Coal & Allied Community Newsletter Singleton edition November 2011
Coal & Allied Community Newsletter Singleton edition November 2011
Coal & Allied Community Newsletter Singleton edition November 2011
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From the GMs<br />
Noise attenuation<br />
trucks<br />
<strong>Coal</strong> & <strong>Allied</strong> recognises<br />
the impact noise from<br />
its operations can have<br />
on its neighbours. We<br />
are continually working<br />
to improve the way we<br />
manage noise. One<br />
initiative underway is<br />
progressively fitting noise<br />
attenuation equipment to<br />
our fleet to reduce the noise<br />
from mining equipment<br />
at our Mount Thorley<br />
Warkworth operation.<br />
<strong>Coal</strong> & <strong>Allied</strong> has been<br />
progressively introducing<br />
noise attenuation to<br />
equipment including<br />
trucks, dozers and an<br />
excavator this year.<br />
Currently close to 40 per<br />
cent of our trucks have<br />
been modified.<br />
Additional quieter trucks<br />
will be progressively<br />
introduced until the<br />
majority of our Mount<br />
Thorley Warkworth<br />
truck fleet is sound<br />
attenuated. This will<br />
help in the management<br />
of noise impacts on<br />
our neighbours. While<br />
this work is underway<br />
quieter trucks have been<br />
assigned to areas where<br />
mining activities have<br />
greater potential to cause<br />
noise impacts on the<br />
surrounding community.<br />
Tom Lukeman<br />
Hunter Valley Operations<br />
Welcome to the fourth and final <strong>edition</strong><br />
of the <strong>Singleton</strong> community newsletter for<br />
<strong>2011</strong>. We hope you have enjoyed reading<br />
our community newsletters throughout<br />
the year. We have been providing<br />
information to the community about<br />
our exploration work, and in this <strong>edition</strong><br />
you can read more about the progress of<br />
Exploration Licence 5291 on page 3.<br />
On a safety front we have remained<br />
focused on reducing our incidents and<br />
injuries, with <strong>Coal</strong> & <strong>Allied</strong> again receiving<br />
the NovaSkill Safety Host Employer Award<br />
recently. You can read more about the<br />
awards we received this year on page 4.<br />
I would also like to take this opportunity<br />
to congratulate two HVO apprentices,<br />
Lincoln Mills and Clint Mungoven who<br />
have both been recognised for their<br />
outstanding efforts. Lincoln is the <strong>2011</strong><br />
NovaSkill Safety Awareness Apprentice of<br />
the Year and Clint is the <strong>2011</strong> Automotive<br />
Training Board NSW Heavy Industry<br />
Apprentice of the Year. This is the second<br />
time Clint has been recognised by industry,<br />
after he received the NovaSkill Mechanical<br />
Trades Apprentice of the Year award last<br />
year. Congratulations to you both.<br />
Congratulations also to our HVO<br />
Emergency Response team who placed<br />
second overall and received three individual<br />
exercise awards at the recent Hunter Valley<br />
Open Cut Mines Rescue Competition.<br />
<strong>2011</strong> has brought some great results<br />
as we make strides towards increasing<br />
our production to ramp up to a rate of<br />
14 million tonnes per year. Thank you to<br />
everyone for your commitment to working<br />
together safely towards our production goal.<br />
It’s not too late to send your feedback.<br />
Simply fill in and return the feedback form<br />
attached to this newsletter and choose<br />
an organisation from the list to receive a<br />
$10 donation.<br />
Cam Halfpenny<br />
Mount Thorley Warkworth<br />
It was great to take some time out at<br />
the Mount Thorley Warkworth Family and<br />
Neighbour Day on <strong>November</strong> 12 and see<br />
so many of our neighbours, employees,<br />
contractors and families.<br />
As the warmer weather and school<br />
holidays approach and many of us<br />
head for the water to keep cool, it is<br />
important that we focus on safety in and<br />
around the water. As such, we are proud<br />
to announce our sponsorship of the<br />
<strong>Singleton</strong> Swimming Club, a community<br />
organisation teaching young people<br />
water safety.<br />
As Tom mentioned, <strong>Coal</strong> & <strong>Allied</strong><br />
was awarded a number of prizes at<br />
the recent regional NovaSkill Awards.<br />
Congratulations to MTW second year<br />
apprentice Electrician Thomas House who<br />
won the Indigenous Apprentice of the Year<br />
award, where his great attitude to safety<br />
was acknowledged.<br />
We’ve also seen several important<br />
developments in our proposed<br />
Warkworth Extension project with<br />
the NSW Department of Planning and<br />
Infrastructure publishing its Assessment<br />
Report recommending approval of<br />
the project.<br />
This report is the Department’s<br />
assessment of the Environmental<br />
Assessment and other extensive material<br />
provided by <strong>Coal</strong> & <strong>Allied</strong> over the past<br />
two years, along with submissions made<br />
by the community during the public<br />
exhibition period. An extension update is<br />
on page 3.<br />
The Planning Assessment Commission<br />
(PAC) is now responsible for making a<br />
determination and has held a public<br />
meeting. I attended the meeting to listen<br />
to feedback from the community, and I<br />
am committed to working with people<br />
to address their concerns. This project is<br />
vital to the ongoing employment of our<br />
workforce and for the economic benefits<br />
we provide to the local community.<br />
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