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DRAYTON CTU UPGRADE

AUSTRALIA/CANADA – NO.05AUGUST 2011

AdvAnced enTry TrAdeS PrOGrAMMet Coal launches a new training program

APPlAud AwArdS FinAliSTS reveAledMet Coal’s four finalists and one special mention

drAyTOn TrAinerS ShAre leArninGS wiTh Prc Operator collaboration at Trend mine

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in April 2011, drayton mine completed a $47 million upgrade of its coal Treatment unit (cTu), with first coal processed in May, 20 days ahead of schedule.

20 per cent higher than projected capacity.”

Roland said the upgrade has improved the processing design of the plant and improved operability.

“The project team collaborated extensively with the mine operation personnel, from the design period to ramp-up, and we have received positive feedback about its performance since the April commissioning,” Roland said.

“The project is testament to the effectiveness of the project management framework provided by the Anglo American project delivery model, which enabled the team to set clear targets, track delivery against the plan and not only commission on time, but ahead of schedule.

“The CTU project will provide the benchmark for how Met Coal rigorously structures and runs its projects into the future to ensure maximum efficiency.”

With the plant now operating for three months, CTU Upgrade Project Manager, Roland Wells, said the project has successfully improved the overall quality of output coal to export standards, delivering on the Metallurgical Coal (Met Coal)strategy to grow our export thermal coal and metallurgical coal business.

Roland said the CTU takes run-of-mine coal from the Drayton operation, and feeds it through a series of crushing, washing and refining processes to clean, enhance and blend the coal

to produce a high-quality export product for sale to our customers.

“The project was designed to meet the specifications of our future Drayton South project, which will replace the existing Drayton mine when it closes in 2016 and will cater to a 100 per cent export market,” Roland said.

Commissioning coincided with the expiry of Drayton’s last domestic contract.

“The CTU is now processing coal at a rate

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After the challenging start to the year we have now recovered from the floods. The good news is that we are seeing a noticeable improvement in safety across the business and I would like to commend all sites for their re-invigorated safety focus and improvement in Quarter 2 this year.

FROM THE CEODAWSON LISTENS TO ITS LOCALSCommunity surveys distributed by Anglo American throughout Moura, Banana and Theodore in June were given a voice on Thursday 4 August when key community members came together with Dawson mine representatives to discuss and help develop the mine’s Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT) report.

Dawson mine General Manager, Brett Thompson said the meeting included representatives from Council, business owners and other key community stakeholders.

“The purpose of this discussion was to review the feedback gathered by the Dawson mine community survey which was distributed in June,” Brett said.

Community surveys are an essential component of the Anglo American SEAT process, which is used to assess the specific social and economic needs of Anglo American’s neighbouring communities and then develop a relevant community Engagement Plan,” Brett said.

“With more than 150 completed surveys received along with individual consultations, this meeting played an integral role in helping us craft Dawson’s SEAT report and Community Engagement Plan.

“Special thanks must go to the local residents who participated in this meeting as their voluntary attendance was not only greatly appreciated, but extremely crucial to ensuring Dawson develops a three year plan for the local community that is both relevant and timely.

“we acknowledge the importance of listening to our local community and appreciate the valuable resource they are to help us ensure dawson’s investment in the local area is directed to the priority areas,” Brett said.

Dawson’s SEAT report is due for release early next year.

At the half year mark, Capcoal’s underground and open cut operations, Foxleigh and Moranbah North have shown improvement on the December 2010 safety figures, but additional effort is required across all sites to further reduce incidents and keep all our people safe. We have made good progress in contractor management, a key focus area in our Target Zero Action Plans, with both Moranbah North and Foxleigh already experiencing wins and Dawson to focus on improvement programs with contractors over coming months. Dawson and Drayton’s Senior Leadership Teams will focus on lifting Visible Felt Leadership (VFL) over the next couple of months and I encourage all employees to continue to conduct regular safety interactions.

On 29 July Anglo American plc released its interim results, with significant improvement experienced across the Group. Anglo American’s underlying earnings for the first half of 2011 were $3.1 billion, 41 per cent higher than the same period in 2010, with an operating profit of $6.0 billion, up 38 per cent from $4.4 billion. Despite production constraints experienced as a result of the flood events earlier this year, the Met Coal business recovered strongly in Quarter 2 to benefit from record pricing. Thanks to the recovery actions initiated by the Met Coal team after a difficult start to the year, export metallurgical coal sales increased by 79 per cent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter and we will continue to build on this improvement throughout Quarter 3.

Over the past six months a lot of work has been underway at our operations to prepare for the next wet season. The rain immunisation project has focussed on three preparation areas: diverting water so it does not enter our pits, improving our ability to move water out of the pits and into storage dams, and renegotiating our water release conditions with the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. We have invested in new pumping and piping infrastructure at our open cut operations to enable us to move water around site as required, and by being smart about its design, it will have the flexibility to serve the operations in times of wet seasons as well as drought. One of the most exciting elements of the plan will be the construction of a $22 million desalination plant at Capcoal which will be commissioned at the beginning of next year.

The Longwall 100 Project continues to deliver results, following Grasstree achieving a record 102.2 hours of longwall cutting time in June. At both Moranbah and Grasstree, one of our

greatest areas of success has been achieved through resourcing and shift optimisation. We now have greater clarity of the work required for each shift, and the right people in place to achieve this.

Draft legislation for the carbon pricing scheme was made public on Thursday 28 July. Anglo American’s concern is the tax would have a significant impact on our planned investments in Australia while doing little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We have engaged with all levels of Government to put forward a better design to the scheme which would enable the phasing in of fugitive emissions and allow time for the coal industry to develop emission-reducing technologies. As many of you would be aware, our specific concern is there are currently no technologies available to abate vent air methane from underground mines and fugitive emissions from open cut mining operations.

We took the first step to becoming a global metallurgical coal business with the integration of the Canadian Peace River Coal (PRC) operations into our business in June. This represents a significant opportunity for us and we are very excited about growing this business to complement our Australian operations. On 18 August 2011, we reached a conditional agreement to acquire 100 per cent ownership over these assets Canada, through the acquisition of the 25 per cent interest in PRC we did not already own. The acquisition of the minority interest is the next phase in a strategic journey to create an aligned global metallurgical coal business and the assets in British Columbia are an important part of this.

Met Coal was well-represented in the Applaud Excellence Awards, with two individual finalists, Ismet Canbulat in the Innovation category and Debbie Butler in the Partnership category; two team finalists, Capcoal’s environment team in the Sustainability category and Dawson mine’s automated haul truck monitoring team in the Innovation category; and Dawson mine receiving a special mention for their evacuation efforts in Theodore during the Queensland floods. Representatives from each group will travel to Santiago, Chile, for the award ceremony and have the opportunity to speak to our colleagues across the Group about their specific projects to promote replication in other business units. On behalf of our whole team I would like to congratulate all our finalists and thank them for their hard work which has contributed to our great success over the past 12 months.

Seamus French, CEODawson Safety and People Manager, Tain Drinkwater addresses key community members in Moura.

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Dawson mine General Manager, Brett Thompson, said the reorganisation took place as a result of an extensive review, Project Phoenix, and targeted the three performance pillars of people, structure and management. The benefits are already being realised as people start to take control over their part of the mine and drive its success.

“In its essence, Project Phoenix and was a clean look at Dawson to determine the best way to manage the resource, people and equipment,” Brett said.

“The project has delivered a step change in the way the mine operates, starting from the immediate basics in mine planning, right through to designing the right systems, processes and structures to deliver the plan, and providing people with the tools required to succeed.

“With the Dawson mining area stretching more than 60 kilometres, the project looked at reducing the span of control of the frontline supervisors, who were previously responsible for crew sizes too large for them to manage effectively.

“As a result, each area now has its own Operations Manager, Maintenance Superintendent, Safety

DAWSON MINE COMPLETESOPERATIONALRESTRUCTURE

Dawson Production Supervisor Ben O’Donnell, Operator Russell Hicks and Production Superintendent Tony Rose.

and People Superintendent and Technical Services Superintendent,” he said.

Brett said it was crucial to get the mine plan right and have the right systems and processes in place to deliver on the plan.

“A short interval control system has been introduced to monitor each piece of equipment’s performance throughout the shift,” he said.

“Targets for each machine are set at the planning meetings at the beginning of the week in accordance with the Monthly Operating Plan (MOP), and these targets are communicated to operators at the pre-start meetings.

“Performance is tracked, with live reports displayed on screens throughout the mine as well as communicated to crews by Dispatch via the radio system.

“This gives us all something to work towards and helps generate a bit of healthy competition between the different crews and those responsible for the different working areas.

“The team has responded very well to the changes and we look forward to reaping the rewards as we continue to settle into the new operating structure,” Brett said.

dawson mine has recently undergone an operational restructure which has seen the creation of three separate mining areas, central north, central South and dawson South, each with dedicated people and equipment in place to enable the operation to work more efficiently.

FOxLEIGH SAFELY CARvES OUT NEW PRODUCTION RECORDFoxleigh’s sole Terex RH340 excavator has once again safely lifted the production bar and established itself as the top performing excavator in its class for Met Coal.

Foxleigh mine manager, Dave O’Dwyer said the operation’s EX109 excavator, with its 34m3 bucket, was responsible for loading 59,013 bank cubic metres (bcm) in a 24 hour period on 28 May this year.

“The Met Coal benchmark rate set for this class of machine is 2,040 bcm per hour, and on our record breaking day we achieved an hourly rate of 2,771 bcm per hour,” Dave said.

“Year to date we are averaging 2,076 bcm per hour and while this is pleasing and consistently results in us moving 45,000 bcm in a 24 period, we genuinely believe we can do even better and have set ourselves an average daily production target of 50,000 bcm and a peak of 60,000 bcm.

“While our Green and Gold crews were responsible for achieving the new production record in late May, this achievement was a team effort between Production, Maintenance and Tech Services.

“Our Maintenance crews play a crucial role in helping ensure not only that EX109 runs smoothly but the remainder of our mobile fleet, especially our seven Caterpillar 789 dump trucks are well maintained and operate at optimum capacity,” Dave said.

The drill and blasting services provided by Foxleigh’s Tech Services team has been of an excellent standard and they too contributed to helping EX109 achieve its May record production level.

Foxleigh’s record breaking EX109 excavator in action

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Anglo American Operations Training Principal, Debbie Butler, was at the sign on day at Strathpine to congratulate the first wave of apprentices to join the program, which has been developed in partnership with the National Apprenticeships Program (NAP) to address the shortfall in skilled workers in the mineral and energy resources industry.

“Anglo American’s Advanced Entry Trades Program has been created to leverage existing skills and provide people with the opportunity to have those skills and relevant experience formally recognised,” Debbie said.

“It creates a platform for achieving trade qualification and to enter the mining industry.

“We are pleased to welcome the first 19 people to take part in this program, and know they will enjoy the valuable on-site training they will receive at Anglo American’s mines.

“Four employees already working at our operations have registered today, as well as 15 people new to mining with experience in industries including construction, aviation and boat building.

“This is another important pathway into the industry, tapping into a currently under-utilised resource,” she said.

Debbie said Anglo American would continue to run its school-based and traditional apprenticeship programs, with more than 50 positions recently advertised for the 2012 intake.

“This program is by no means a replacement of our traditional apprenticeship program, it will be run alongside our existing training programs,” Debbie said.

Program Director for the NAP, Alan Sparks, said NAP was officially launched by the Minister for Skills and Jobs, Senator Chris Evans, in March this year, as a practical, industry-based solution to deliver skilled workers, with Anglo American the first organisation to commence a dedicated recruitment campaign.

“I congratulate Anglo American for being the first employer in the mining sector to take up the opportunities presented by the Advanced Entry Adult Apprenticeship Program,” Alan said.

FOxLEIGH TRAINEE WINS AWARDMet Coal has helped Middlemount Year 12 student, Amore Strijdom, reach the finals of the 2011 Queensland Training Awards for the Central Queensland region through her traineeship at Foxleigh mine.

In late July, Amore was declared the Central Queensland’s School-based Trainee of the Year for 2011.

As part of her school-based administration traineeship, Amore spends one day each week working at Foxleigh mine.

“Being a central Queensland finalist for the State training award is a great honour and i’m very proud of this achievement,” Amore said.

“I would especially like to thank Anglo American and in particular Foxleigh, for the opportunity given to me to complete the practical component of my traineeship at the mine site. I would also like to thank my supervisors for their support and for believing in me and my abilities.

“I am very grateful of the experiences I have gained from working at Foxleigh and I’m sure the skills I have developed will contribute greatly in my future endeavours,” Amore said.

Amore will compete in the Queensland Training Awards which will be announced in Brisbane on Friday 2 September.

ANGLO AMERICAN WELCOMES FIRST 19 RECRUITS INTOADvANCED ENTRY TRADES PROGRAMOn Tuesday 24 August, Met Coal welcomed the first 19 recruits to sign onto its new Advanced Entry Trades Program, designed for adults with aligned industry experience or qualifications wishing to complete a trade apprenticeship within approximately 1.5 years at its Queensland and New South Wales mine sites.

Amore Strijdom at work at Foxleigh

Moranbah North mine has completed a $2 million upgrade of its go-line area, improving safety, increasing the size of its undercover parking bay area and addressing a hydrocarbon issue caused by oil leaking from equipment and attachments.

Moranbah North Stay in Business Capital Projects Superintendent Peter Finnen said the

improvements, which were completed in March this year, allow 16 mine vehicles to be parked undercover at the main transporter go-line.

The additional space will enable shift changeovers to happen at a faster pace to support the resourcing component of the Longwall 100 project, while maintaining the safety of the workforce.

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Met Coal’s Debbie Butler with the first recruits for the Advanced Entry Trades Program.

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MET COAL’S DIABETES WEEk SPOkESPERSONA life-size cardboard cut-out of Met Coal’s Stay in Business Project Manager, John Rogers, was on display in Brisbane city’s King George Square during Queensland Diabetes week from 10–15 July as part of the 60 Faces campaign, where 60 sufferers of diabetes from all walks of life were photographed to promote healthy life choices and the dangers of diabetes.

Diabetes Queensland has been working closely with the mining sector to raise awareness of the condition as part of their National Diabetes week campaign and as a sufferer of type 2 diabetes, John volunteered to be an advocate for the industry.

“I am happy to be working with Diabetes Queensland to raise awareness about an illness that can sneak up on you when you don’t pay attention to the quality of food you’re eating and the weight you’re putting on,” John said.

“If you think you’re a bit chubby and you have a sedentary lifestyle with lots of drinking and eating and no exercise, then sooner or later you’re going to get it.”

John said it was the arrival of his first grandchild that prompted him to make a change.

“I decided I should do the right thing and watch her grow up, so I gave away the smokes, lost a fair amount of weight and started cycling and exercising and doing the right thing,” he said.

Diabetes Queensland reports about 300,000 Queenslanders have diabetes and that number is rising at an alarming rate, with 60 Queenslanders diagnosed with type 2 diabetes every day.

Type 2 diabetes is directly linked to obesity and the impact can be extremely debilitating.

Diabetes Queensland CEO Michelle Trute said the focus this year was on miners.

“Diabetes is the fastest growing non-infectious disease globally, so this is a disease we have to start getting really serious about.”

For more information, please visit: www.diabetesqueensland.org.au/

Met Coal General Manager Open Cut Mining Excellence, Hans Hayes, said Bill and Neil who work at Drayton, collectively have close to 70 years of mining knowledge and experience.

“Both Bill and Neil are highly talented operators who not only have extensive mining experience, they are also skilled trainers who have had great success in educating new mobile equipment operators,” Hans said.

The main objective of Bill and Neil’s initial one month training program with PRC’s Trend mine operators is to assist in improving the mine’s excavator fleet productivity level to what would be typically achieved in Met Coal’s Australian operations.

“By increasing Trend’s mine production rates, we will see costs decrease, which will further ensure a healthy future for the operation in the long term,” Hans said.

“The majority of operators at Trend mine have less than two years experience working in mining, so there is an ideal opportunity to upskill and achieve best practice with mobile equipment performance.

“With Drayton being recognised as having the most productive excavator fleet in not only Met Coal but Anglo American globally, it made sense for Bill and Neil to share with PRC’s mobile equipment operators their proven techniques and methods used to consistently achieve these benchmark rates,” Hans said.

Met Coal’s Head of Strategy and Business Development, Carlos Davila, who is leading the PRC integration team said after the first month of the integration process PRC had experienced a 26 per cent increase in waste removal compared to the monthly average for the first half of 2011.

“The technical input from Hans, Bill and Neil plus the overwhelming commitment to improving the operations with our PRC colleagues is starting to yield great results,” Carlos said.

“Through its large resource base including premium quality metallurgical coal, the Canadian leases have the potential to make a valued contribution to Met Coal’s growth ambitions, so it’s important we unlock this potential and make the most of this asset.”

Neil Bright and Bill Hobbs at Trend mine.

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John Rogers and his wife Tracey standing with John’s 60 faces photograph.

“We constructed a new walk way to keep pedestrians separate from vehicles, a requirement of the Anglo American Fatal Risk Standards one, two and 10,” Peter said.

“A new undercover heavy equipment go-line was also built, with park up areas designed with wheel depressions to ensure safe parking of the vehicles, and avoid potential rolling hazards.

A walk way was also fitted to the load, haul, dump (LHD) building. Peter said the area between the two

buildings was previously dirt, and this area has been concreted with drainage fitted to the oil separator pit.

“Concreting the area makes it easier to clean down and eliminates any hydrocarbon issues, as run-off will go into the drain to the oil water separator pit,” he said.

Since late July, two of Met Coal’s most experienced mobile equipment operators, Bill Hobbs and Neil Bright, have been working with their Peace River Coal (PRC) colleagues in Canada to help lift mine productivity.

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Dawson mine’s Operate 4 Reliability (O4R) project to increase the lifespan of their haul truck tyres has already realised improvements of 33 per cent and at this rate, has Dawson positioned to lead tyre performance across the Group by the end of 2011.

Business Improvement Production Officer, Ray West, said the project’s objective was to increase the tyre life of the 797B trucks, from an average of 3250 hours to 4500 hours by the end of 2011 (phase 1), which could potentially equate to cost savings of more than $8 million.

Ray said the second part of the project is training operators to make better decisions about the equipment they operate.

“The project addresses the three main sources

Met Coal’s process has been formalised in a best practice mining guidance document released by the technical governance department of Group Mining and Technology, outlining the detailed geological information that can be obtained by drilling closely spaced production boreholes.

Capcoal Technical Services Superintendent, Dirk Bode, said although the practice is used extensively at our Australian mines, it is not part of normal production within other commodities so an opportunity existed to produce a guidance document to promote the implementation of the process across the Anglo American Group.

“It’s a cost effective way to add a lot of information

and reduce our operational risks,” Dirk said.

Dirk has used presplit holes from a production blast at Lake Lindsay where a large fault was predicted to run parallel to the dragline highwall. With the use of additional geological information gathered, the fault line prediction was reinterpreted as a steep roll in the coal. The design engineers were then able to change the dig design, allowing the dragline to complete the mining strip safely.

“We could not get the level of detail required to make this interpretation without these additional production holes,” Dirk said.

MET COAL RECOGNISED FOR LEADING GEOLOGY PRACTICESMet Coal has recently been recognised for its best practice geological process when producing short term geological models, by using closely spaced production boreholes to identify potential hazards or issues not confirmed by the initial wider spaced exploration holes.

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of damage to the tyres; rock cut separation on tread, road cuts on the side walls and road cuts on the tread,” Ray said.

“This damage can be significantly reduced through operator performance and our crews have tackled this challenge head on to deliver outstanding results.

“The performance of all trucks is captured through an onboard monitoring system that has the ability to record operator faults, which are manoeuvres outside of the truck’s set parameters.

“Using the onboard Vital Information Management System (VIMS), we are able to track operating faults, transfer this data to the LEICA system and from here we are able to run reports to demonstrate trends,” Ray said.

“The data is displayed in the pre-start room on the project board, where the operators can all view their performance, check where they’re at compared with the other guys, with a traffic light system indicating areas of concern.

“This is not a disciplinary tool, it’s not about performance management, this is a coaching tool,” Ray said.

“Every guy out there wants to perform at their best, and if they see they have been recording faults that they may not have been aware of, they want to rectify it.

“Since introducing the project, operator faults have reduced by up to 70 per cent on individuals and 50 per cent on crew averages.

“The monitoring system also allows us to track “hot spots” on the haul road, identifying where more faults are occurring so supervisors can thoroughly brief their crews at pre-starts and encourage them to drive to conditions in certain areas.

“We then direct our graders and dozers to smooth out particular sections of the roads,” Ray said.

A by-product from the Coal Handing Preparation Plant is also being used to improve road conditions at Dawson.

Crushed overburden material around 25–50 millimetres in diameter with smooth edges is being used to line the edge of the haul roads to shield the sharp corners and larger, jagged rocks that contribute to a large portion of the damage to the tyres.

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Congratulations to Met Coal’s two individual and two team finalists in this year’s Applaud Awards, and to Dawson mine for receiving a special mention for their efforts in evacuating the Theodore community during the floods experienced over Christmas 2010 and January 2011.

The Applaud finalists are:

SAFeTy cATeGOryINDIvIDUAL FINALISTS• Luis Alberto Espinoza Robles, Project

Safety Manager, Barro Alto , Nickel - for his personal contribution to the exceptional safety performance of Barro Alto operations through passion and visible felt leadership.

• Victor Venegas N., Service Team Coordinator, Los Bronces, Copper - for his pro-active work on safety and exceptional motivation of others to stay safe.

TEAM FINALISTS• Isibonelo Colliery, Thermal Coal – for working

the equivalent of three and half years without incurring a single Lost Time Injury. The team have an absolute personal commitment to safety at all levels.

• Load and Haul team – Mogalakwena Mine, Platinum - for operating for five years without a Lost Time Injury through a period of increased production rates and the introduction of many new team members.

As in 2010, a special safety award was also made to the teams of Barro Alto Project and Barro Alto Mine who have achieved truly exceptional ongoing safety performance and are role models to us all.

SuSTAinABiliTy cATeGOryINDIvIDUAL FINALISTS• Osiani Ephina, Community Relations Analyst,

Amapa, Iron Ore Brazil - for the sustainable initiatives she set up in Amapa and her dialogue with communities.

• Vinesh Dilsook, Anglo American Platinum Water Specialist, Platinum Environmental Department, Platinum - for his pilot and trial work on the Anglo American Water Efficiency Target Tool (WETT).

TEAM FINALISTS• Liomar Vidal and Tatiane Torezan, Barro

Alto, Nickel - for their work together to build relations with Barro Alto’s local stakeholders, exemplifying Anglo American’s commitment to sustainability and helping maintain our licence to operate.

• Capcoal Foxleigh Environmental Team, Capcoal and Foxleigh, Metallurgical Coal – for their implementation of a water management strategy following the Australian floods in December 2010.

A special sustainability award was made to the employees at Dawson Mine who assisted in the evacuation of 328 people from Theodore during the floods in December 2010.

PArTnerShiP cATeGOryINDIvIDUAL FINALISTS• Charlotte Edgeworth, Anglo American Group

Foundation Manager, Government and Social Affairs – for exemplifying partnership by working tirelessly to build strong working relationships with Foundation partners and

to encourage sharing of knowledge and learning between partner organisations.

• Debbie Butler, Principal – Operations Training, Human Resources, Metallurgical Coal – for her partnership with industry bodies to help people gain qualifications and enter the resources industry.

TEAM FINALISTS• Mantoverde drilling and safety team,

Mantoverde, Copper – for their leadership and coordination role following the cave-in at the San Jose mine which trapped 33 miners.

• Bhubhezi Community Healthcare Centre team, Thermal Coal – for their work providing desperately needed primary healthcare facilities in a community ravaged by HIV/AIDs, malaria and tuberculosis.

innOvATiOn cATeGOryINDIvIDUAL FINALISTS• Peter Gunther, Regional Manager Hydrology,

eMalahleni Water Reclamation Plant, Thermal Coal - for his ongoing efforts to make eMalahleni Water Reclamation Plant a zero waste facility.

• Ismet Canbulat, Group Geotechnical Engineer, Metallurgical Coal - for his work in overhauling the geotechnical systems and standards at Metallurgical Coal’s underground operations.

TEAM FINALISTS• ATS and Dawson team, Mining and

Technology and Metallurgical Coal – for developing an advanced, automated haul truck monitoring system that has assisted Dawson mine to improve the availability of their 797B fleet.

• Ethylene Scavenger project, Commercial team, Platinum – for development of a product anticipated to provide a significant new demand segment for palladium.

The winners of Applaud 2011 will be announced on 28 September.

earlier this month the individuals and teams who will progress to the Applaud Awards final were announced, with a number of Met coal finalists invited to attend a gala dinner in Santiago, chile, hosted by cynthia carroll.

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Capcoal’s Environmental Officer Matt Goddard (pictured here at a monitoring station) is a finalist in the Sustainability team category for Capcoal’s

environment team’s efforts during the floods.

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MORANBAH NORTH MINE WINS MINES RESCUE COMPETITIONMoranbah North mine won the 7th Queensland Mines Rescue Service (QMRS) Mines Rescue competition at Oaky North mine, just outside of Tieri, on Thursday 7 July 2011.

This win pushes Moranbah North into the 2011 E.K. Healy Cup, which will be held at Cook Colliery on 1 September 2011.

Rescue team manager and Compliance and Emergency Response Coordinator at Moranbah North mine, Brett Rigby, said as part of the competition, the team successfully completed a series of challenges within the required timeframes while demonstrating a high level of emergency response knowledge, skills and teamwork.

“The crew of seven responded to several mock emergency response scenarios, including an underground mine exercise involving securing a bad area of roof, establishing a fresh air base for the crew and using gas monitoring equipment,” Brett said.

“All team members wear a BG4 (oxygen cylinder and mask) breathing apparatus for the duration of the underground simulated exercise.

“Above ground, the Moranbah North team responded to a surface accident with four injured passengers, having to first make the area safe and then administer first aid.

“The team is thrilled to have won the Memorial Cup, which is testament to our outstanding emergency response capability at Moranbah North mine.

“The competition allows us to put our skills to the test,” Brett said.

Capcoal Occupational Therapist and Health Coordinator, Julia McCoy, said the project analyses the physical demands of primary tasks completed underground in the Development, Longwall and Outbye areas by an on-site physiotherapist in conjunction with Construct Health.

“Our approach involves reviewing the activities of individual coal mine workers, determining best practice methods and from this, developing and delivering effective training packages. We also review job and equipment design to determine if improvements can be made in these areas,” Julia said.

A shoulder care package is already being trialled which aims to provide specific movement improvement and strengthening exercises for workers. Shoulder strength assessments are conducted at the beginning, middle and at the conclusion of the three month program to determine its effectiveness.

“While the program is available to surface workers and those at Middlemount, our focus has been on the crews in Development as

historically this is where the majority of our shoulder injuries occur,” Julia said

“Our investigations have already led to discussions regarding possible designs for an underground hydraulic cable reeler which will significantly reduce the manual risk associated with cable handling.”

Injury Prevention and Kinematic Lifting Awareness sessions are also due to be rolled out before the end of 2011 and involve surface presentations of content with underground visits to practically demonstrate and reinforce principles discussed in the surface sessions.

Additional manual tasks deemed a high priority are to be addressed in an ergonomics working party which will be a subcommittee of the soon to be implemented Grasstree Health and Safety Committee.

With strong support and success in the current projects, we can expect to see further musculoskeletal injury prevention projects in 2012 and beyond.

CAPCOAL UNDERGROUND TARGETINGMUSCULOSkELETAL INJURYA musculoskeletal injury reduction project is well underway at Grasstree as part of their broader Target Zero Action Plan.

TREATS ON FRIDAYS HELP MAMA RENESEmployees of the Brisbane Met Coal headquarters have raised more than $5000 for homeless charity Mama Renes in recent months, through gold coin donations to fund their Friday afternoon sugar rush.

Anglo American receptionist, Jill Simmonds, said for more than three years, Met Coal had put on “Lolly Friday” in their reception area, with bowls of sweets available for all visitors and employees.

“Lolly Friday started as an initiative to get to know the 350 employees in the building, by encouraging our people to come by, say hello and collect a Friday treat,” Jill said.

“It had become a real tradition in our office, and we saw this as an opportunity to help Pastor

John from Mama Renes provide for those less fortunate than ourselves by introducing a gold coin donation,” she said.

Jill said the initiative was so well-received that employees were soon donating gifts to auction off to raise additional funds, from tickets to Brisbane Broncos games, to office furniture to packs of varnish for outdoor furniture.

Further details on Mama Renes is available on their website: www.mamarenes.org

Back row: Luke Addis (Captain), Carl Sykes, Karl Barnsdale, Mark Mackenzie. Front row: Fallon Currier, Rod Coldrey, Bryn Lovett (Vice Captain)