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06<br />

From Cloudbreak to<br />

Canberra, Careen’s path<br />

highlights opportunity<br />

Full story page 23<br />

INSIDE <strong>Fortescue</strong> and Qantas<br />

off to a flying start<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Future Forum -<br />

Our future is bright<br />

<strong>Unlocking</strong> <strong>Potential</strong><br />

Family BBQ<br />

photos


A message from the CEO<br />

Welcome family and friends<br />

to our latest issue of The<br />

Breakthrough. In the last issue<br />

we looked at some fantastic<br />

milestones already achieved<br />

by our <strong>Fortescue</strong> Family this<br />

year and I’m pleased to tell<br />

you that in the past few weeks<br />

we’ve continued to shine. We<br />

all remain strongly focused<br />

on progressing to ‘Being 155’<br />

and we’re proving again and<br />

again that we are capable of<br />

tremendous teamwork and<br />

achievements.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> is renowned for breaking<br />

records. That theme resonates<br />

again throughout this issue of<br />

Breakthrough. Setting the bar<br />

extremely high are our Port and Rail<br />

teams. First, we celebrated when<br />

Port achieved a new inload record<br />

of 1,450,405 tonnes in the first week<br />

of May, a result that was achieved<br />

with the support of our hard working<br />

Operations teams at Cloudbreak and<br />

Christmas Creek. This was a great<br />

team effort from the entire supply<br />

chain – well done!<br />

Following the inload record, our<br />

Rail team achieved a perfect result<br />

of zero non-compliance reports<br />

in their recent annual audit by the<br />

Office of Rail Safety. I believe that<br />

it is our open minded approach to<br />

innovation and thinking outside the<br />

square that enables us to achieve<br />

these amazing results.<br />

2<br />

A great example of the fact that<br />

innovation is alive and well within<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> is an award won by our<br />

Water team, led by Doug Brown,<br />

for the Operations/Management<br />

Category of the 2012 Project<br />

Innovations Awards (PIA) at the<br />

Asia Pacific Regional Awards, for<br />

their Cloudbreak Managed Aquifer<br />

Recharge Scheme. Congratulations<br />

to everyone involved in this<br />

exciting project. It demonstrates<br />

our commitment to sustaining our<br />

environment as well as achieving our<br />

production targets.<br />

Achieving all of our targets safely<br />

is a key aim. This past year has<br />

seen a significant increase in our<br />

commitment to safety; we have<br />

incorporated safety into all of our<br />

pre-start meetings and we highlight<br />

the risks of our industry through<br />

the Major Hazards Program and<br />

ongoing Job Hazard Analysis. This<br />

commitment paid off when we<br />

recorded a 63% improvement in<br />

our Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate<br />

and a 35% improvement in our<br />

Total Recordable Injury Frequency<br />

Rate over the past financial year. I<br />

encourage you to continue to work<br />

as a team, stay alert and strive for an<br />

ongoing improvement in our safety<br />

performance.<br />

At the core of our business success is<br />

our strong, vibrant culture. I attended<br />

the Future Forum in Port Hedland in<br />

late April where, following the first<br />

Future Forum in Perth in December<br />

2011, we continued the process of<br />

capturing and developing the most<br />

important aspects of our culture.<br />

More than 100 representatives from<br />

the Port and Rail teams gathered<br />

to talk about our culture, about<br />

preparing to be 155 ready and how<br />

“We to maintain are and the strengthen change our<br />

tight knit family values as <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

we seek” - BARACK OBAMA<br />

continues to grow in both volume<br />

and complexity.<br />

I’m thrilled to report that our culture<br />

is absolutely outstanding. Our<br />

people in Port Hedland told me they<br />

are proud to wear the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

colours and the overwhelming<br />

messages from the workshops<br />

were of family, naturally flowing<br />

teamwork, community spirit,<br />

innovation and empowerment. One<br />

of the highlights for me was hearing<br />

one of our people say that working<br />

for <strong>Fortescue</strong> combines “a sense<br />

of light-heartedness with a steely<br />

determination”. I encourage each of<br />

you to approach every day with this<br />

excellent attitude.<br />

Thank you all for your ongoing<br />

hard work. We remain committed<br />

to achieving our 155mtpa targets<br />

on time and on budget and most<br />

importantly, safely.<br />

Enjoy this Breakthrough, which is full<br />

of stories about our people and our<br />

successes.


LEFT TO RIGHT: Nev Power, Martine Martin, Guy<br />

Tuxworth, Gina Gill and Steve Fewster from <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

with Ian Gay and Hugh Davin from Qantas.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

and Qantas<br />

off to a flying<br />

start<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s agreement with<br />

Qantas to provide air services to<br />

all of our sites commenced with<br />

the first direct flight to Solomon<br />

on Monday 23 April.<br />

Cloudbreak passengers were<br />

next with the first Qantas flight<br />

landing at the <strong>Fortescue</strong> Dave<br />

Forrest Aerodrome on Monday<br />

30 April.<br />

The exciting new service brings<br />

many benefits for all of our travellers,<br />

including the opportunity for all<br />

of our employees and contractors<br />

to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer<br />

points, online check in and through<br />

checking of baggage when you<br />

travel from interstate.<br />

Port Hedland travellers will move to<br />

Qantas next, on Friday 1 July.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s Scheduling<br />

Superintendent, Louise Wai, was at<br />

Perth airport during the transition<br />

weeks and is thrilled with the<br />

smooth beginning. “Everyone has<br />

adapted really well to the new checkin<br />

arrangements and we’ve received<br />

positive feedback from the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Family about the change,” she said.<br />

“We look forward to an extremely<br />

successful partnership with Qantas in<br />

the years to come.”<br />

The commencement of Qantas<br />

charter flights to Solomon and<br />

Cloudbreak is the culmination of<br />

months of hard work and planning<br />

by teams across our business. Special<br />

thanks to volunteers from the<br />

Communications, Human Resources<br />

and Flights teams who arrived at<br />

the Perth airport at 4am every day<br />

during the first two weeks of service<br />

to provide support to our travellers.<br />

Great work team!<br />

3<br />

A Qantas Link plane at<br />

Cloudbreak.


Our future is bright<br />

Port Hedland’s Future<br />

Forum was held at the<br />

Walkabout Hotel on Friday,<br />

27 April. The two sessions<br />

proved both popular and<br />

successful, leaving no doubt<br />

that our culture is lively<br />

and strong; our <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Family is ready to Be155.<br />

4<br />

Workshops at the sessions brought<br />

consistent messages from all<br />

participants – words like family,<br />

mateship, leadership, empowerment,<br />

innovation, enthusiasm. Phrases like<br />

‘the vibe’, ‘natural teamwork’, and<br />

‘community spirit’ also appeared on<br />

the flipcharts.<br />

Our Port and Rail teams are proud to<br />

wear the <strong>Fortescue</strong> colours around<br />

town and they enjoy being shown<br />

respect in the workplace for their<br />

skills and ability. Many participants<br />

praised <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s ‘think outside the<br />

box’ approach and the support they<br />

receive for innovative ideas.<br />

Future Forum is coming soon to your<br />

site, but in the meantime we hope<br />

you enjoy these images and updates<br />

from across the T155 expansion<br />

project.


Christmas Creek<br />

4 stackers<br />

reclaimers<br />

7000<br />

contributors<br />

1train loader<br />

2 train<br />

unloaders<br />

$8.4 bn<br />

spend<br />

2 ship<br />

loaders<br />

3ROM pads<br />

OPFs<br />

stockyards<br />

2 airstrips<br />

At a glance<br />

300km<br />

of rail<br />

of roads<br />

of pipelines<br />

45km<br />

of conveyors<br />

98 turnouts<br />

Production to increase by 180%<br />

155mtpa by June 2013<br />

5


Second and third train unloader<br />

bridges under construction.<br />

Port Expansion<br />

(Project Director - Peter Thomas)<br />

$2.4 bn 1200<br />

original budget<br />

31 Mar<br />

2012<br />

60<br />

6<br />

people 15contractors<br />

30 Sept<br />

2012<br />

90<br />

31 Dec<br />

2012<br />

120<br />

*120mtpa priority allocation, 35mtpa accessing D Class capacity<br />

June<br />

2013<br />

155<br />

mtpa mtpa mtpa mtpa*


Rail Expansion<br />

(Project Director - Peter Thomas)<br />

$2.2<br />

30 Sept<br />

2012<br />

Mainline<br />

Upgraded<br />

90<br />

mtpa<br />

1500<br />

bn<br />

><br />

people 10contractors<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>, WPCS and Macmahon staff inspect the handover of the<br />

first section of the 129-kilometre Solomon Rail Spur formation.<br />

30 Nov<br />

2012<br />

Rail to<br />

Solomon<br />

120<br />

mtpa<br />

*120mtpa priority allocation, 35mtpa accessing D Class capacity<br />

7<br />

31 Jan<br />

2013<br />

Expansion<br />

complete<br />

155<br />

mtpa*


OVERSIZE<br />

Train load out bin and<br />

associated infrastrucuture<br />

making its way to Solomon<br />

from Port Hedland<br />

8


Christmas Creek Phase 2<br />

(Project Director - Mark Skelton)<br />

$1.1<br />

bn<br />

1500 ><br />

people 11contractors<br />

Mar 2012 Sept 2012 Dec 2012 March 2013<br />

Pre-strip<br />

mining<br />

commences<br />

10<br />

First ore to<br />

stockpile<br />

CCP2<br />

CCP2<br />

100%<br />

23mtpa - CC1<br />

27mtpa - CC2<br />

5mtpa - BCI<br />

Jigging<br />

plant<br />

Christmas Creek’s<br />

second ore processing<br />

facility is taking shape.


Earthworks at the Solomon Hub<br />

are moving at a cracking pace.<br />

Train load out<br />

construction.<br />

Solomon Hub<br />

(Project Director - Blake Cannavo /<br />

Anthony Kirke)<br />

$2.7<br />

3500<br />

Bn ><br />

people 30contractors<br />

Mar 2012 Oct 2012 Jan 2013 Jun 2013<br />

Pre-strip<br />

mining<br />

commences,<br />

TSF<br />

Firetail<br />

first ore on<br />

stockpile<br />

60mtpa<br />

by June 13<br />

Kings first<br />

ore on<br />

stockpile<br />

119<br />

Solomon<br />

nameplate<br />

capacity<br />

achieved


Welcome<br />

back, Heath<br />

Heath Sanderson, his wife Sasha<br />

and their kids Kelvan and Angus<br />

are getting ready to settle into<br />

life in Newman, where Heath<br />

is the new Superintendent<br />

Community/VTEC.<br />

Heath returns to <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

after a two year secondment<br />

between 2009 and 2011 with<br />

the Australian Children’s Trust<br />

as the Men’s Shed Manager in<br />

Fitzroy Crossing. During that<br />

time Heath worked closely<br />

with <strong>Fortescue</strong> and Downer EDI<br />

Mining, training 25 Indigenous<br />

operators for the Christmas<br />

Creek Operations.<br />

The Superintendent<br />

Community/VTEC role will<br />

see Heath liaising with<br />

the community and local<br />

governments, establishing<br />

Community Development and<br />

VTEC programs and helping<br />

to ensure <strong>Fortescue</strong> is a<br />

responsible corporate citizen<br />

that is welcomed by the town of<br />

Newman.<br />

He’s looking forward to<br />

returning to the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

family. “I enjoy a challenge and<br />

love being part of programs<br />

that change people’s lives and<br />

make regional towns better<br />

places to live,” he said.<br />

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Rail ops fully<br />

compliant!<br />

The recent audit<br />

of <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s<br />

Rail operations<br />

returned an<br />

incredible result<br />

of zero noncompliance<br />

for<br />

Bob Pemberton,<br />

Rail Accreditation Manager and his<br />

team. Congratulations to you all.<br />

Here, Bob outlines what zero noncompliance<br />

means for the Rail team:<br />

1. Confidence that every member<br />

of the <strong>Fortescue</strong> Family at Rail<br />

(employee and contractor) will safely<br />

go home to their family at the end of<br />

their shift.<br />

2. That the safety culture at Rail is<br />

strong and getting stronger.<br />

That we have good leaders and<br />

supervisors on the job who<br />

demonstrate good behaviours<br />

everyday and lead by example.<br />

3. That we are continuously<br />

improving as an organisation.<br />

4. That a target of zero noncompliance<br />

is achievable if<br />

everybody works together as a team.


South Hedland Swans flying<br />

high with <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Swans number 1 in 2012!<br />

LEFT TO RIGHT: <strong>Fortescue</strong> Operations Supervisor Port, Ross Barlow; Swans President, Ian Ingham; Swans League Coach, Troy<br />

Ugle and <strong>Fortescue</strong> General Manager Port, Gerhard Veldsman with the <strong>Fortescue</strong> South Hedland Swans 2012 League Team.<br />

On Saturday 5 May<br />

Hedland’s <strong>Fortescue</strong> Family<br />

celebrated the official<br />

launch of the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

sponsored South Hedland<br />

Swans Football Club and<br />

the jumper presentation of<br />

the 2012 League team at<br />

Kevin Scott Oval.<br />

The much anticipated derby<br />

between <strong>Fortescue</strong> South Hedland<br />

Swans and Port Hedland Rovers<br />

provided the perfect platform for<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s General Manager Port,<br />

Gerhard Veldsman to officially launch<br />

the <strong>Fortescue</strong> South Hedland Swans<br />

and present the League players with<br />

their new <strong>Fortescue</strong> branded jumper<br />

and player pack.<br />

The club welcomed <strong>Fortescue</strong> staff<br />

and their families along with local<br />

families to join in the celebrations,<br />

hosting a pre-match AFL clinic for<br />

the kids lead by the Swans players<br />

and coaching staff. Jumping castles<br />

were also on site to keep the kids<br />

entertained before and during the<br />

match.<br />

Now part of the wider <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

family, the Swans are benefiting from<br />

the generous support of <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

volunteers at home games to set up,<br />

pack up, run the canteen and provide<br />

water to players during the games.<br />

Port team members Rachel Wilson<br />

(nee Magee), Andrea Lockyer, Temira<br />

James, Jody Holland, Jessie Ielati<br />

and John Vuckovich (and his lovely<br />

wife) ensured the Swans canteen ran<br />

smoothly at the big event, while Port<br />

Operations Supervisor, Ross Barlow<br />

provided assistance during the<br />

jumper presentation. Cloudbreak’s<br />

Indigenous Development<br />

Coordinators, Terry Jaffrey and Rob<br />

Solin also pitched in, making the trip<br />

to South Hedland to be involved and<br />

lend a helping hand.<br />

Lead by <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s Hedland<br />

Community Team, the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

South Hedland Swans event was a<br />

great success with a strong turnout.<br />

The <strong>Fortescue</strong> South Hedland<br />

Swans will be flying high into the<br />

remainder of the 2012 North Pilbara<br />

Football League season buoyed by<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s support.<br />

13


December 2013<br />

$580m<br />

May 2012<br />

35<br />

Contracts Awarded<br />

14<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> and NEMM in<br />

Historic Contract Signing<br />

As part of our vision for<br />

social and economic<br />

community sustainability<br />

and wellbeing for<br />

Aboriginal people, we<br />

are well on our way to<br />

achieving our ‘Billion<br />

Opportunities’ target<br />

- to award $1 billion in<br />

contracts for Aboriginal<br />

contractors, including Joint<br />

Ventures, by 2013.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> marked an historic<br />

milestone in this journey at<br />

Cloudbreak recently, with the joint<br />

signing of a multimillion dollar<br />

Contract Agreement with Nyiyaparli<br />

Engineering and Mine Maintenance<br />

Pty <strong>Ltd</strong> (NEMM).<br />

NEMM is a new business established<br />

by members of the Bung Family who<br />

are also members of the Nyiyaparli<br />

Native Title <strong>Group</strong> (NNTG). NNTG<br />

signed a Land Access Agreement<br />

(LAA) with <strong>Fortescue</strong> in 2005.<br />

NEMM Directors, Bruce, Sue and<br />

Cynthia Bung, visited Cloudbreak to<br />

mark the occasion with <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Chairman Andrew Forrest and<br />

Cloudbreak General Manager, Kevin<br />

McLean.<br />

Bruce, who is a traditional elder<br />

of the Nyiyaparli country, treated<br />

guests to a ‘welcome to country’<br />

address at the event, during which<br />

he spoke of his family’s commitment<br />

to prosperity for the next generation<br />

of Nyiyaparli people, and the wider<br />

Aboriginal community.<br />

“We have <strong>Fortescue</strong> to thank for this<br />

golden opportunity. Just like the old<br />

saying goes – ‘from little things, big<br />

things grow’, and we’re excited about<br />

what the future holds,” said Bruce.<br />

“We want to wake up the local<br />

Aboriginal community and our<br />

message is clear – you have to get<br />

out there and make it happen”.<br />

Sue explained the early beginnings<br />

of NEMM on their front porch in<br />

Newman.<br />

“It all started one day out there on<br />

the porch, just sitting there thinking<br />

about how we were sick of the<br />

welfare system and our family not<br />

getting anywhere,” said Sue.<br />

“We didn’t know much about<br />

business, but we thought, why not<br />

– let’s have a go. We wanted to put<br />

something back into the Aboriginal<br />

community to lift them and show<br />

them that it can be done”, Cynthia<br />

added.<br />

“This is just the beginning and there<br />

will be obstacles along the way,<br />

but we know that <strong>Fortescue</strong> will be<br />

there to support us, no matter what<br />

happens”.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Chairman Andrew Forrest<br />

said the agreement represented<br />

a special milestone for Aboriginal<br />

people everywhere.<br />

“I’m so proud of the Bung family<br />

for their commitment and<br />

determination to realising their<br />

business ambitions. This really is<br />

just such a positive and inspiring<br />

example of a family moving away<br />

from the welfare cycle, and into a<br />

sustainable, self determining way of<br />

living,” he said.


Message Stick new provider<br />

of Teleconferencing<br />

The most recent contract in<br />

our Billion Opportunities<br />

program was signed in mid<br />

April with the Aboriginal<br />

owned and operated<br />

telecommunication<br />

provider Message Stick,<br />

who will provide <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s<br />

teleconferencing service on<br />

all sites.<br />

So far $580 million has been awarded<br />

via 35 contracts and sub-contracts<br />

with Aboriginal owned businesses<br />

that range from small familybased<br />

to large community-based<br />

organisations. The three year service<br />

agreement was established following<br />

a trial period, when <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s CIO<br />

Vito Forte was satisfied the service<br />

was beneficial to <strong>Fortescue</strong>.<br />

“We’re really pleased to award this<br />

telecommunications contract to<br />

an Aboriginal owned and operated<br />

company. They’ve shown they are a<br />

solid choice throughout the recent<br />

trial period.<br />

“This teleconferencing option<br />

supports our rapidly expanding<br />

operations ability to collaborate with<br />

their partners. The Message Stick<br />

options means that you can dial<br />

into a conference call with external<br />

parties from any location, providing<br />

you have been provided with an<br />

account from IT,” said Vito.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Chairman Andrew Forrest<br />

and Message Stick CEO Michael<br />

McLeod met in Sydney to sign the<br />

formal agreement.<br />

South Hedland VTEC graduates<br />

to join the Cloudbreak team<br />

A VTEC graduation was held at<br />

the Pilbara Institute Pundulmurra<br />

Campus in South Hedland on<br />

Monday, 2 April for a class of 12<br />

trainees who had recently completed<br />

VTEC’s six week pre-employment<br />

training program.<br />

To become fully qualified Mobile<br />

Plant Operators with a Certificate II<br />

in Surface Extraction, the graduates<br />

will undertake two weeks of further<br />

training in Perth with Aus-Com<br />

Training Services, before mobilising<br />

to Cloudbreak where they will join<br />

the Operations team.<br />

Director Operations Jamie<br />

Frankcombe welcomed the<br />

graduates to the <strong>Fortescue</strong> family<br />

and encouraged them to embrace<br />

the new skills they’ve learned and<br />

the great opportunities the skills will<br />

bring to them.<br />

Also present at the graduation<br />

were members of <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s<br />

Aboriginal Employment Review<br />

Steering Committee, an initiative<br />

designed to enable pathways to<br />

employment for Aboriginal people.<br />

Message Stick CEO Michael McLeod with<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Chairman Andrew Forrest<br />

“Signing a contract with Andrew<br />

Forrest was a rare treat as he is such a<br />

staunch supporter of the movement<br />

towards Indigenous economic<br />

independence,” said Michael McLeod.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> staff can contact the<br />

IT Service Desk to request a<br />

teleconference account number<br />

then use this from any telephone<br />

or mobile device to connect with<br />

external parties.<br />

Committee Chairman Kevin McLean<br />

congratulated the graduates<br />

and also as General Manager<br />

Cloudbreak, welcomed the group,<br />

who are mostly local to Hedland and<br />

traditional owners of the area, to the<br />

Cloudbreak team.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s VTEC team would like<br />

to thank the Pilbara Institute for<br />

their partnership and support<br />

in delivering the six week preemployment<br />

training program.<br />

The VTEC graduates with members of the <strong>Fortescue</strong> team<br />

15


PROFILE:<br />

Mark Tazewell<br />

Infrastructure Manager,<br />

Infrastructure Services<br />

My background is in Facilities<br />

Management. An electrician<br />

by trade, I spent many years<br />

in the Goldfields before<br />

running my own business<br />

in Perth for 10 years. After<br />

selling the business in 1998 I<br />

pursued a career in Facilities<br />

Management that seemed to<br />

fit with my skill set and gave<br />

me a sense of work that I<br />

enjoyed.<br />

This proved to be a good move and<br />

returned me to the Goldfields and<br />

Gascoyne for a number of years with<br />

Contract and Management Services,<br />

where I enjoyed working with<br />

remote communities and travelling<br />

through outback WA.<br />

I returned to Perth in late 2001<br />

and spent three years on Rottnest<br />

Island as Operations Coordinator for<br />

Transfield Services. A return to the<br />

Pilbara in 2004 working for Pilbara<br />

Iron as a contractor connected me to<br />

the resource industry.<br />

I arrived at <strong>Fortescue</strong> in February<br />

2007. I was initially based at the<br />

16<br />

Racecourse in Newman, which was<br />

the hub of activity for <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

whilst exploration continued and<br />

construction of Cloudbreak was<br />

under way. I came on a three month<br />

secondment from Pilbara Iron to<br />

manage the Racecourse and get<br />

a development program up and<br />

running.<br />

The Racecourse facilitated a host of<br />

services in and out of site prior to<br />

the aerodrome and T45 construction<br />

works being completed. If it was<br />

going to Cloudbreak it came through<br />

Newman. In those early days of 2007,<br />

we trucked drinking water, mail,<br />

construction and operating materials<br />

and facilitated all personnel going<br />

to site, all while establishing a small<br />

camp at the Racecourse to support<br />

the development of the Pilot Plant<br />

project for Resource Strategy.<br />

I was only on board six weeks when<br />

Cyclone George impacted the<br />

operation and our Newman based<br />

team proved to be instrumental<br />

in relaying information to the<br />

management team in Perth. We<br />

played a major part in tracking<br />

people through the cyclone and<br />

getting them out. I was asked to<br />

fly with Dave Forrest to survey the<br />

project along the rail corridor to<br />

Hedland the morning after the<br />

cyclone had gone through, and<br />

report back to Andrew and the<br />

management team.<br />

We hadn’t slept for a couple of days<br />

but I will always remember how the<br />

adrenalin kicked in when we reached<br />

the heavily impacted area of Camp 1<br />

on the rail corridor and saw the raw<br />

damage that the cyclone had left in<br />

its wake.<br />

George left its indelible impact on<br />

all those who shared the experience.<br />

From that adversity, though, strong<br />

relationships were forged and as<br />

life got back to normal my initial<br />

contract was coming to an end. A<br />

three month extension was offered<br />

and I accepted, as <strong>Fortescue</strong> was<br />

beginning to feel like home for me.<br />

After that second three months, I was<br />

offered and accepted a permanent<br />

position with <strong>Fortescue</strong>. Not long<br />

after that I met my wife Yoland, we<br />

married and welcomed our son<br />

Ethan in late 2008. We live on half an<br />

acre in the hills village of Darlington<br />

with a couple of cats, the elusive<br />

bandicoots, several kookaburras and<br />

about another year of renovations to<br />

complete.<br />

In mid 2009 I transferred to the Perth<br />

office to be part of the development<br />

of the Facilities Management team<br />

(now Infrastructure Services) and<br />

from a small group we developed<br />

into a major business unit within<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>, managing an increasing<br />

scope of services and contracts.<br />

My role sees me with interests in<br />

many areas within the business, but<br />

as we head toward 155mtpa my<br />

focus is on the key areas of Diesel<br />

Fuel, Potable and Waste water, minor<br />

works and Special Projects. From<br />

2012 on we will look closely at the<br />

development of waste management<br />

and recycling.<br />

I feel very fortunate over the past<br />

five years to have been a part of<br />

the <strong>Fortescue</strong> story, the people,<br />

the cut and thrust of how we roll<br />

and the excitement of what lies<br />

ahead. <strong>Fortescue</strong> isn’t for everyone,<br />

it’s fast, ever evolving and always<br />

changing, but it delivers a challenge<br />

and an environment that keeps us<br />

wondering “how will we do it?”... and<br />

then the satisfaction and pride when<br />

we reach our goals.<br />

Cherish the experience to be a part<br />

of <strong>Fortescue</strong> if you can. I turn 50 this<br />

year, and have never seen this type<br />

of opportunity or project before in<br />

my career, and wonder if it will ever<br />

be repeated. It really is Australian<br />

history in the making, and how<br />

often do we as individuals get to<br />

make history? As we grow, new faces<br />

emerge and old ones slip away, but<br />

the stories will live on and the pages<br />

of the <strong>Fortescue</strong> story will be here for<br />

our children and beyond.


Our Northern<br />

Spirit<br />

A Cyclone George memorial<br />

sculpture has been installed<br />

at Christmas Creek village.<br />

A big thank you goes to the<br />

Infrastructure Services team who<br />

keep our villages looking like an<br />

oasis of green in the red dirt.<br />

In 2010 <strong>Fortescue</strong> awarded the<br />

inaugural ‘Northern Spirits’ Bursaries,<br />

in honour of five special members of<br />

the <strong>Fortescue</strong> Family who lost their<br />

lives while employed by <strong>Fortescue</strong> or<br />

our contracting partners.<br />

Nominations for this year’s Bursaries<br />

will open in May, so keep an eye<br />

out for communications about the<br />

program.<br />

Introducing our<br />

extended <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Family<br />

Our Shanghai office now boasts eight<br />

team members working in roles covering<br />

marketing, procurement and the<br />

magnetite project.<br />

Isaac Jin, Amanda Xia, Jdai, Jennifer Zhou,<br />

Pauline Sullivan (visiting from the Perth<br />

office), Sea Mei, Ivy Wang, Wendy Ma,<br />

Timmy Guo.<br />

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Sunshine and<br />

fun times by<br />

the river<br />

More than 800 members of our<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> family enjoyed the recent<br />

Family BBQs which were held at<br />

the Matilda Bay foreshore. We were<br />

blessed with beautiful weather, great<br />

food and excellent company for both<br />

events. Thanks to everyone who<br />

came, we hope you all had a great<br />

time.<br />

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Anthony Taggart and Liam De Souza from Environment holding up a bulker blanket, with the<br />

original bulker bags in the background.<br />

At Cloudbreak, it’s in the bag<br />

On a daily basis Downer<br />

Blasting use between 50<br />

and 100 1.2 tonne bulker<br />

bags, filled with ammonia<br />

nitrate to conduct blasting.<br />

Traditionally the bulker bags<br />

were emptied and taken to<br />

landfill to be disposed of.<br />

The Cloudbreak Environment team<br />

saw an opportunity to recycle the<br />

bags and turn them into high quality<br />

blankets. With the help of Paul Dunn<br />

from Environmental Enterprises WA,<br />

the two teams joined forces to bring<br />

the idea to life.<br />

The bulker bags are stored and<br />

periodically freighted to Perth, where<br />

Paul collects the stock of used bags<br />

and ships them free of charge to an<br />

Indonesian company. In Indonesia<br />

100% of each bag’s body plastic is<br />

recycled and turned into high quality<br />

Lucky Lizard!<br />

A Perth commercial laundry worker got<br />

quite a shock last month when a shipment of<br />

laundry from Karntama Village was opened<br />

and this little stowaway was exposed. After<br />

a quick break in the big smoke the Spiny<br />

Tailed Monitor lizard found his way home.<br />

Environmental Superintendent Ian Williams<br />

released him back into the bush. “He wasn’t<br />

too keen to leave his box at first but once he<br />

did he took off quickly,” he said.<br />

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picnic rugs and bedding blankets.<br />

This process is at no cost to<br />

Cloudbreak, with thanks to Paul<br />

Dunn who manages the majority<br />

of the recycling program. After a<br />

45-60 day turnaround, half of the<br />

finished product is sent back to Perth<br />

for <strong>Fortescue</strong>, and the remaining<br />

half of the finished product is kept<br />

by the Indonesian manufacturer as<br />

payment for their services.<br />

“Paul deserves a lot of credit for this<br />

innovation and its success, without<br />

his help it would not have been<br />

possible,” said Anthony Taggart,<br />

Environmental Technician.<br />

The finished product will either be<br />

sold by <strong>Fortescue</strong>, with the proceeds<br />

going to a charity, or donated<br />

directly to a charity for distribution.<br />

Congratulations to all those involved<br />

with this outstanding venture.<br />

100 Innovations<br />

and counting at<br />

Cloudbreak...<br />

Cloudbreak is celebrating 100<br />

of its best and most successful<br />

innovations for 2012 by<br />

publishing a series of magazines<br />

showcasing their ideas.<br />

And the first edition of<br />

Innovations at Cloudbreak 2012 is<br />

out now!<br />

Although the aim is to publish 100<br />

innovations, there are so many<br />

outstanding ideas created by<br />

employees and contractors this<br />

number may well be surpassed.<br />

As well as allowing our<br />

innovators to be recognised<br />

and acknowledged for their<br />

work, the magazine provides<br />

an opportunity for everyone<br />

in <strong>Fortescue</strong> to share the<br />

innovations. It’s a great way to<br />

understand how problems are<br />

being solved with a bit of creative<br />

thinking.<br />

Go to the Innovations at<br />

Cloudbreak news item page<br />

on the Intranet to view a copy,<br />

or if you would like a hard<br />

copy, contact the Business<br />

Improvement Department on<br />

9176 6345.


Section 44 training is “a<br />

game changer” understanding of their roles and<br />

In April 2011 <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

determined that all<br />

supervisory personnel would<br />

be appointed in line with<br />

Section 43/44 of the Mines<br />

Safety and Inspection Act.<br />

Through its HSES team Cloudbreak<br />

has provided support for this training<br />

to other <strong>Fortescue</strong> sites as a means of<br />

ensuring consistency for this training<br />

across our business.<br />

The course provides an insight<br />

into the responsibilities and<br />

accountabilities of roles for both<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> staff and contractors and<br />

more than 1,050 personnel have<br />

been trained so far. Participants<br />

have found the training both<br />

comprehensive and enjoyable,<br />

providing them with a great<br />

responsibilities.<br />

Hierarchy road rules<br />

On 7 November 2012, Cloudbreak’s<br />

road rules are changing from WA<br />

road rules to hierarchy rules in<br />

Cloudbreak’s active mining area.<br />

The change is being made<br />

to provide a safer operating<br />

environment due to the narrow<br />

line of vision operators have from<br />

their machinery.<br />

Hierarchy road rules comprise:<br />

• A dump truck will always have<br />

right of way unless there is an<br />

emergency vehicle with lights<br />

and sirens activated<br />

• When two or more dump trucks<br />

are at an intersection, give way to<br />

the left-hand side at all times<br />

Other feedback and actions have<br />

demonstrated that a culture change<br />

has commenced in supervisory<br />

management, as personnel begin to<br />

understand and come to grips with<br />

their roles and responsibilities. This<br />

can only auger well for the future of<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>.<br />

A very pleasing aspect of the training<br />

has been the incredible take-up<br />

by our contractor partners on the<br />

various sites and their ongoing<br />

requests for the program to roll out<br />

through their own companies.<br />

For more information about<br />

the course please contact the<br />

Safety team at Cloudbreak<br />

safetyadmincloudbreak@fmgl.com.au.<br />

• Ancillary surface mining<br />

equipment (SME) must give way to<br />

haul trucks at all times<br />

• Light vehicle gives way to SME at<br />

all times<br />

• The only time WA road rules apply<br />

is when two light vehicles are at<br />

an intersection, otherwise the<br />

hierarchy rule will apply.<br />

A comprehensive training and<br />

communications package has<br />

been developed for all drivers/<br />

operators working in Cloudbreak’s<br />

active mining area, with training to<br />

commence in July 2012<br />

Cloudbreak Mining Manager Richard<br />

Kerrison is overseeing the transition.<br />

“We are doing this with the aim<br />

of introducing a different system<br />

of work to reduce and eventually<br />

eliminate near miss interactions<br />

between heavy and light vehicles,”<br />

said Richard.<br />

“One of our greatest sportswomen,<br />

Vicki Wilson, once said if you<br />

always do what you’ve always<br />

done, you will always get what you<br />

always got.<br />

“And this is true, we need to do<br />

something different to manage our<br />

traffic interaction within the active<br />

mine.<br />

“It is a completely new system of<br />

work for us. We acknowledge this<br />

is a big change, which is why we’ve<br />

started to build awareness and<br />

understanding early.”<br />

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Some rave reviews for<br />

Section 44 training:<br />

It was one of the most<br />

informative sessions I have<br />

been on regarding mine<br />

regulations. Great job! The<br />

team should get a lot from<br />

the training. - Ron<br />

This was one of the most<br />

useful courses attended<br />

at FMG since 4 years and<br />

a bit. The reason is simply<br />

the empowerment received<br />

at the end of the course<br />

and I believe that this<br />

course should not only be<br />

directed to Supervisors or<br />

“Appointed Persons” but all<br />

employees! - Juan<br />

This course is a game<br />

changer. - Wayne


ABOVE: <strong>Fortescue</strong> Chairman Andrew Forrest greets Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang.<br />

BELOW: Andrew chats to The Honourable Julie Bishop MP, Former Chinese Vice Premier Zeng<br />

Peiyan and Secretary General for Boao Forum Zhou Wenzhong.<br />

Boao Forum for Asia<br />

Founded in 2001 with the first<br />

meeting held in 2002, the<br />

Boao Forum brings together<br />

government, business and<br />

academic leaders from all<br />

over the world.<br />

Held in Hainan Province, China,<br />

the Forum facilitates discussion on<br />

a wide range of topics centered<br />

around society, economic<br />

integration, a sustainable<br />

environmental future and the<br />

achievement of developmental<br />

goals.<br />

At this year’s Boao Forum in April<br />

our CEO Nev Power took part<br />

in a panel discussion where he<br />

answered questions on topics such<br />

as long term tendencies in supply<br />

and demand, the role of capital<br />

and forging stable, sustainable<br />

partnerships. <strong>Fortescue</strong>’s chairman<br />

Andrew Forrest also addressed<br />

the delegation, highlighting the<br />

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importance of philanthropic<br />

leadership. Click here to hear<br />

Andrew’s speech.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> has been a keen<br />

participant at Boao since 2008 and<br />

a Diamond sponsor of the event<br />

since 2009. Our long term, resilient<br />

relationships with our Chinese<br />

business partners is a key factor in the<br />

ongoing success of our business and<br />

we look forward to participating in<br />

the Boao forum in the years to come.


The Press Club gets a taste of<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s spirit<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s Chairman<br />

Andrew Forrest took part<br />

in a prestigious Australian<br />

tradition on May 2 when he<br />

addressed the National Press<br />

Club in Canberra. Since 1963<br />

the club has been addressed<br />

by political leaders, Heads<br />

of State, religious leaders,<br />

innovators and visiting<br />

international figures.<br />

Andrew’s speech addressed the<br />

issue of Indigenous disparity. He<br />

highlighted the need for strong<br />

leadership and the growing<br />

demand for “government to move<br />

to employment as the keystone of<br />

Indigenous policy”.<br />

Andrew was accompanied by<br />

several members of the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Family. Senior VTEC Support Worker<br />

Petula Watson thoroughly enjoyed<br />

Andrew’s speech and the Press Club<br />

experience. “Andrew was faced with<br />

a lot of difficult questions and I<br />

thought he responded professionally<br />

and with expertise,” she said. “Walter<br />

Elliott once said that perseverance is<br />

not a long race, it is many short races<br />

one after the other, and I think Andrew’s<br />

vision represents this very well.”<br />

One member of the audience at the<br />

Press Club, Cloudbreak operator<br />

Careen Lee, graduated from a VTEC<br />

training course in July 2008. Since<br />

then her career has flourished<br />

and she is now on secondment to<br />

the Integrated Planning Project.<br />

Careen took some time to share her<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> journey.<br />

“I’m a qualified hairdresser and<br />

before I started my VTEC training I<br />

was working for a local business in<br />

South Hedland. The VTEC course<br />

involved eight days of training in<br />

Perth and after that I had on-site<br />

Careen in<br />

Canberra.<br />

training to be passed out and able to<br />

drive the truck by myself.<br />

Currently I’m working at Cloudbreak<br />

on secondment to the Integrated<br />

Planning Project as part of a team<br />

looking at improving the existing<br />

management operating system. Our<br />

project could lead to an increase of<br />

more than three million tonnes per<br />

annum from the OPF.<br />

I totally agree with Mr Forrest and I’m<br />

proud to say that I work for him – I<br />

have been given a great opportunity<br />

at <strong>Fortescue</strong>. The VTEC system has<br />

allowed many Aboriginal people,<br />

including myself, the chance to<br />

succeed in whatever it is that we<br />

want to be successful in. I took this<br />

job as it was a goal I always had to be<br />

a ‘miner’. The VTEC training allowed<br />

me to obtain all the skills necessary<br />

to start my career as a heavy<br />

machinery operator.<br />

I like working for <strong>Fortescue</strong> as the<br />

roster suits my family. My daughter<br />

is school aged and she is used to the<br />

roster now – she knows mum goes<br />

away for one week but then mum<br />

comes home to be with her for a<br />

week.<br />

I want people of a non-Indigenous<br />

race to know that this training is not<br />

a hand out as they may see it. Look<br />

at it like this – it’s just highlighting<br />

a path that we never thought we<br />

could travel on for we never believed<br />

we were equal enough to be able<br />

to take that path. Mr Forrest has<br />

given all Aboriginal Australians the<br />

opportunity to succeed in today’s<br />

society through his initiative, the<br />

VTEC program.”<br />

A copy of Andrew’s speech is<br />

available in the media releases<br />

section on the <strong>Fortescue</strong> website:<br />

www.fmgl.com.au<br />

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Petula at<br />

Parliament<br />

House.<br />

Robert Harris, Andrew and<br />

Rodney Parker at The National<br />

Press Club.


Helix Train Unloader<br />

During an airport layover<br />

last year, Andrew Forrest and<br />

Peter Meurs thought that<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> may develop the<br />

idea of helix train unloading.<br />

Currently, our trains are unloaded<br />

two cars at a time. The Helix Train<br />

Unloader would allow the train to<br />

unload without stopping, rotating it<br />

through 360 degrees, redefining the<br />

process as we know it.<br />

To start bringing the idea to life,<br />

Peter Meurs engaged the Rail Model<br />

Club (Northern Districts Model<br />

Engineering Society) and pitched<br />

the plan to some of its members.<br />

Several club members built a 1/30<br />

scale model that was presented<br />

to <strong>Fortescue</strong> in October 2011 to<br />

illustrate concepts. Since then, there<br />

have been two engineers from the<br />

Club working with us on a part-time<br />

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basis to further develop the concept,<br />

and there is a 1/12 scale model<br />

envisaged for the next development<br />

phase. The team is using 3D<br />

drafting modelling to illustrate<br />

concepts developed. Following a<br />

recent breakthrough, the patent<br />

for the Helix Train Unloader is now<br />

registered worldwide.<br />

Fully constructed, the Helix Train<br />

Unloader will be some 380 metres<br />

long. At any one time, there will<br />

be 25 wagons inside the unloader,<br />

and may be pushed or pulled slowly<br />

through by locomotive.<br />

<strong>Group</strong> Manager, Engineering Mark<br />

Botes is driving the project and<br />

concedes it’s not an easy task that<br />

lies ahead. “This project is technically<br />

challenging and definitely involves a<br />

paradigm shift,” he said.<br />

Have you got<br />

an idea that<br />

could change<br />

our world?<br />

We want to hear<br />

about it!<br />

Contact your site’s Business<br />

Improvement Team so we can<br />

investigate the possibility of making<br />

your dream a reality. No idea is too<br />

big or too small.<br />

Cloudbreak: Abdel Serna<br />

E: aserna@fmgl.com.au<br />

T: 9176 6164<br />

Hedland: Nicole Duns<br />

E: nduns@fmgl.com.au<br />

T: 9158 5710<br />

Christmas Creek: Andrew Buratti<br />

E: aburatti@fmgl.com.au<br />

T: 9176 6272<br />

All other sites: Peter O’Dea<br />

E: podea@fmgl.com.au<br />

T: 9230 1705


The future at <strong>Fortescue</strong> – a single point<br />

of truth<br />

ArcGIS<br />

There’s a quiet revolution taking<br />

place on Level 3. The GIS team have<br />

been putting together an incredible<br />

database that will change the way<br />

we do business forever.<br />

If we said geospatial data<br />

management system, it’d be hard<br />

to visualise, so GIS Data Supervisor<br />

Alex Weston has the background and<br />

explains the reason for the recent<br />

change. “Five years ago geologists<br />

had individual copies of information<br />

on their laptops. This was extremely<br />

difficult to keep track of and it was<br />

difficult to ensure the business had up<br />

to date information. This is the single<br />

point of truth, or SPOT,” he told us.<br />

‘This’ is ArcGIS - a software suite<br />

of tools for the efficient data<br />

management and reliable map<br />

production. A simple ‘drag and<br />

drop’ and ArcGIS users can add<br />

roads, drainage, heritage sites,<br />

tenement conditions, soil mapping,<br />

environmental data involving<br />

flora and fauna, heritage survey<br />

reports, and many other items of<br />

interest into their workspace and<br />

feel confident of the source - the<br />

SPOT. It can also provide links to<br />

government websites which detail<br />

drilling requirements and heritage<br />

information.<br />

The minute you print out a map<br />

these days, it’s out of date. The new<br />

system provides detailed information<br />

affecting all aspects of our business<br />

on screen or on a map and is a real<br />

step forward for the <strong>Fortescue</strong> family<br />

who rely on this information.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Earth<br />

In addition to ArcGIS, the GIS team<br />

have been building <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Earth. Think Google Earth, for the<br />

Pilbara. It features our own high<br />

resolution, up to date aerial imagery<br />

in a flyable environment that<br />

enables users to take a virtual tour<br />

of all our tenements, mine sites and<br />

villages. <strong>Fortescue</strong> Earth will act as<br />

a 3D canvas to display and share<br />

information sourced from ArcGIS<br />

and other data repositories. Adam<br />

Roestenburg is driving the project<br />

and is excited about the possibilities<br />

of the software. “<strong>Fortescue</strong> Earth<br />

will help employees who depend<br />

on location based information to<br />

make confident and timely decisions,<br />

through the use of an easy to use<br />

and intuitive 3D interface,” he said.<br />

Watch the demonstration<br />

Click here for an online<br />

demonstration of ArcGIS and<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Earth. This video is also<br />

on YouTube: http://youtu.be/<br />

XBzr884COzk<br />

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A Red Dirt ‘Vacation’ – Ashleigh Freeman’s<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> story<br />

including attending various HR<br />

meetings and participating in<br />

business development discussions in<br />

order to become an active, engaged<br />

member of the HR team.<br />

“The <strong>Fortescue</strong> Vacation<br />

Student Program provided<br />

opportunities for current<br />

university students to<br />

complete paid, full time<br />

work at Perth, Port Hedland,<br />

Cloudbreak, Christmas Creek<br />

and Solomon to supplement<br />

their studies.<br />

Students worked in various<br />

departments, with most completing<br />

projects to assist the business. These<br />

projects varied from employee<br />

engagement, to absenteeism on site<br />

and cycle times for ore production.<br />

I completed vacation work in the<br />

Human Resources Department<br />

at Cloudbreak over the 2011-12<br />

summer period. During my time<br />

on site, I completed a project<br />

on absenteeism at Cloudbreak,<br />

as well as receiving a number<br />

of development opportunities<br />

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The vacation student program<br />

was valuable to me because it<br />

allowed me to transfer theoretical<br />

knowledge from my university<br />

course into practical, real world work<br />

that actually affected the business.<br />

It provided me an opportunity to<br />

actively participate in a work team<br />

while gaining opportunities to see<br />

the wider business.<br />

I rode in a dump truck, explored the<br />

ore processing facility and presented<br />

to both crews and supervisors on<br />

my work. Other vacation students<br />

were given the opportunity to work<br />

with contractors, to do night shift,<br />

to visit different sites (such as Port<br />

and Christmas Creek) and some very<br />

lucky ones even got to press the<br />

button on a blast!<br />

Great friendships were formed<br />

throughout vacation work, facilitated<br />

mainly by our standing appointment<br />

to meet at ‘our’ table each night<br />

after dinner to discuss our days over<br />

a cold drink. We banded together<br />

and faced extreme heat, cyclones,<br />

killer bugs, snakes and mice, as well<br />

as the expanse of red dirt that gets<br />

EVERYWHERE.<br />

I have secured a Trainee Advisor<br />

role with <strong>Fortescue</strong> in the Human<br />

Resources department. Other<br />

vacation students have secured<br />

roles in various areas of the business,<br />

such as Pit Technicians, Graduates,<br />

Administrators and Officers –<br />

allowing them to continue on their<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> journey. Those who<br />

returned to university to complete<br />

further studies can now apply their<br />

real world experience to their studies<br />

and hopefully return in future years.<br />

I’m extremely lucky to have had<br />

the <strong>Fortescue</strong> experience through<br />

my vacation work, and to continue<br />

working at Cloudbreak. It was an ideal<br />

way to spend the summer and get my<br />

foot in the proverbial mining door.”


Worley Parsons<br />

graduates visit<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> T155<br />

expansion<br />

project<br />

Worley Parsons’ Graduate<br />

Development Organisation (GDO) in<br />

conjunction with <strong>Fortescue</strong> <strong>Metals</strong><br />

<strong>Group</strong> and the T155 FMG Port<br />

Expansion Project organised a site<br />

visit to the Port Expansion Project<br />

in Port Hedland for 28 graduate<br />

engineers in February.<br />

Demand for the site visit was so<br />

strong that the planned single day<br />

visit was increased to two day trips<br />

over two weekends in February.<br />

The site visit provided the graduates<br />

with an opportunity to become<br />

involved with a highly-significant<br />

project for the Worley Parsons<br />

Australia West team and gain an<br />

understanding of what is required for<br />

the delivery of a large scale project in<br />

the Pilbara region.<br />

Elliot Stone, Mechanical Engineer<br />

Graduate in the Perth office, took<br />

part in three recent career fairs with a<br />

team from <strong>Fortescue</strong>.<br />

“I wanted to be involved in the<br />

group that oversaw the handling of<br />

the career fairs as I was interested<br />

in promoting <strong>Fortescue</strong> and my<br />

own <strong>Fortescue</strong> family experience to<br />

university students. It is important<br />

to myself and <strong>Fortescue</strong> that the<br />

intake of young professionals being<br />

recruited are of a high standard. This<br />

will ensure the vision of becoming<br />

the New Force in Iron Ore is fully<br />

realised and fulfilled into the future.<br />

I also saw this as an opportunity to<br />

advise and help students in their<br />

development to graduates. I began<br />

my <strong>Fortescue</strong> journey six months ago<br />

Graduates were given a personal<br />

tour of the site by T155 Project<br />

Director, Graham Punler and Deputy<br />

Construction Manager Wayne Selleck<br />

– who explained the details of the<br />

unique challenges the project faced<br />

and what was being implemented to<br />

overcome those challenges.<br />

The visit represented the first<br />

major site visit for many graduates<br />

and provided an opportunity to<br />

experience the scale of construction<br />

and equipment and the working<br />

conditions of the Pilbara. It also<br />

gave them a taste of site travel and<br />

the issues associated with fatigue<br />

management.<br />

It’s a Fair start to a <strong>Fortescue</strong> career<br />

as a Mechanical Engineer Graduate<br />

with the Engineering team in Perth<br />

and I have thoroughly enjoyed my<br />

time so far,” he said.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> attended three career fairs;<br />

Face to Face Engineering Expo on 24<br />

March at Claremont Showgrounds,<br />

Curtin Careers Fair on 29 March at<br />

Curtin Stadium, and the Big Meet on<br />

30 March at the Perth Convention &<br />

Exhibition Centre.<br />

In addition to Elliot and Elvira<br />

Strombeck from Organisational<br />

Development, 13 graduates<br />

volunteered to tell their <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

stories during the three fairs. A<br />

special thanks to Renee Gilbert,<br />

Joyleen Lim, Benjamin Walker,<br />

Juliana Carrucan, Michael Short, Ivan<br />

Di Salvio, Jamie Colquhoun, Asad<br />

For third year Process Engineer Kamil<br />

Szajnkienig it was a really enjoyable<br />

experience and an excellent<br />

opportunity to learn what is required<br />

for a large scale iron ore project as<br />

well as developing an appreciation<br />

for the scale of the operation.<br />

“It was great seeing the equipment<br />

and operation as a whole first hand,<br />

compared to reading about it in a<br />

report.”<br />

The GDO would like to thank the<br />

T155 FMG Project team for providing<br />

us with this opportunity and we look<br />

forward to establishing a long term<br />

relationship with the project team.<br />

Majrouh, Amanda Liu, Brodie Heath,<br />

Richard O’Brien, Molly Buchanan and<br />

Michael Prior.<br />

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Tom Price<br />

kids on the<br />

road to safety<br />

The sound of a police siren<br />

and the sight of flashing<br />

blue and red lights in the<br />

rear-view mirror can make<br />

your stomach do a flip, but<br />

that’s exactly what Tom<br />

Price children are hoping to<br />

see more of this year as the<br />

Tom Price police/<strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Junior Road Smart Award is<br />

introduced to town.<br />

Tom Price police have begun a<br />

campaign of stopping kids who are<br />

doing the right things on the road,<br />

with some great rewards in store for<br />

those lucky enough to have their<br />

names drawn out of the barrel each<br />

month.<br />

Sergeant Dan Anderson explains:<br />

“I’ve instructed our staff to be on the<br />

lookout for kids who are obeying the<br />

rules when it comes to road safety:<br />

wearing helmets when riding bikes<br />

or scooters, not riding on the road,<br />

crossing the road safely ... that sort<br />

of thing. We’ll be stopping to have<br />

a chat to them about the great job<br />

they’re doing and the excellent<br />

example they are setting for others.<br />

“We get their name and which<br />

primary school they attend, put the<br />

names into a barrel, and each month<br />

draw two names from both Central<br />

and North primary schools. We then<br />

attend a monthly school assembly<br />

where we award the lucky winners a<br />

$50 voucher, thanks to <strong>Fortescue</strong>. It’s<br />

all aimed at keeping kids safe, and<br />

ensuring they’re around forever.”<br />

Scott Hansen said that <strong>Fortescue</strong> was<br />

keen to get on board with the Junior<br />

Road Smart Award.<br />

“This is a great idea that the local<br />

police have come up with,” said<br />

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Scott. “<strong>Fortescue</strong> values safety in the<br />

workplace and the community and<br />

we are very happy to be partners<br />

with the Tom Price police and the<br />

schools on this initiative.”<br />

North Tom Price Primary Deputy<br />

Andrew Bilsby hailed the partnership<br />

between <strong>Fortescue</strong>, the local police<br />

and the local schools.<br />

“Students tend to ride their bikes,<br />

scooters or skateboards virtually<br />

Winning students from Tom<br />

Price’s primary schools with<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong>’s Scott Hansen<br />

and members of the local<br />

Police force.<br />

everywhere they go in Tom Price<br />

due to the proximity of everything<br />

in a small town, and I have already<br />

seen an increase in the number of<br />

students wearing helmets since<br />

the first awards were presented<br />

at the March assembly,” he said. “I<br />

commend <strong>Fortescue</strong> and the police<br />

for instigating this program as a way<br />

to protect our children from harm on<br />

the roads.”


Celebrating success<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> is proud to<br />

join KMAC and Cimeco in<br />

congratulating Perry Ugle on<br />

his outstanding performance<br />

since he commenced<br />

employment at Solomon.<br />

Perry is regarded as a top<br />

quality Operator and is highly<br />

regarded by all at KMAC.<br />

KMAC and Cimeco acknowledged<br />

their appreciation of Perry’s efforts<br />

by presenting him with the inaugural<br />

George Ranger Award at their prestart<br />

meeting on Wednesday, 28<br />

March 2012.<br />

George Ranger was a Yindjibarndi<br />

elder who passed away in late<br />

2011. The award in his name will be<br />

presented annually to an employee<br />

who exhibits the traits for which<br />

George was well known – a great<br />

attitude, a strong work ethic, safety<br />

awareness and the ability to exert a<br />

positive influence on his team.<br />

The Ranger family is a 50% owner in<br />

KMAC, a civils company providing<br />

services at Solomon.<br />

Perry was gracious in accepting the<br />

award and stated that this would<br />

not have been possible if not for the<br />

support of his supervisors and fellow<br />

employees.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> would like to encourage<br />

all contractors to celebrate success<br />

among their employees.<br />

A note from Gary<br />

Reid, Cimeco Project<br />

Manager, Solomon<br />

Project:<br />

“Cimeco Pty <strong>Ltd</strong> is proud to have<br />

a working relationship with our<br />

indigenous partner KMAC on the<br />

Solomon Project.<br />

KMAC have been an integral part of<br />

our success onsite since teaming up<br />

with us and the relationship grows<br />

stronger each day.<br />

This is mainly formed from the<br />

excellent work ethic of the KMAC team<br />

and their willingness to get involved.<br />

They have come forward in leaps<br />

and bounds and this is attributed to<br />

employees like Perry Ugle who has<br />

done a sensational job since joining<br />

the project.<br />

Congratulations to Perry and keep up<br />

the good work. “<br />

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Have you got<br />

a good news<br />

story, has your<br />

team achieved<br />

a significant<br />

milestone or<br />

do you have<br />

an example of<br />

the <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

values in our<br />

workplace?<br />

Send your story<br />

to <strong>Fortescue</strong><br />

Communications:<br />

E: communications@<br />

fmgl.com.au<br />

www.fmgl.com.au<br />

Flying to site? You<br />

need to register now<br />

In order to make the most of our exciting new<br />

partnership with Qantas, everyone in the<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> family needs to register with the Fly<br />

FMG program.<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> is thrilled to offer all of our employees and contractors<br />

the opportunity to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points. By signing<br />

up you’ll also be in the running to win great prizes!<br />

1. Log onto flyfmg.fmgl.com.au<br />

2. Complete the registration form prior to 15th June<br />

2012 to be in the draw to win the prizes on offer<br />

3. Enjoy the Qantas service, including itineraries to your<br />

preferred email address and online check in<br />

You could win one of six great prizes:<br />

• Return Qantas Economy flights for two to Hong Kong<br />

• 5 prizes of 100,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer Points – enough for<br />

two Classic Award return economy flights from Perth to Sydney,<br />

or a 16gb Apple iPad.<br />

Check out qantas.com/store to see what else you could spend your<br />

points on! Terms and Conditions of Qantas Frequent Flyer apply.<br />

For more information:<br />

Email your queries to: flyfmg@fmgl.com.au


Are YOur kidS<br />

At <strong>Fortescue</strong>, we like to think of ourselves<br />

as one big, happy family. This extends to<br />

the children and grandchildren of our<br />

valued employees. That’s why we started<br />

the <strong>Fortescue</strong> Mini Miners – a program<br />

designed specifi cally for the youngest<br />

members of our growing family.<br />

pAcked Full OF FuN<br />

FOrTeScue<br />

COmpeTiTiONS . priZeS . giveAwAYS . FAmilY FuN dAYS<br />

<strong>Fortescue</strong> Mini Miners is full of fun<br />

stuff for kids to enjoy throughout the<br />

year. There are two categories 0-7 and<br />

8-12 years. Along with a welcome<br />

pack, they’ll receive special birthday<br />

Free EveNTS . ANd lOTS, lOTS mOre<br />

and Christmas gifts, information on<br />

school holiday activities, entry into<br />

competitions (with terrifi c prizes),<br />

movie passes, concert tickets and more.<br />

whO cAN JOiN?<br />

Any child or grandchild of a person<br />

employed with <strong>Fortescue</strong> is eligible<br />

to join the program.<br />

Children can no longer participate<br />

in the program once their parent or<br />

grandparent leaves <strong>Fortescue</strong>.<br />

Complete the below form and send to<br />

miniminers@fmgl.com.au or post to Mini Miners,<br />

Level 2, 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth WA 6000<br />

Employee Name<br />

Worksite<br />

Phone Number<br />

Child’s Name<br />

DOB<br />

Address<br />

Child’s Name<br />

DOB<br />

Address<br />

?<br />

www.fmgl.com.au<br />

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