Unlocking Potential - Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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