Languages at MEC Mining

As a global mining consultancy, the MEC Mining team encompasses incredible cultural diversity as many of our employees and their families have direct links to over twenty different countries across the globe. As we are based in Australia, with offices in Brisbane and Perth, our common language is English. With such great cultural diversity, many of our consultants are bilingual (to different degrees), with exposure to 23 different languages.

As we work with clients from across the globe, having employees with extra language skills helps us to convey solutions when often there isn’t a direct translation. This means that we can specialise in mine planning, onsite management and technical services solutions for the international mining industry. And of course, it makes for an interesting working environment, with many different cultural perspectives and experiences!

Written by James Cooney, Principal Advisor and Manager of MEC Advisory

Lunch & Learn – March

Join us for our first MEC Mining WA Lunch and Learn session presented by Technical Services Manager, Erin Sweeney on Improving Operational Performance Through Data Management!

Mine sites are collecting increasing amounts of data at a faster and a faster pace on the performance of their operations, if not harnessed properly this can be overwhelming; and many mine sites are not using this data to intelligently inform decisions in their daily operations. We will discuss how to leverage your data, processes and systems to arm your people with the right information to make the best decisions for improved operational performance and throughput.

Date: 10 March

Time: 12 pm – 1 pm

Address: FLUX – 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Spaces are limited, register for this free event as soon as possible.

Lunch and Learn – February 2020

Join MEC Mining’s Senior Mining Consultant Matthew Turner for our next lunch and learn session in Brisbane. Matthew will discuss the theory of optimising cut off grades over time for open pit metalliferous mines. Touching on the challenges of practical application within the inherent variability of key assumptions.

Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Topic: Cut Off Grade Optimisation for Open Pit Metalliferous Mines 
Venue: Cromwell Business Hub: Level M, 200 Mary Street – Brisbane
Time: 12pm-1pm
Cost: Free
RSVP: Monday, 24 February 2020 – [email protected]
Spaces are limited, register asap.

MEC awarded Mining Monthly’s Consultant of the Year Award

After an exciting year of innovation and strategic change in 2019, MEC is delighted to be the recipient of Australia’s Mining Monthly (AMM), Consultant of the Year award. The AMM is widely acknowledged as one of the most authoritative mining magazines produced in the Asia Pacific region and a unique source of industry news and information. This award reflects industry recognition of the dynamic work being done by MEC and a boost for the company as we embark on further developments and expansion in the coming year.

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The MEC Mining Graduate Program will take you up, up and away!

The MEC Mining Graduate Program provides our Graduate Mining Engineers with a wide range of professional development tools and industry opportunities.  The program also enables graduates to develop a solid foundation and prepare themselves for their journey from Graduate Engineer to emerging professional and beyond.   

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Nick Luff’s experience at Glencore’s Clermont Open Cut operation

Nicholas Luff has been assisting Glencore’s Clermont Open Cut operation in a short-term planning team. During this time, Nicholas has learnt and assisted in the dig and dump design process as well as scheduling loading equipment to follow a weekly plan. He has also assisted in running weekly planning meetings that implement his designs and schedule as well as weekly reconciliation meetings to measure conformance to plan.

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MEC Mining Perth office opening

MEC Mining officially launched to the WA market on Friday 22nd November with the opening of the Perth office.  Over 80 members of the mining community attended the cocktail party at the Flour Factory hosted by General Manager Operations, Christofer Catania and Technical Service Manager, Erin Sweeney.

Chris welcomed guests and highlighted MEC Mining’s expansion into Western Australia.

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