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Third Berth opening
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T155 progress -
a year to go!

A message
from our CEO
Welcome to this special edition
of The Breakthrough. As we
continue to herald significant
milestones across our business
and prepare for NAIDOC Week,
this is a good time to celebrate
the many partnerships which
enable Fortescue to continually
set new industry benchmarks.
A number of remarkable records
were set during May including
the shipping of our 150 millionth
tonne of ore, a truly outstanding
achievement after just four years of
operations. Other records included
1,974,797 tonnes of ore produced at
Christmas Creek, 5,890,853 tonnes
transported by rail and 6,546,181
tonnes shipped from Port Hedland.
These fantastic numbers are the
result of everyone’s continued
hard work and determination and
I applaud your commitment to
meeting our stretch targets.
Our culture of achievement through
teamwork was also highlighted
on May 25 when I, along with our
Chairman Andrew Forrest and the
Minister for Mines and Petroleum,
the Hon. Norman Moore, had the
honour of cutting the ribbon at
the official opening ceremony of
our third berth at the Herb Elliott
Port. The project was a magnificent
example of how Fortescue
consistently and successfully
integrates our contracting partners
into our projects. You’ll see a list
detailing our third berth contracting
partners on pages 8 and 9 – many
thanks to the entire team for all of
your hard work on the project.
Also present at the third berth
opening were Fortescue’s Board
members, who visited all of our sites
at the end of May. The Board was
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impressed with the visible progress
and state of operations at all of our
sites.
Since Fortescue’s inception, one of
the keys to our success has been
the strength of our relationships
with traditional land owners
and native title groups, who are
some of our most important and
valued stakeholders. That’s why
NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines
and Islanders Day Observance
Committee) is such a special
time and a great opportunity to
get involved in a celebration of
Aboriginal history, culture and
achievement. I encourage you all to
take part in one of the many events
being held across our sites.
We also welcomed some new
members to the Fortescue Family
when we became the Gold Partner
of the world champion Australian
hockey team, the Kookaburras.
We share many values with the
Kookaburras - in our efforts to be the
best in the world, we are determined,
enthusiastic, honest, resilient high
performers, always on the lookout
for better ways to do things. This
partnership builds on our existing
Nev with Kookaburra Kieran Govers
involvement in Hockey Australia’s
Indigenous Program which involves
“We are the change
the Kookaburras visiting Roebourne
we three times seek” a year to run clinics with
- BARACK OBAMA
schoolchildren there. The program is
proving immensely popular.
As we head into the financial year
that will include the culmination of
our T155 project I’m very pleased
with our progress towards this
incredible goal. We are on track –
focused and determined, working
safely and efficiently and most
importantly, together, to achieve our
targets. Our partners have enriched
our business and strengthened our
team, helping us attain even greater
success and proving beyond a doubt
that together, everyone really can
achieve more.
Enjoy the NAIDOC Week celebrations.
Take time to celebrate our Aboriginal
culture and history at one of the
events at your site.
Finally – go Kookaburras! I look
forward to supporting the team
on your quest for Olympic gold in
London. I can tell you that everyone
at Fortescue will be cheering you
every step of the way.
ON THE COVER: Aboriginal Kookaburras’ player Des Abbott will play in his second Olympic
Games in London next month.

As we enter the second half
of 2012, we also enter the
second half of the life of the
T155 project. With only a year
to go until our target end date,
it is very timely to reflect on
what we have achieved and
the sheer scale of the journey
we have embarked on.
In true Fortescue style, T155 is an
ambitious project that will more than
triple our production from 55 million
tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 155mtpa
by mid-2013 with an infrastructure
investment of $8.4 billion.
When we kicked off the project
in November 2010 to increase
production by 100mtpa, we set
an end date of June 2014. The
naysayers were quick to discount our
ambitious plan as ‘unachievable’ and
‘impossible’, so you can imagine what
they thought when, in May 2011, we
brought the end date forward by 12
months to June 2013!
We believed we could do it, and
we are proving it. It gives me great
pleasure to report that our project is
well and truly on track at the halfway
point. Significantly, our aim isn’t to
A message from Director
Development Peter Meurs
complete the construction program
by June 2013 – our sights are firmly
set on achieving 155mtpa production
by June 2013.
By plotting this course, we have
established the most ambitious iron
ore project in the world and certainly
the most fact-tracked project of its
size in Australia. This is something
everyone at Fortescue and all our
T155 partners including contractors,
suppliers and other stakeholders can
be proud of and excited by.
The program comprises four projects:
Port; Rail; Chichester - incorporating
Christmas Creek Phase 2 and
Cloudbreak Wet Plant*; and Solomon.
Each project is being delivered
concurrently as part of an integrated
team effort.
This effort is being rewarded. Despite
the impact of severe weather and
the challenge of accommodating a
large construction workforce, we are
achieving our milestones. Recently,
these have included the opening
of the AP3 berth in May at the Herb
Elliott Port and the completion of the
airstrip at Solomon.
The Fortescue Board and Executive
visited all T155 sites during May to
give them first-hand knowledge of
* Cloudbreak Wet Plant is occurring concurrently with T155 work but not included in project budget.
the progress of the project. They were
extremely impressed and quick to
praise the great work and effort of the
team.
While we are more than 50 per cent
complete as at the end of June, we
are not without our challenges to
achieve our target on time, safely and
within budget. We need to maintain
our focus and the innovation,
creativity and determination that has
got us this far.
More than ever, integrating new
infrastructure with operations also
needs to be at the forefront of our
efforts to ensure a seamless transition
to our new production levels.
I want to congratulate everyone
involved in T155 for the great
achievements to date, and
genuinely thank everyone for their
commitment.
We are on a very exciting and history
making journey, and I look forward
to sharing news of our progress to
everyone at Fortescue and our T155
partners as we work towards our June
2013 production rate.
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Second OPF at Christmas
Creek takes shape.

The first eight locomotives of a total of 19
locomotives being manufactured for T155
have departed the US bound for Port Hedland.
Seen here is the loading of the first locomotive
at the port at Norkfolk, Virginia.
T155: Rail Expansion
Fortescue is increasing the capacity of its rail network by:
• duplicating 120 kilometres of railway (mainline)
between the Chichester Hub and Port Hedland
• constructing a new 130 kilometre rail spur from the
mainline to Solomon
• building four bridges
• constructing two new rail loops at the Herb Elliott Port
• increasing rail maintenance capacity including the
Pilbara’s first automated wheel shop.
The project also includes the construction of a bridge
on the Great Northern Highway where the Fortescue rail
line crosses the highway. Work has started on the bridge,
which will minimise the disruption of ore-carrying trains
on road traffic.
The rail fleet is being increased by 1,764 ore cars (to
3,000) and 19 locomotives (to 43) to achieve the 155mtpa
production target. With the additions to the fleet, train
movements will increase from the current level of six per
day to 13 trains a day.
KEY TARGETS:
August 2012 - arrival of first eight locomotives
November 2012 - New Solomon spur completed
February 2013 - Rail Expansion project completed
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T155: Port Expansion
To support an increase in iron ore production, Fortescue’s
Herb Elliott Port at Port Hedland is being expanded to
include:
• a second and third train unloader
• a third stacker
• a second and third reclaimer
• a third and fourth shiploading berth (AP3 - completed
- and AP4)
• a second and third shiploader.
The Port Expansion notched up a major milestone with the
official opening of the third shiploading berth on 25 May
(see pages 8 and 9). Port Expansion Project Director, Peter
Thomas, has praised the efforts of the team delivering the
project.
“The introduction of AP3 has been marked by a rapid
ramp-up and a smooth transition into operation. This
good work is being extended to the construction of AP4
with more than half of the piling work already completed,”
said Peter.
Other recent achievements include the completion of
the rail bridge over BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s railway, the
successful lifting into place of the two massive train
unloader cells, and the arrival of the third reclaimer.
KEY TARGETS:
September 2012 - second train unloader completed
February 2013 - AP4 completed
Construction of transfer
station 906, which is
part of the second
inloading circuit, taken
on 21 June.

T155: Chichester Expansion
Christmas Creek Phase 2
Iron ore production facilities are being expanded at
Christmas Creek in the Chichester Hub to achieve a
total output of 95mtpa from Fortescue’s original mining
location.
The Chichester Expansion project includes:
• a second ore processing facility (OPF)
• remote crushing hub
• overland conveyor system
• stockyard direct train load out
• power station expansion
• airstrip
The Christmas Creek Phase 2 OPF
crushing building nears completion
prior to pre-commissioning in early July.
• mining and water infrastructure
• earthworks/road construction
• Cloudbreak wet plant (see next page).
Progress of the OPF, including crushing/screening and
the remote crushing hub, are on schedule for start-up
in September 2012 only 14 months after construction
started. The power station expansion has been completed
and commissioning is imminent.
Over the next 10 weeks a number of milestones will be
achieved as the plant is progressively completed. These
begin with parts of the crushing circuit, overland conveyor
system and screening followed by the desands circuits.
In parallel, infrastructure projects, including the airstrip
and surface miner workshop, will be completed.
Additional facilities will also start to appear at the second
central contractor yard (CCY2).
‘Great Days’
A ‘Great Days’ campaign is helping to maintain the
momentum and focus of the T155: Chichester Expansion
team on safety, environment and heritage while meeting
the program’s targets.
ARE YOU HAVING
A GREAT DAY?
Great Days are when we:
✓ Work safely and have no LTIs or MTIs
✓ Have no serious potential accidents
✓ Care for our environment with no breaches
✓ Look after our heritage and work within the GDP
✓ Hit our targets and keep to our schedule
The more Great Days we have, the more money we raise for charity to help others.
Together we can make every day a Great Day.
CHICHESTER EXPANSION:
Working together safely to deliver on time and on budget
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A ‘Great Day’ is achieved when construction targets are
achieved and there are no:
• lost time injuries
• medical treatment injuries
• reportable environmental incidents and
• reportable heritage breaches.
When the team notches up a ‘Great Day’, the project makes
a contribution to the Royal Flying Doctor Service. As at
20 June, more than $27,000 has been raised from 281
‘Great Days’. The contribution from Fortescue is toppedup
by donations made by team members in Perth and
Christmas Creek site locations.
KEY TARGETS:
September 2012 - first ore to stockpile
December 2012 - Christmas Creek Phase 2
complete
Cloudbreak Wet Plant
The Wet Plant Project (WPP) is being constructed at
Cloudbreak near the OPF as part of the T155 Chichester
Expansion Project.
The plant is of strategic importance to Fortescue as
it will enable the Cloudbreak OPF to process wet ore.
By processing lower grade ore that would have been
stockpiled as waste, the life of the mine will be increased.
More than 400,000 man hours have been worked on the
project and construction is now 40 per cent complete.
The WPP involves a new scrubbing circuit which will
remove sticky clays and shales associated with higher
moisture content ore and will provide a new coarse ore
Work on the airstrip at Christmas Creek is nearing
completion and will be ready for first flights by the end
of July. Scheduled Qantas flights are expected to begin in
early August. Christmas Creek workers will no longer have
to fly to Cloudbreak and take the 45 minute road trip to
Christmas Creek. Six daily flights are expected to use the
2,500 metre strip, which has been built 6to
737 standard.
scrubbing front end and a new desands/tailings circuit at
the back end. Although the project is being undertaken
concurrently with T155, it is not part of the T155 budget.
Construction of the WPP involves:
• 4,900 m3 of concrete
• 3,300t steel and chute work
• 10 km of pipework
• 17 km of cable and wire
KEY TARGET:
December 2012 - wet commissioning
T155: Solomon Project
Located 70 kilometres north of Tom Price, Solomon is the
largest iron ore start-up project currently underway in
Australia with a target production of 60mtpa.
The work at Solomon includes:
• two OPFs
• three crushing circuits
• 21 km of overland conveyor lines
• 125MW power station
• stock yard and train load out
• tailings storage facility
The scrubber building
at the Cloudbreak Wet
Plant, June 2012
Mining activity at Solomon will initially occur at the Firetail
deposit, followed by the Kings deposit five kilometres
to the south of Firetail in an adjacent valley. Both will be
mined using traditional truck and shovel mining methods.
The Kings deposit will also be mined using an Automated
Haulage System (unmanned trucks). Ore from the two
deposits will be transported to Port Hedland via the new

Work at Solomon’s ore
processing facilities is
being fast-tracked by
concrete pours, led by
contractor Cimeco, that
are breaking records in the
Pilbara.
rail spur that will join the mainline from the Chichester
Hub to the Herb Elliott Port.
Solomon is the site of one of the biggest earthworks
construction efforts in the southern hemisphere. Since
earthworks began in August 2011, more than 30 million
tonnes have been moved involving eight mining fleets
and more than 350 people.
The three month period to the end of June has been a
peak period for logistics. More than one million freight
tonnes via 45 sea vessels, 400 oversized trucks and 3,000
conventional trailers have been involved in the massive
effort to transport materials to the site.
KEY TARGETS:
Kangi camp will be fully operational in July to assist
in accommodating an expected peak construction
workforce of 3,600 by mid-July.
October 2012 - first Firetail ore stockpile
January 2013 - first Kings ore stockpile
February 2013 - Firetail 100 per cent complete and
20mtpa
May 2013 - Kings 100 per cent complete
July 2013 - 60mtpa
Locomotive 701, the first of the initial batch of eight trains
manufactured for T155 by EMD in Muncie, Indiana in the US. The
locomotives will be numbered from 701 to 708.
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Third berth
opening
Fortescue celebrated the
official opening of the third
berth at our Herb Elliott
Port in Port Hedland on
Friday 25th May.
Under the sunny Port Hedland
skies the atmosphere was one of
jubilation as a welcome to country
was delivered by Diana Robinson
of the Kariyarra people, the area’s
traditional owners.
Noting that the construction of
the third berth involved many of
our contracting partners, Nev cited
the project as being typical of the
Fortescue culture. “It’s a magnificent
example of our can-do attitude and
our determination,” he said. “I’m
extremely proud and privileged to
be CEO of such a fantastic company.”
The Minister for Mines and
Petroleum, the Hon. Norman Moore
said he was honoured to attend the
event. “This is a significant day as
far as industry in WA is concerned,”
he said. The Minister also praised
Fortescue’s approach to training and
employment for Aboriginal people,
saying that money is not enough and
opportunity is very important.
The Team
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Our Chairman Andrew Forrest also
addressed the assembled crowd,
reminding everyone that in 2008 it
took Fortescue three days to load
180,000 tonnes of iron ore. In 2012
we are capable of loading up to
360,000 tonnes in a day.
Congratulations to everyone
involved in the project – as Nev
Power said at the opening, “it is a
tremendous Fortescue team effort.”
Watch the video
Click here to watch a wrap up
of the ceremony on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/cdMkU-g3EmQ
• Fremantle Steel – produced approximately 7,000 tonnes of fabricated steelwork
• Worley Parsons – EPCM Manager
• Goodline – installed the conveyors
TOP: One of Fortescue’s founders,
Graeme Rowley, with Natasha
Kingsley.
BOTTOM: Sean David and Ken
Wileyman enjoyed the ceremony.

L to R: Fortescue Chairman Andrew Forrest, Ocean World
Captain Liu Zhong Hua, Minister of Mines and Petroleum
the Hon. Norman Moore and Fortescue CEO Nev Power.
L to R: Tiana Mann, Andrea Lockyer, Adele
Ewen, Shannon Toomalatai, Mareen Evans
and Rachel Oui.
• Jan de Nul – dredging
• McConnell Dowell – construction of the wharf
• ThyssenKrupp – built the shiploader
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Quentin Hooper –
leading the way
Perth’s Quentin Hooper
(a.k.a ‘Q’) was recognised in
the inaugural INTHEBLACK
40 Young Business Leaders
list in April this year.
INTHEBLACK is Australia’s
most widely circulated
monthly business
magazine, providing
information on business,
finance and accounting.
Quentin joined Fortescue in February
2006 (making him a Fortescue
Legend) as a senior accountant
and is now the Financial Controller
– Projects. “I enjoy being part
of the Fortescue Family as it has
empowered me to grow and develop
personally, and I have loved every
moment of watching the company
become the ‘force’ it is today,” he
said. He was thrilled to find out
about his place on the list. “I was
very honoured because industry
acknowledgements such as this are
difficult to achieve.”
Quentin was nominated for the list
by Fortescue’s Company Secretary
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Mark Thomas. Mark has been
impressed by Quentin’s work ethic
over the years and saw this as a
great opportunity to recognise
his ability. “Quentin has helped
define the culture and values of
Fortescue. His hard work, frugality
and commitment to the well being
and development of his colleagues
has set an example. His passion and
tenacity are an inspiration for those
around him,” he said.
INTHEBLACK describes members of
the 40 Young Business Leaders list
as “highly talented individuals…
who are on the fast track to top
decision-making roles.” Alex Malley,
CPA Australia CEO and member of
the judging panel, describes the
young business leaders on the list as
a group of “indisputably impressive
people who epitomise what we at
CPA Australia strive for: talent on
a global scale. It proves just how
far passion can take people in this
beloved profession of ours.”
Congratulations Quentin – your
passion for Fortescue is widely
known and this recognition is well
deserved.
Sometimes a great
profile picture takes a
few practice shots - Ed.

Passes for
the Park
Timmy at Cloudbreak
From Shanghai
to the Pilbara
Timmy Guo and Ivy Wang from the
Shanghai office visited the Perth
office in May. The trip included a first
visit to site for Timmy, who studied
International Business in Melbourne.
It was Ivy’s first trip to both Australia
and a mine site.
Timmy and Ivy were impressed by
the sites they toured, commenting
The growth in the Pilbara’s resources
sector has led to an increased
number of visitors to the region’s
natural attractions such as the
Karijini and Millstream Chichester
national parks.
L-R: Enda Lawless (Fortescue), Alex Bowlay
(DEC) and Bethanie Paidra [Fortescue] with
the new park passes.
in particular on the fact that
everyone they met was friendly and
welcoming and that the food was
very good.
In Shanghai Timmy and Ivy work
as Marketing Co-ordinators. Their
team liaises with our 55 major
customers, organising approximately
30 shipments each month. They
manage the shipping contracts and
all the associated documentation
and payments.
Timmy and Ivy noted while they
were in Perth that teamwork is a
recurring theme no matter which
Fortescue site you’re at. “One of the
biggest things I took away from
my Australian university studies
is teamwork, and at Fortescue
everyone works together,” said
Timmy.
The Department of Environment and
Conservation (DEC) have introduced
unique park passes for companies
such as Fortescue, as a way to
manage the growing numbers.
DEC Regional Parks and Visitor
Services Leader Alex Bowley believes
the park pass scheme will be
beneficial to all stakeholders. “There
has been a noticeable increase
Ivy, who studied logistics in
Shanghai, agreed. “I enjoy working
at Fortescue,” she said. “The training,
the environment, the teamwork is
very good.”
Ivy and Timmy also wanted to say
thanks to ‘Paul from New Zealand’ who
showed them around at Cloudbreak.
Ivy gives Cloudbreak the thumbs up!
in people visiting the parks, with
resource project employees and
contractors regularly heading to
cool waterholes and popular day use
areas,” he said.
“This extra visitation on top of the
usual high numbers of visitors has
placed pressure on maintenance and
service operations, and on DEC park
rangers who have reported higher
instances of non-payment of park
fees, and inappropriate behaviour by
visitors.
“The introduction of a park
pass scheme will help alleviate
some of these pressures while
educating visitors about national
park regulations and how they
can minimise impacts on the
environment.”
The Solomon project has become
the Pilbara’s first mining venture to
purchase the passes for its workforce.
Speak to your site admin if you’d like
to make use of Fortescue’s passes.
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Kookaburras join the Fortescue Family
Fortescue has strengthened
our relationship with
Hockey Australia, becoming
the Gold Partner of world
championship Australian
hockey team, the
Kookaburras.
Hundreds of members of the
Fortescue Family gathered in
Langley Park behind the Fortescue
Centre in East Perth on Monday
28 May for the announcement
with Hockey Australia CEO Mark
Anderson, Kookaburras coach Ric
Charlesworth and 27 members of
the Kookaburras squad.
During the announcement, our CEO
Nev Power stressed that being a
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Family is one of the most important
values that we live and work by at
Fortescue. Each of the Kookaburras
was welcomed as a ‘new starter’ and
presented with a Fortescue cap.
Members of the Fortescue Family
then took part in a hit-around with
the Kookaburras, who said our
team had some pretty impressive
hockey skills.
Fortescue and the Kookaburras
have been working together
through Hockey Australia’s National
Indigenous Program since 2011.
The program sees the Kookaburras
visiting Roebourne and the Pilbara
three times a year to run clinics
which promote positive behaviours
such as improved school
attendance, student achievement
and wellbeing.
Stay tuned for more
communications about Fortescue’s
exciting new partnership with the
Kookaburras.
Watch the video
Click here to watch our chat with
Kookaburra Kiel Brown:
http://youtu.be/qHeuMlg9Q_c

Hundreds of you braved wild wintry weather
on Sunday, June 10, to watch the Kookaburras
down Korea 2-0 at Perth Hockey Stadium. In
spite of being in the midst of their Olympic
preparations, the team took time to sign
autographs and chat with fans at the end of
the match, and later Tweeted that the support
was much appreciated. More than $500 was
raised from the raffle of a signed Kookaburras
shirt; the money will be used to build some
new hockey goals at Roebourne Primary
School.
Indigenous
Hockey
Program
Update
As part of Hockey Australia’s
National Indigenous Program the
Kookaburras visited Roebourne
Primary School in August 2011,
February 2012 and April 2012. They
also hosted 10 Roebourne School
students to Perth to participate in
the CHOGM hockey final.
Over the course of the next year the
program will continue under a clear
mission statement - “empowering
positive community change through
hockey”.
The change will be achieved by
encouraging more players, coaches
and umpires to participate from
within the community. There will
be a focus on linking school based
outcomes to improved student
performance and behaviours. We
will also sustain local community
ownership of the program.
We’re looking forward to a great
future with the Kookaburras.
Keep up
with the
To keep up to date with
all the latest Kookaburras
news during their Olympic
campaign, follow them on
Twitter! @kookaburras or
at www.hockey.org.au.
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Artwork by Brennan Stack
words by Jakob Ah Chee
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1 - 8 July 2012
What does
NAIDOC
week mean
to you?
Debbie McNamara
What is your Fortescue role and
how long have you been with
the company? VTEC Coordinator –
employed for two years
What does NAIDOC Week mean to
you? Bringing together the distinct
cultural histories of the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people, as
well as the bringing together of all
Australians both Indigenous and
non Indigenous people, learning to
appreciate each other’s cultures.
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Michael Thompson
(Thommo)
What is your Fortescue role and
how long have you been with the
company? Heritage Promotions
Supervisor; I have been with the
company since Feb 2004, approx 8.5
years.
What does NAIDOC Week mean
to you? NAIDOC Week comes out
of a political movement dating back
to the 1920’s in protest to nonrecognition
of Aboriginal rights. It
has since evolved into a celebration
of Aboriginal culture and has a
reconciliatory air about it, however
NAIDOC true to its origins still
maintains a political edge.
Jakob Ah Chee
What is your Fortescue role
and how long have you been
with the company? I’m a schoolbased
trainee, studying my Cert
II in Business and I’ve been here a
couple of months.
What does NAIDOC Week mean
to you? It means a lot because
it’s about Aboriginals and how
far we’ve come and what that
means to us. It gives us a chance to
celebrate what we’ve achieved.
Lee Tupper
What is your Fortescue role and
how long have you been with the
company? Port/Rail Accommodation
and Mobilisation Supervisor. I started
at Fortescue in May 2009.
What does NAIDOC Week mean to
you? NAIDOC week celebrates our
culture, history and Aboriginality.
Ann-Marie Lowry
What is your Fortescue role and
how long have you been with the
company? I work in the legal team
and I joined Fortescue in 2006.
What does NAIDOC Week mean to
you? NAIDOC week is a great prompt
for us all to make an extra effort to
get to know the fabulous Aboriginal
people in our Fortescue team.
NAIDOC week would be a perfect time
for our country’s educators to revisit
how the history of Australia is recorded
and told. It would be wonderful if a
more balanced and informed version
could be taught to our children –
more along the lines of the great
content delivered in our own Cross
Cultural awareness training. This is the
way to get real long term change in
knowledge and attitudes.

Signposting our heritage By the
numb3rs -
Fortescue and a number
of Pilbara traditional
owners have taken steps
to increase Aboriginal
cultural awareness by
giving traditional names to
each of the three Solomon
spur rail camps. Signage
has also been erected to
identify several significant
Aboriginal heritage sites
near the rail.
The new signs are the first in
establishing a company-wide signage
program in partnership with elders of
traditional owner groups, to identify
areas of Aboriginal cultural importance
on Fortescue sites.
Camp 1 or Airey Camp has been
named Pirrparri after a well respected
grandfather and highly regarded
lawman of the Kariyarra people.
“Pirrparri was named after an
important river site, which is in close
proximity to the camp and why
we chose this name,” said Kariyarra
traditional owner Raylene Gordon,
who is a granddaughter of Pirrparri
and Fortescue’s Heritage Promotions
Coordinator.
“Pirrparri is well known and widely
respected around country and culture;
Glen Pryce, Raylene
Gordon, Bruce Bung,
Grant Preller and Darryl
Gordon at Larthara Hill.
he was responsible for naming many
sites and places,” said Raylene.
Signage below nearby Larthara
Hill also now identifies the site as a
significant feature of the Wati Kutjara
song-line. “Lathara is a significant
ceremonial site for men’s dreaming
and also part of the song line which
goes right out to the Western Desert,”
explained Raylene.
“These sacred sites are shared culture
between the people of the Pilbara and
the Western Desert. The song lines act
like a GPS, used to navigate through
country. We all try to look after the
country by passing on these stories
so they’re not lost. Through Fortescue
helping to put up this signage it gives
the people a reminder about what this
country means.”
T155 Port and Rail Health and Safety
Manager, Keith Satie managed the
project with Fortescue’s Heritage
team and said the signs provided
recognition to the traditional
landowners and showed the
significance of the area.
“We believe we are one of the first
mining companies to recognise our
Aboriginal heritage in this way,” Keith
said.
Heritage
surveys
More than 100,000
hectares – total land area
that has been surveyed
since Fortescue began
20%
portion of the total that
is in the Solomon area
10 to12 days
the length of time a
survey team is usually on
site
2 to 3 days
the length of time
taken to conduct an
ethnographic survey
with traditional owners
6
3
1Field Officer takes
part in a survey
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Traditional
Owners take part
in a survey
Archaeologists take
part in a survey

Moorditj Yoka
Dreaming
Fashion Show
Fortescue proudly
supported the Langford
Aboriginal Association
when they brought their
third annual Moordiditj
Yoka Dreaming Fashion
Show to the Perth Town
Hall. The evening was
a great opportunity for
Aboriginal women to
showcase their designs
and promote messages of
empowerment and selfesteem.
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Sharon Wilkes, Fortescue’s Aboriginal
Sourcing Officer attended the event
and explained that Moorditj means
best or perfect, and that Yoka means
girl or woman. Sharon also provided
the Breakthrough team with the
following overview of the evening:
“Langford Aboriginal Association
(LAA) has been having women’s
networking meetings, classes and
groups continually for the past five
years. It has become stronger in the
last three years, hence the request
for a women’s fashion show to lift the
profile of the local Aboriginal women
and encourage empowerment and
high self-esteem.
“The venue of the Perth Town Hall
was perfect for the setting. The
women and girls in the fashion
show ranged from 12 – 70 years
old. There were 22 models, all with
different aspirations and dreams;
from doctors, zoo animal doctors,
Perth’s Miss NAIDOC 2012 Rachel
Visser with Narelda Jacobs
neo-natal paediatricians and retiring
grandmothers. There were also
students who want to complete Year
12 and enter university, then start a
career in the mining industry.
“Narelda Jacobs from Network Ten
emceed the night and brought it all
together. Singer/Songwriter Ulla
Shay (formerly known as Candice
Lorrae) provided excellent acoustic
song. Michael Smith and Cathy
Brayshaw from the WA Academy
of Performing Arts also provided
visual stage show performances.
Drinks and nibbles were on offer and
customer service was superb.
“The winner of model of the night
was Cynthia Barrett. She was
awarded her prize by Miss NAIDOC
2012, Rachel Visser and the winning
designer was Joan Dellavalle with
her brand Giovanna Dellavalle. All of
the models received their ball gown/
evening dress as a gift from the
designer.

Five stars for
this program
Fortescue’s Five Star Program
has been developed in line
with our desire to ‘close
the gap’ in Aboriginal
disadvantage. Fortescue is
in a unique position to be
able to implement programs
like this, helping to provide
Aboriginal Australians with
opportunities for education,
skills, support and ultimately
sustainable employment.
The Five Star Program, developed
by Brendon Ah Chee Manager of
Aboriginal Engagement, will consist
of five schemes which cover various
aspects of education and training.
The aim of the program is to build
future capability by encouraging
Aboriginal students and employees
to undertake further education and
training.
Brendon is excited about the
possibilities contained within the
program for Aboriginal Australians.
“Fortescue is in a unique position
to provide some great initiatives
and we are mindful of the pathway
opportunities and the supports that
may be required to ensure those
initiatives are successful. Through
the FIVE STAR Program we will see
a student in year seven attend high
school through our Scholarship
Scheme and then transition through
either our Vocation or Cadetship
Schemes and into sustainable
employment. I am confident
that with adequate support and
guidance the FIVE STAR Program
will ensure individuals will be given
every opportunity to complete their
secondary education and ultimately
pursue a rewarding career”.
Fortescue Aboriginal
Scholarship Scheme (Secondary)
This scheme will provide promising
young Aboriginal students the
opportunity to attend Guildford
Grammar School/Perth College.
Priority will be given to members of
our Traditional Owner groups but
the scheme will also be open to the
children of our family members of
the Fortescue workforce.
Fortescue Aboriginal Vocation
Scheme
Under this scheme there is capacity for
students to undertake an Aboriginal
School Based Traineeship (ASBT),
during which they will be encouraged
to complete years 11 and 12 while
completing a Certificate II. This
scheme will also be implemented via a
traineeship or an apprenticeship.
Fortescue Aboriginal Cadetship
Scheme
Aboriginal students enrolled at
university will be linked with Fortescue
and we will provide work placements
and ongoing employment once they
finish their studies.
Fortescue Aboriginal Leadership
Scheme
Frontline Manager Program
Current Aboriginal employees will
be selected by their management
team to undertake a Certificate IV in
Frontline Management.
Leadership Recognition Award
Aboriginal employees currently
working within Fortescue will be
recognised for their contribution and
dedication to the Vision and Values
of the company.
Fortescue Fresh Start Scheme
This project aims to provide
meaningful pre-employment
training to Aboriginal prisoners that
are within three months of release
from prison.
In order to ensure that the Five Start
Program is rolled out successfully
across our business, a maximum of
five places for each scheme will be
allocated by the end of 2013.
If you’d like further information
about the Five Start Program please
email Brendon Ah Chee – bahchee@
fmgl.com.au.
A Five Star talent -
Brennan Stack
“I’ve been at Fortescue for three
months now and I think it’s really
great. I’ve been working within the
Aboriginal Engagement Team and
have been well looked after. I’m doing
a traineeship in Business Cert III-IV.
In my first week at Fortescue I was
given a task from Brendon Ah Chee
who is the Manager of Aboriginal
Engagement. He told me to create
a design for the FIVE STAR Program.
This was a program that he came up
with. The FIVE STAR design is a Rock
Monitor from the Pilbara and the five
stars which can be found at the tip
of the tail and the feet represent the
five schemes but is also the Southern
Cross. I designed it to make it look like
the Rock Monitor is walking out of its
nesting hole.”
Ed’s note - There’s no end to
Brennan’s talents. The quietly spoken
new guy has played AFL footy and
currently plays for Perth in the WAFL.
He designed the commemorative
NAIDOC artwork in the centre of the
mag this month, winning us all over in
the process with his can-do attitude
and cheeky smile.
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Training for
the trains
In May 2012 Christopher
Turland cemented his
place in the Fortescue
story by becoming our
first qualified Indigenous
trainee driver. Hot on his
heels is Alfie Farrell, who
will soon join Chris on the
rail team when he finishes
his train driver traineeship.
Chris, a Hedland resident, completed
his train driver traineeship in March
2012 after just 15 months and is now
driving trains between Port Hedland
and Fortescue’s Cloudbreak and
Christmas Creek mines.
Prior to this, Chris worked at
Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine as a
dump truck operator and when he
heard the company was looking
for train drivers, he jumped at the
chance. “I did everything I could to
get my resume up to scratch so I
could have a shot at a train driver
traineeship,” Chris said.
“I have always been working around
big heavy machinery and they don’t
get much bigger than trains.”
Chris said although he thought
the field of applicants would be
competitive, he knew he had to try.
“I wanted to prove that given the
chance, anyone can make it.
“I would also really like to see more
Indigenous people get into rail
operations as it is great to see so
many filling up the ranks in other
parts of the company and doing a
damn good job at it.”
Alfie initially worked in the VTEC
Services Team as a carpenter
before being promoted to VTEC
Services Supervisor. In November
2010 he was accepted as a Trainee
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Alfie Farrell and Chris Turland
Locomotive Operator. He will pass
out (qualifiy) on 29 July.
Alfie was excited about being
accepted into the program. “I have
always wanted to become a train
driver. I had applied for a number
of trainee driver positions over
the years but without success.
When the position came up with
Fortescue I applied as quickly as
I could and was lucky to make it
through the recruitment process
as these are always very popular
positions,” he said, back in 2010.
“The trainees all come from diverse
working backgrounds so we put
our knowledge together to work as
a team to help each other through.
As a future qualified locomotive
operator I will definitely put my hand
up to be a mentor and hopefully we
see more trainees of all backgrounds
and both genders out here.”
As he neared the end of his training,
though, he was thinking more
globally. “The career opportunities
that have come with another
qualification is fantastic, I feel like I
can go anywhere in the world. I’ve
really enjoyed the training, the work
is varied, some days we’ll work on
the track and others in the yard, it
breaks things up and you get to use
your hands and feet a bit more.”
Congratulations Chris and Alfie – we
wish you many years of happiness on
the track!
Honouring
Indigenous
War Graves
Fortescue’s Chairman
Andrew Forrest has
accepted an invitation to be
the Patron of a wonderful
organisation called
Honouring Indigenous
War Graves Inc (HIWG).
Founded by John Schnaars,
an Indigenous Vietnam
veteran in 2005, the nonprofit
group has enabled
the acknowledgement of
more than 100 Indigenous
veterans across WA.
Aboriginal veterans were
often buried without
appropriate recognition for
their services during the
war. HIWG work with the
families of the Indigenous
servicemen to arrange
formal funeral services with
a proper headstone. These
efforts enable the families
and friends of Indigenous
servicemen to celebrate the
noble efforts of their loved
ones and honour their
memories with pride.
John’s ongoing
commitment to recognising
the sacrifices of our
Indigenous veterans is one
that he is passionate about.
“In my view, they were the
people who led the change
of history in Australia,
towards Aboriginals being
able to vote and have
rights. It’s for that reason, I
think, that we owe them a
lot,” he said.
More information about
HIWG can be found at
their website http://www.
hiwg2005.websyte.com.au/
site.cfm?/hiwg2005

Leah Torzyn from Print
Junction with Fortescue’s
Principal Aboriginal Advisor,
Heath Nelson.
Fortescue’s
commitment
to support
all Aboriginal
business
Fortescue’s Billion Opportunities
program is powering on with $580
million in contracts awarded to date
to Aboriginal contractors, and over
Up 4 It brings
healthy lifestyle
messages to
Pilbara schools
Fortescue’s VTEC team and Role
Models and Leaders Australia have
partnered for the fifth consecutive
year to bring Up 4 It, an Indigenous
school based program delivering
healthy messages and school
attendance incentives to remote
schools in the Pilbara.
During the first week of June,
the program visited schools
$400 million of that was in the last
nine months alone. The target is to
award a total of $1 billion by June
next year.
To ensure that it’s not only the
large Aboriginal businesses and
contractors who participate in the
Billion Opportunities program,
Fortescue recently became
a member of the Australian
Indigenous Minority Supplier
Council (AIMSC). The not-forprofit
membership body serves to
connect Australian corporate and
government organisations with
Indigenous business suppliers.
and communities in Yandeyarra,
Jigalong, Tom Price and Wakathuni
with former Fremantle Docker Des
Headland, former Perth Wildcat and
Melbourne Tigers basketball player
Marcus Timmons and ‘Bryte MC’ aka
Brian Lloyd who ran their respective
football, basketball and music
workshops with students.
Michelle Harding, a professional
makeup artist, also conducted
grooming and deportment classes
with students to help boost selfesteem
and promote self-care and
confidence.
AIMSC, which is funded by the
Australian Government Department
of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations, requires that
Indigenous business suppliers
are majority Indigenous owned,
managed and controlled.
A South Australian based printing
company called Print Junction has
recently been appointed as a new
vendor at Fortescue. Print Junction
is a small family owned Aboriginal
business with some large industry
credentials as winners of two gold
medals in the South Australia Printing
Industries Craftsmanship Awards.
“I’ve seen Up 4 It’s good work across
WA for a few years and was very
pleased that Fortescue was able to
bring the program to Tom Price,” said
Tom Price Senior High School Deputy
Principal Travis Hooper.
Damien Ardagh, VTEC Development
Manager said: “The focus of the
program is self-esteem, goal setting
and achievement delivered by
Indigenous and non-Indigenous role
models who visit the communities
and schools.”
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of hard work
We Fortescue folk are
made of tough stuff.
27,000 people entered the
Boston Marathon this year,
but more than a quarter
withdrew as temperatures
soared to an unbelievable
45 degrees on Monday, 16
April. Not Tegan Pigram,
an accountant in the Perth
office. She braved the heat
and kept putting one foot
in front of the other to cross
the line in 5hr and 14min.
Tegan was selected to take part
in Robert de Castella’s Indigenous
Marathon Project (IMP) in March
2011, just two weeks after she took
up running. “I was living in Como and
that seemed to be the quickest way
to get to work,” she said. “Then my
mum forwarded me an email that
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was going around at home about the
marathon project so I decided to try
out for it. I didn’t know at the time
how long a marathon was.”
When Tegan arrived in Boston, the
forecast heat was a hot topic of
conversation. (Ed’s note – sorry, we
couldn’t resist!). At the start line
the temperature was already at 32
degrees and the situation worsened,
with more than 200 runners being
taken to hospital during the race.
Having overcome injuries including
ITB (iliotibial band) friction and stress
fractures, Tegan was determined to
finish the race. She had a little help
Tegan at the start line with
Jamie Wunungmurra.
in that department from a mystery
runner called Jeremy, from Sydney.
Jeremy and Tegan kept each other
motivated as the kilometres clicked
by and the temperature soared; their
encouragement of each other is the
first thing she mentioned when we
asked what helped her during the
race.
Tegan describes the experience
of training with Rob de Castella as
being very special. “One of the best
moments over my year with IMP
was running through the streets of
Boston two days before the Boston
Marathon with Rob out the front
leading the way,” she said.
Did you Run for a Reason? Well done – you were one of more than 20,000
who took part in this worthwhile event, which raised more than $750,000 for
charity.
• Congrats to Barbara Giudici, who together with some friends raised
$2,210 towards breast cancer research and completed the Mother’s Day
Classic.
• Tegan Pigram ran an epic (hot!) Boston Marathon after completing Rob
de Castella’s Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP) training program.
• Well done Quentin Hooper who braved wild winter weather to
participate in the Lake Monger run on June 10.
Coming up: The Asics Run for Gold 5km/10km events – 22nd July. www.
wamc.org.au for details.
Have you had a moment of sporting triumph? Send us the details:
communications@fmgl.com.au

Bright future for Chichester Hub
On 29 May, Cloudbreak
hosted the third of
Fortescue’s Future Forums
at the Village, welcoming
Chairman Andrew Forrest,
CEO Nev Power and over
150 people from both
Cloudbreak and Christmas
Creek.
The forum, which also took place
in Port Hedland and Perth, was an
opportunity for everyone to come
together to talk about how we
can best strengthen and preserve
Fortescue’s vision and values as the
company continues to grow on the
path to T155.
Driving in from Rail Camp 195, where
he spent the night, Andrew Forrest
energised the crowd with his take on
what makes Fortescue’s culture so
unique, and spoke about the need to
welcome all people on Fortescue soil
into the Fortescue Family, no matter
what logo is on their shirt.
Describing an earlier encounter
with a friendly road train driver on
the Christmas Creek – Cloudbreak
road, Andrew said it was the passion,
enthusiasm and zest for their jobs
which set Fortescue’s employees and
contractors apart from the rest of the
mining crowd.
Guests also participated in a session
with Peter Meurs, Fortescue’s
Director of Development, during
which they learnt more about some
of the expansion activities underway
across our sites to ensure we meet
our 155mtpa target.
Linda Dawson, Fortescue’s GM
Human Resources took the group
through a session on preserving our
values, which saw participants break
off into discussion teams and then
present their ideas to the group for
consideration.
A number of employees also took to
the microphone for short cameos, to
explain why they came to work for
Fortescue and what they enjoy about
their role at Cloudbreak or Christmas
Creek.
Our CEO Nev Power echoed
Andrew’s thoughts about the
importance of the Fortescue Family,
saying all feedback submitted
via the recent Values survey had
been looked at, with all ideas and
suggestions being considered.
“We are listening to you through
the Values survey, through your
Supervisors and through events such
as the Future Forum. We want to help
you be as successful as you can be,”
said Nev.
General Manager Kevin McLean said “It
was great to see that no matter which
site people came from, everyone
is focused on the same things –
preserving the great sense of family
we have at Fortescue, recognising
that our people are our most precious
asset and giving them the information,
development opportunities,
recognition and empowerment to
perform at their best.”
With the success and popularity of
this event, Fortescue has decided
to hold a second Future Forum
at Cloudbreak later in the year to
enable other employees to attend.
Tim Graham, Project
Manager OBS shares his
Future Forum highlights –
1) Excellent to have a diverse
range of Fortescue people at
the event
2) Good to have all levels of
the organisation represented
3) Great to have passionate
and positive reinforcement
about why we work at FMG
4) Good communication
about what is happening in
other areas of the company.
5) Good forum to be able to
ask questions, and hear from
your peers about what their
thoughts are
6) Vision – without vision you
perish
7) Good innovations coming
through
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The innovations keep coming
at Cloudbreak
The second edition of
Innovations at Cloudbreak
magazine for 2012 is out
now!
This issue is the second in a series
of Innovations at Cloudbreak
magazines Cloudbreak’s Business
Improvement team is putting
together to celebrate some of
Cloudbreak’s most creative and
successful innovations for 2012.
The latest issue features great stories
like this one –
Ore Identification
Task - Ensuring the loading operators
are loading the correct materials.
Living the
Fortescue
spirit
In 2010 Fortescue awarded the
inaugural ‘Northern Sprits’ Bursaries,
each in honour of five special people
who lost their lives while employed
by Fortescue or our contracting
partners.
Nicole Cheeseman won the Nigel
Taylor Bursary for Health, Safety and
Environment in 2011. Nicole joined
the Fortescue Family in 2005 and is
described by her peers as passionate,
motivated and always looking for
new and better ways to solve a
problem or involve Fortescue people
in beneficial projects. We spoke to
her about her experience of the
Northern Spirits Bursary program.
Q - How did you learn about the
Northern Spirits Bursary and why
did you decide to participate?
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Tasha
Hawkins
holding
the colour
reference
chart.
Opportunity - Different qualities of
dirt are colour coded. The loading
operators get colours on their
screens, identifying the different
types of dirt in the loading area.
The problem is that the writing
A - I heard about the Northern
Spirits Bursary program through
the internal communications team
and through the previous year’s
candidate Kylee Stewart, my close
friend and work colleague.
I saw this opportunity as a great way
of being able to advance my own
development while being able to
honour Nigel’s memory.
Q - How has the bursary impacted
your role at Fortescue and you
personally?
A - The bursary program has enabled
me to develop my knowledge in
Health and Safety, my selected field
of work. Extending my education has
provided me with confidence in my
current role as I now have increased
my technical knowledge to support
my decisions.
I have also been able to develop a
friendship with Nigel’s family and
one of his friends who still works at
Fortescue. Being able to connect
with them shows Nigel’s memory
identifying the different qualities of
dirt are only abbreviations (i.e.HG
instead of High Grade), is very small
and gets diffused among the colours.
These issues make the colours hard
to identify and hence hard to read.
Solution - A simple colour chart on
which there is a full description of
each colour is given to the loader
drivers. The driver can now easily
recognise what they are handling
through referencing the colours on
the chart to the screen.
Result - Drivers can load faster.
They do not need to make enquiries
to Dispatch about the ore type,
reducing the possibility of mistakes.
Contact your site Communications
team to locate a hard copy, or read
the second issue on the Fortescue
Intranet.
is part of Fortescue and is not
forgotten.
Q - What advice would you give to
those considering applying for a
Bursary award?
A - To people that are thinking of
applying for a Bursary – just do it.
This is more than just education it is
a special experience and you will be
part of Fortescue history.
You will be able to develop your
skills and knowledge along with
continuing the memory of a fellow
Fortescue team member.
Nicole is Fortescue’s Major
Hazards Program Co-ordinator,
a 2011 Bursary winner and
Fortescue Legend!

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2012
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PROFILE:
Johanna
Hopfmueller
Over six and a half years
ago I turned up to a small
office at Fortescue House
in Kings Park Road. The
Environment Team needed
someone to sort out their
filing and Graeme (Rowley)
had approved a temp for
four weeks. On the third day
I had finished everything
and said “what can I do
next?” That’s pretty much
what I’ve been saying my
whole time here and stuff
keeps getting thrown at me.
Soon after, I was made permanent
in the Environment team as their
coordinator and did whatever
needed doing including preparing all
the management plans for approval
by the DEC for the Team45 Project.
I also took part in audits on site and
so was fortunate to experience the
beautiful country that is the Pilbara.
Fortescue Marshes during the wet
season is a sight to be seen, it really
comes alive. There were so many
different varieties of birds but I never
saw the infamous night parrot. I went
on a Heritage campout and learnt
more about the traditional owners
and their land. We were taken to
billabongs and a sacred site with a
lot of fantastic rock art and later than
night were treated to kangaroo stew.
Still one of my top five weekends ever.
In 2007 I started to do some small
projects for the then COO, Alan
Watling. I spent a lot more time up at
Cloudbreak and Port Hedland. Alan
was a good mentor and gave me the
opportunities I needed to learn more
about mining and what Fortescue
was really all about. I was lucky
enough to meet people in Mine, Rail
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and Port and learnt a lot about the
whole pit to port process.
I moved into the newly formed
Integrated Planning team as a
Rail Planning Officer under the
management of the mighty Barry
Knight. As a team we implemented
the Pit2Port system that we’re
still using today. Insert lots more
learning about mining processes and
planning here!
After a short time in that role, Alan
seconded me to Rail Projects for
two weeks to help John Dorotich,
Principal Rail Engineer. Doro is
an amazing man with a wealth of
knowledge on anything rail. Any
question I asked he answered.
And so began my love for heavy
haul rail. Two weeks turned into
years. Working with Doro involved
me in procurement of the Dash-
9 locomotives, ore cars, ballast
hoppers, rail train, ballast plough
and rail tank cars. I managed the
design and construction of the Mine
Fuel Supply facility at Rowley Yard.
When it was all done Doro stood
next to me and said “you did that”.
I was pretty happy with myself that
day. We went from T45 to Heng Shan
pretty quickly so there was always
plenty to be done in Rail. Working on
the heaviest haul railway in the world
is pretty damn satisfying.
After working on such intense
projects, I found I really enjoyed the
project management aspects and
decided to seek out opportunities to
further my knowledge and expand
on my education. I was lucky to be
presented a role within Sustaining
Capital Projects to develop and
implement a project delivery
process. Once it was all in place I
took up a Quality Assurance role on
delivered projects.
Peter (Thomas) walked by my
desk one day and said he needed
to build a fuel facility for the T155
Rail Expansion Project and was I
interested. I’ve been working on
the project for 18 months now and
manage all support Infrastructure.
“You can
achieve a
lot as an
individual
but you are
unstoppable
as a team.”
I’m working with a fantastic group
of people, who have so much
knowledge. We work really well
together and use each other’s
strengths to get the job done.
In another eight months when
the car maintenance workshop is
churning out wheel sets, the fuel
facility full of diesel and filling our
rail tankers, when the provisioning
building is provisioning our loco’s,
when Rail Ops personnel are working
away in their new office finally
feeling like they have a sense of place,
that’s when I’ll stand back and say “We
did that”!
Working at Fortescue has enabled
me to have more opportunities
than any other place I have worked.
Who else can say they have been
Santa’s Little Helper - not once but
twice. How I got talked into that I’ll
never know...Ann-Marie (Lowry)!
I’ve been a part of Welcome to
Hedland nights, South Hedland
Street Blitz, Newman Races, Hedland
Races, Care for Hedland initiatives,
VTEC graduations, countless
parties - Fortescue is really good
at celebrating the wins and there’s
been a few. It’s a dynamic place to
work so you have to be on your
toes to keep up with the changes.
Fantastic opportunities are there if
you want them, you get to know the
amazing people you work with. You
can achieve a lot as an individual but
you are unstoppable as a team.
That’s my story so far but there’s a
few more chapters to come...watch
this space!

It’s a knockout!
Fortescue recently
supported the Newman
Boxing Club’s charity
boxing match to help raise
funds for critical health
services that have a positive
impact on the Newman
community.
Fortescue’s Community Support
program provided $5,000 in
funding to the Newman Boxing
Club to host the charity boxing
match, which raised $18,000 in total
for St John Ambulance Australia
and Royal Flying Doctor Service.
“Fortescue is committed to
investing in the communities
in which we operate and we’re
pleased to have supported
Newman Boxing Club’s
fundraising activities for two
very worthy organisations,” said
Heath Sanderson, Fortescue’s
Superintendent Community/VTEC.
The charity boxing match attracted
local talent from Newman,
Karratha, Wickham and Port
Hedland. Close to 700 people
cheered on as competitors from 14
to 45 years of age took to the ring.
The event provided motivation
for improving the health of local
competitors with the Newman
amateur boxers training for up
to six months prior to the match.
One competitor shed 26 kilograms
leading up to the event.
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Aboriginal history, culture
and achievements
What’s coming up
in the next issue?
• Read about the Leading Edge Program.
• How are the Kookaburras going in London?
• What did you all do for NAIDOC Week?
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