson once said “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth” The dynamic nature of the mining industry makes it not to dissimilar to boxing, in FY12 we got the first uppercut which sent us into a tail spin and for some it was a TKO. The strong ones staggered back to their feet and kept slogging away for a few rounds. FY17 saw the second uppercut come along as a wakeup call to get moving again.
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Join us for a free lunch and learn session with special guest Paul Moynagh, CEO – Commit Works. Paul will discuss, IT/OT Behaviour & Cognitive Convergence and will explain why the industry needs flexible planning systems that encourage people to make reasonable commitments to each other so that everyone can work as a coordinated team, every shift.
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With over 4 years industry experience, Lachlan McInnes is a Mining Engineer with solid operational and technical skills in short term scheduling, land haulage scheduling and mine design across a suite of software, including Deswik (CAD, Scheduler & LHS), Minescape, 3D-Dig, and XACT. He has trained many Graduate Engineers using his expert Minescape and Deswk design package knowledge.
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“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Interesting philosophical question, what if you apply the same logic to problem solving? I see so many businesses working on solutions to problems, creating innovative technologies or creating a better widget, but it begs the question “If you have a solution to a problem nobody is looking to fix, is it really a solution?”
MEC Mining will be at The University of Queensland Engineering Undergraduate Society (UQ EUS) Careers Fair on Thursday 27 July to meet with students.
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MEC Mining’s Senior Underground Consultant, Geoff Watson, recently delivered multiple production scenarios to support a strategic business decision. Faced with “Board Level” time frames, Geoff developed and updated mine plans, assumptions and schedules for three principle scenarios over a four week timeframe. Additionally, developing six incremental opportunities for reserve optimisation and LOM planning.
