Volume 116 | March-April 2016
Headlines
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Past Event - Technical Meetings – 09 May 2016
Past Event - Technical Meetings – 11 April 2016
Past Event - Technical Meetings – 14 March 2016
Inaugural Perth AusIMM Students Chapters & UWA Woolnough 2016
Business Breakfast
- Roving Report
- Getting Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Extractive
Metallurgy and Minerals Education out into the High Schools in
Western Australia
- MAP – Member’s Assistance Program
- Newsletter Advertising Rates
- Perth & Kalgoorlie Branch Committee Contacts
Past Event - Technical Meeting - Monday 09 May 2016
Speakers:
Dr Andrew Scogings
PhD (Geology) MAIG, MAusIMM, RPGeo (Industrial Minerals)
Principal Geologist
CSA Global (Perth) Ltd
Mining Industry Consultants
Topic:
“Graphite and lithium – the hot commodities
Summary:
Open recent years graphite and lithium have been in demand and have seen
significant increases in their price. These two commodities have attracted
significant exploration interest in Western Australia.
Dr Andrew Scogings will present a brief overview of graphite and lithium,
including production, current producing countries, and markets, as well as recent
trends in exploration. Dr Scogings will also talk on the JORC Code reporting
requirements for industrial minerals.
Dr. Andrew Scogings (MAusIMM, MAIG, RP Geo. Industrial Minerals) is a
Principal Consultant with CSA Global Pty Ltd. He has over 25 years’ experience
in industrial minerals geology, product development, market applications and
commercialisation processes. Andrew is a regular contributor to Industrial
Minerals Magazine and has published several papers on the requirements of the
JORC Code 2012, with specific reference to Clause 49. He has also written
articles ranking global graphite exploration projects and was recently senior
author of the Natural Graphite Report – strategic outlook to 2020 published by
Industrial Minerals Research (UK).
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Past Event - Technical Meeting - Monday 11 April 2016
Speakers:
Joanne Watkins, Chief Executive Officer
Topic:
"Earth Science Western Australia – ensuring a future generation”
Summary:
Recognising the need for support for teachers in Earth Sciences, Earth Science
Western Australia (ESWA), a consortium of universities, the CSIRO, Minerals
Industry partners, Oil and Gas Industry partners and other public and private
organisations, formed in 2003. It had a pivotal position in the development of the
Earth and Environmental Science (EES) course in 2007 providing resources,
materials and teacher training.
From 14 schools teaching EES to just over 200 students in 2007, numbers rose to nearly 30 schools
teaching over 800 students in 2012.
In 2008, ESWA targeted the delivery of earth science in Kindergarten to Year 10. Presentations were
given at countless professional development sessions for teachers, visited schools all over the State
and created engaging resources for use in the classroom. More recently, ESWA has created loan kits
containing all of the equipment and resources required to teach important components of earth
science. These kits were utilised (and loved) by so many schools that in 2013 kits were donated to
regions across the State.
In early 2011 ESWA released an EES Textbook that directly reflects the Western Australian EES
Curriculum and encompasses the essential components of the National Curriculum for EES.
In late 2011, ESWA's first EES field guide to Perth and Surrounds was released. Free student
booklets are available under the field guide tab on this site.
ESWA has received numerous awards, including the Science Engagement Initiative of the Year at the
2015 Premier's Science Awards.
Joanne Watkins is Chief Executive Officer has been with ESWA since 2011 moving across from her
role as an Earth and Environmental (and general) Science teacher with the Department of Education.
Jo loves enthusing students and teachers about this wonderful subject.
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Roving Report
Dear Member,
For a good period of time, I had become to think that the words of the old folk song “…since roving’s been my ru-i-in,
I’ll go no more a rovin’…” were true. Then as quick as a flash I found myself in an immigration queue in Islamabad
hoping that I had filled in the multiple questions correctly to avoid being sent to the back of the long line. It was all
touch and go. Two days before on the Friday, I was “stateless”. My European passport was en route from Canberra –
hopefully with a Pakistani visa in it, whilst my Australian one was lodged at the Indian Consulate in Perth. By four in
the afternoon, about 36 hours before I had to travel, I was once again the proud owner of two passports, but it was a
close call.
PAKISTAN: If you read the
Australian Government advice
“don’t travel unless you have to”
sort of thing, you might start out
with more than a little trepidation.
However, once you get used to
the ubiquitous military presence,
and the strong Muslim influence
in women’s dress, you find many
delightfully helpful and courteous
people, only too willing to make
you welcome, and there appear
to be good engineering skills
available.
Unfortunately, a bomb went off in
Peshawar whilst I was there (but
nowhere near where I was)
reinforcing the need for caution.
From a mining perspective, the Reko Diq project – an ex-BHPB property, now owned by Tethyan Copper Company of
Pakistan (with Barrick and Antofagasta Minerals parentage) remains an important future opportunity for the country to
be a serious copper producer, although the project is currently in arbitration. The deposit sits at the apex of that
orange-coloured triangular finger in the map above to the far west that is Balochistan, almost on the Afghan border,
and with Iran on the other side. Quite an exciting place to do business – never mind mining!
On the drive from the airport, one has first to overcome the sense of apprehension after seeing about fifty traffic “nearmisses” in a matter of minutes, and grown accustomed to seeing five people on a small motorcycle (two children
abreast the gas tank in front of dad; father driving; mother behind riding side-saddle; and babe in arms with her).
Islamabad – like Canberra and Brasilia, a “created capital” – is where the power resides, and is overlooked by a range
of hills with great views of the city and a great restaurant (Monal) where we enjoyed top-class cuisine amidst the
beautiful (and wealthy) people of the city and watched the sun set. Nestling below the hills sits the impressive Faisal
Mosque – the largest in Pakistan and one of the largest in the world.
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After Islamabad, it was a four-hour drive to Lahore on generally quite a good expressway, and then after a round of
meetings and overnighting, an early flight to Delhi the next day. I entered India with my colourful, and very expensive
visa proudly displayed, and was able to proceed through customs and immigration quite smoothly. There followed a
couple of days in New Delhi dashing from meeting to meeting. One of these was with the Australian Trade
Commissioner and his assistant holding the mining, oil and gas portfolio. I have always found the Trade Commission
most helpful in promoting our country’s interests, and look forward to developing this relationship. The High
Commission is in the rather splendid area of Chanakyapuri where all the Embassies and High Commissions appear to
be located in their high-walled and gardened splendour.
Also in this area, we met with a
client in the palatial Leela
Palace Hotel, and enjoyed the
peace and calm contrast with
crazy Delhi traffic.
The little pots of yellow flowers
in the photo each contain 500
roses, which come from their
own nurseries. I counted
several dozen such vases,
including red ones in the
restaurant.
And so to Dhaka, Bangladesh, all in one week of early mornings, travel, meetings with clients and with the people in
the offices of my new employer, new tastes in food, and of course the different noises, sights and colours all to take
in. Everything blurs into one after a while, and I still have Kuwait and Oman to travel to on this trip – but that’s next
week! I didn’t think it possible, but traffic in Dhaka is even worse than Islamabad and Delhi. One needs nerves of steel
and an unflappable determination to be able to drive here. No quarter asked for; none given.
In a quote attributed – possibly erroneously - to the Duke of Wellington that “…the battle of Waterloo was won on the
playing fields of Eton…”, it might be that tensions between India and Pakistan are reflected in the cricket. I wrote this
on the eve of a World T20 clash in Kolkata (Calcutta), at which a spokesman noted that an India-Pakistan clash is
bigger than the Ashes, and that the spectators “…don’t watch this as a game of cricket; it’s more of a border rivalry.
They want to get one up on each other”.
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In the event, today’s headline in the Dhaka (Bangladesh) Daily Observer noted “…Kohli anchors India to cruise past
Pakistan”, and the national pride – severely dented by having previously lost to New Zealand - was maintained by a
six wicket margin. Switching to women’s cricket in New Delhi, the column header read “…Pakistan women show the
way with win over India”. Reading further, though, showed that they only won because rain stopped play, and the
result depended upon the Duckworth-Lewis method (whatever that is) to give the result to Pakistan.
Depending where you are, newspapers and TV are full of anti-Indian; anti-Bangladeshi; or anti-Pakistan rhetoric, in
some vast Orwellian Matrix-revisited. It is not for me to comment on rights and wrongs, and how such a situation
came to pass. A very chatty history teacher sitting next to me on the flight to India responded, when I asked her if
Pakistan blamed the British for some of the problem, “…we blame the British for all of the problems!” Being a “new
boy” to this region, I am still coming to terms with the geo-political landscape and expect it to take at least ten years to
even begin to understand. As well as the deep-seated enmity between India and Pakistan over territory such as
Kashmir, there was the Pakistan-Bangladesh War of the early 1970’s which has left scars, many of which have not
healed, and the scabs get picked over from time to time. The upshot is that there seems to be an absence of good
neighborliness, and of course having an outside nemesis to blame does tend to take the heat out of one’s own
shortcomings on the home front.
One of these is the recent laundering of $81 million stolen from the Bangladesh Reserve Bank through the
Philippine’s financial system – said to be down to “Philippine businessman mastermind Kim Wong”. Apparently
Chinese computer hackers got into the Bangladesh account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The loss
would have been much higher had not some observant clerk noticed a spelling error in a document which caused the
transaction to be questioned, and the scam to unfold. Potential loss could have been $1 billion!!
I haven’t made it to the Exotic Hotel Marigold yet, but tonight I am staying in the equally absurdly named Bengal
Blueberry…and so it’s over and out from there!
Best wishes,
Richard F. Dewhirst FAusIMM (CP) [email protected] (0428 639 913)
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Getting Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Extractive Metallurgy and Minerals Education out into the High
Schools in Western Australia – a Rio Tinto Initiative A program which introduces Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering, Extractive Metallurgy and Mineral Science to high school students and teachers.
By G. Thompson, D. Churach, K. Seymour, G. Senanayake*, A. Nikoloski, S. Kelly, J. Avraamides
Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering and Chemistry, School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch
University, 90 South St, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
* Corresponding Author, [email protected] (Murdoch University Liaison, AusIMM Perth Branch)
https://www.ausimmbulletin.com/feature/minerals-education-in-high-schools-in-western-australia-a-rio-tintoinitiative/
.
Introduction
Mineral resource companies
require innovative, forward
thinking graduates with
qualifications in Chemical and
Metallurgical Engineering and
Mineral Science. Whilst the
industry goes through boom and
bust cycles, there is always the
need to be training people in
these disciplines.
Since 2003 Murdoch University
has been proactive in the
promotion of Mineral Science and
Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering to both teachers and
students, initially in Western
Australia, but this was expanded
to students and teachers in
schools in other states. Support
for these ventures originally came
from the commonwealth and
industry funded A. J. Parker
Cooperative Research Centre
(CRC) for Hydrometallurgy,
named after late Professor Jim
Parker who was the first
Professor of Chemistry at
Murdoch University (Avraamides
and Dilworth, 2003). In 2005, the
funding of these sessions was
taken over by the Centre for
Sustainable Resource Processing
CRC (CSRP), another
commonwealth and industry
funded centre, enabling Teacher
Professional Development (PD)
sessions to be run during school
vacations. Since 2012, programs
for high school students have
been supported by The Rio Tinto
Group. This article briefly
summarises the development of
the Murdoch University outreach
programs relevant to minerals
and their success.
Early Initiatives
The initial teacher programs were
organised by Dr Dan Churach, Dr
Nicholas Welham and Professor
Lawrie Davidson with the capable
assistance of Mr Ken Seymour.
Teachers attending this program
were involved in a full day of
activities, beginning with a lecture
giving an overview and
importance of Extractive
Metallurgy to the Australian
Mining and Metals Industry.
The bulk of the day allowed
participants to involve themselves
in demonstrations and hands-on
activities in the areas of: Mineral
Processing and Mineralogy,
Pyrometallurgy and
Hydrometallurgy. The practical
sessions involved the application
of the relevant unit processes,
with the assistance of academic
and technical staff. This initial
program was run over a period of
8 years.
In addition to the Murdoch
University centred activities, there
were organised site visits to other
research institutions, such as
CSIRO Minerals at Waterford,
and to mining and processing
facilities, including: TiWest in
Australind, Alcoa’s Wagerup
refinery, Sunrise Dam gold mine
and BHP’s Nickelwest refinery in
Kwinana.
Research has been done on the
effects that these programs have
had on the opinions, attitudes and
understanding that teachers had
in relation to the mining industry.
The resulting analysis of this
research has been written up and
reported elsewhere (Churach,
2004). Basically, the Professional
Development program has been
well received, but more
importantly, there has been a
positive shift in the teachers’
perceptions of the mining industry
(see Table 1).
One of the advantages of these
sessions was that for every
teacher that was reached, there
were over 100 students to whom
they could then pass on the
message each year.
The Teacher Program was
presented with the 2008 CRC
Association “Award for
Excellence in Innovation in
Education and Training” at the
CRC Association Conference on
22 May 2008 in Sydney.
The award was sponsored by the
Department of Innovation,
Industry,Science and Research
and was presented by Minister
Kim Carr. This award recognises
the innovative School Teacher
Professional Development
program as an effective tool in
addressing the decline in the
number of young people studying
the physical sciences (Fig 1).
Murdoch University, the Parker
Centre and CSRP further
strengthened their relationship
with two Western Australian high
schools by going into partnership
on two recycling projects which
won funding from the Australian
Government.
The projects: “Dispose of
Properly: Dry Cell Battery
Recycling” (involving All Saints’
College) and “Identifying and
Processing E-Waste” (involving
Corpus Christi College) were two
of the twenty four successful
applications across Australia for
the 2004-2005 SCIps (School,
Community and Industry
partnerships in science) Project
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Grants. Both projects received
the maximum $3000 grant. Some
students and teachers toured one
of the two pilot plant facilities at
Murdoch University (Fig. 2).
The SCIps Project grants enabled
schools to work together with
community groups, local
government, industry and/or other
businesses on science based
projects related to their local
community. The aim is to raise
science awareness in each
school and the wider community.
Further to this, one of the
participants on the teacher PDs
encouraged some Year 10
students from his school to take
up work experience at Murdoch
University for their one week offcampus requirement. This was
done in the University laboratory,
in collaboration with some PhD
students, where they received
first-hand experience in the
design and running of a research
program.
An additional result of these
teacher Professional
Developments was that a number
of the teachers became so
interested in the industry that they
enrolled in the Graduate Diploma
of Extractive Metallurgy at
Murdoch University. Some of
these teachers have since gained
employment in the mining
industry, or have continued with
their teaching, encouraging
students to consider taking up
studies in Mineral Science or
Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering. A few have
considered conducting research
towards Masters or PhD.
Other groups that have
participated in activities similar to
the teacher PD sessions have
been high school Laboratory
Technicians from both the state
and private sector. The Murdoch
University organising group has
also presented various activities
to teachers at the Annual Science
Teachers’ Association of Western
Australia Conference
(CONSTAWA) as well as at their
‘Future Science’ Conferences.
Occasionally, teachers would ask
for the opportunity to bring a
class on to campus and
participate in some of the
activities that they had
themselves experienced in
teacher PDs. On average,
Murdoch has hosted at least one
school visit a year including an
introductory talk as well as a
variety of some laboratory
activities.
the Australian Student Mineral
Venture (ASMV) over the years.
The Summer Schools were held
in January and included day long
sessions that involved hands-on
activities similar to that run for the
teacher PDs. Students who
participated in ASMV had the
additional opportunity to visit
metallurgical plants in WA.
Further to these activities, the
‘organising group’, in
collaboration with the Science
Teachers’ Association of WA
(STAWA), took these activities
out to educators in the country
areas, including Geraldton,
Karratha, Port Hedland and
Broome. This was greatly
appreciated by the teachers in
remote locations as they receive
such limited opportunities whilst
working in these areas.
As the reputation of the program
spread, the staff involved
presented similar teacher PDs
and student presentations in
2006 and 2007 in Gladstone,
Biloela, Townsville, Charters
Towers, Toowoomba and Cairns
in Queensland. In 2008 the same
concept was carried to Geelong,
Horsham and Ballarat in Victoria
in conjunction with staff at
Ballarat University.
Overall, the purpose of these
ventures was to encourage
students to see Chemical and
Metallurgical Engineering,
Extractive Metallurgy or Mineral
Science as a possible pathway
for their future, which has many
challenges, and one in which they
can make a difference. Many
students are unaware of the
existence and possibilities in this
field and the aim was to inform
them of these career
opportunities. Giving teachers the
knowledge and information about
the mining and mineral resource
sector, along with associated,
useful hands-on activities, has
enabled the word to be spread.
New Initiative with Rio Tinto
In 2011, staff in the Extractive
Metallurgy group at Murdoch
University decided to formalise
the previously ad hoc process in
which they were bringing the
topic of Extractive Metallurgy to
high school students. It was
envisaged to expand the idea to
include other areas of importance
to the mining industry which are
relevant to courses run in the
School of Engineering and
Information Technology at
Murdoch University. The aim was
to have a focus on Year 10 – 12
students. After preliminary
planning, funding was sought
from Rio Tinto to help cover the
costs of setting up the program
and to pay for running of activities
involving groups of high school
students.
The agreement with Rio Tinto
was signed in late 2011 for
funding over five years. The
monies were to be used for
running ‘day-long’ programs with
high school students on the
South Street campus of Murdoch
University, as well as going out
into schools in country areas and
presenting a mini-version of the
on-campus program. Planning
began in earnest, with trial runs of
the off-campus activities
occurring early in 2012.
The School of Engineering and
Information Technology at
Murdoch University, has also
been involved in the Western
Australian Science and
Engineering Summer School and
At the start of 2012, schools in
the metropolitan region of Perth
were advised of the proposed oncampus activities to be held in the
University’s mid-year break.
Planning also began in preparing
for two trips to country areas in
the North-West of the state, one
to Karratha and the other to
Geraldton. Staff spent two days
at each location and with two high
schools participating at each city.
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The overall programs for 2012
and ensuing years are described
in the following sections.
demonstrate high temperature
chemical reactions involved in
metal extraction.
School Incursions – Being a
Metallurgist for a Day
(BAMFAD)
There have been five or six allday activities run on Murdoch
Campus in each of the years
2012 – 2015, with students from
various schools coming in for the
whole day. The students begin
the day with a half hour
introductory talk on Extractive
Metallurgy and the importance of
metals in day to day life and the
Mining Industry to Australian
economy, presented by Dr Dan
Churach or Dr Jim Avraamides.
This was followed by five handson activities.
The purpose of the activities was
to highlight the aspects of
chemistry, physics, mathematics,
statistics and engineering designs
and machines involved in the
production of metals and value
added commodities from natural
orebodies (ore to metal) and to
offer a hands-on experience at
the laboratory bench-scale. More
details of the activities are
described below. A wide-ranging
selection of schools, and year
levels, has utilized this program
since 2012 and they are listed in
Table 2, along with the Year
Levels and numbers of students
attending.
Hydrometallurgy: Beginning with
a pre-crushed copper ore sample,
the students leach it in an acid
(Fig 6), separate the pregnant
liquor by filtration and recover the
copper by cementation (Fig 7)
using steel wool or by solvent
extraction, stripping and
electrowinning. An explanation is
given about the chemical
reactions involved in each stage.
Various economic minerals are
shown to the students and some
related industrial processes are
discussed to highlight the
different unit operations in a
hydrometallurgical plant: pretreatment, leaching, separation,
purification, concentration and
recovery of metal by reduction.
Mineral Processing: This
involves froth flotation of copper
sulfides as well as the magnetic
and electrostatic separation of
heavy mineral sands
concentrates. The use of
microscopes for identifying
minerals (Fig 3) and some
crushing methods are also
demonstrated.
Sampling and Statistics:
Students see how statistics can
be used for gaining an
understanding of the need for
good quality sampling
approaches in industry (e.g.
finding diamonds (Fig 9).
Mathematics used in mining
areas is explored, from producing
3D images of ore bodies to
address environmental and
business concerns.
Pyrometallurgy: Students
observe a tin smelt from a finely
ground cassiterite ore, poured
some tin ingots (Fig 4), are told
about some other smelting
processes. Finally, they observe
the Thermite reaction which is
performed in a specially designed
safety cabinet (Fig 5). The
purpose of all the activities is to
Metallurgical Analysis: In this
session, students are involved in
quantitatively determining the tin
levels in a brass sample utilising
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
(AAS) or investigating how
organic chelating agents might be
used to selectively precipitate
metal ions from solution (Fig 8).
Students also visit other
analytical laboratories to see
equipment used in X-Ray
Diffraction, Scanning Electron
Microscopy and Inductively
Coupled Plasma Spectrometry.
Excursions into Schools
As part of the funding agreement,
staff from Murdoch University visit
schools, especially in more
remote locations from Perth, and
spend time talking to classes of
students about Extractive
Metallurgy and the mining
industry, including some simple
hands-on activities. Whilst a few
schools in the metropolitan area
have been visited, the bulk of this
part of the program has been to
places in regional WA in proximity
to Geraldton, Karratha, Port
Hedland Broome, Bunbury and
Albany. In these visits, the aim is
to fit in with
each school timetable while
presenting to one class at a time.
Once again, the bulk of students
are in the range Years 10 – 12.
Some classes have also included
students from Years 7 – 9. A list
of schools visited, Year Levels
with numbers of students, is
given in Table 3, which also
includes the proposed visits for
late 2015.
The program includes a talk
about Extractive Metallurgy, and
Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering, what the
professionals really do, the
importance of metallurgical and
associated industries to Australia
and, in particular, Western
Australia. The students are also
involved in extracting copper from
an ore by acid leaching, filtration,
cementation and electrowinning.
After each stage, a discussion
and explanation of what was
happening then ensues.
In addition, a demonstration of
flame colours (Fig. 10), with
explanation, using various
solutions containing different
metal ions is done with reference
to its application to AAS and, of
course, the colours in fireworks
(pyrotechnics).
At the end of each session the
students are entranced with a
demonstration and a brief
explanation of the Thermite
Reaction done in a specially
constructed portable safety
cabinet.
Students are engaged in
discussion, both formally and
informally, during the
experimental activities. The
feedback from staff and students
at each of the schools has been
very positive and all wanted to
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know when the next visit was
happening.
Summary
Companies that are involved in
mining require quality graduates
with initiative, skills, adaptability
and commitment to industry. The
purpose of these ventures is to
encourage students to see
Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering, or Mineral Science,
as a pathway for the future, which
has many challenges and
rewarding opportunities. It is a
pathway in which they can make
a difference by extending the
fundamentals in chemistry,
physics and mathematics they
learn in high schools. Many
students are unaware of the
existence and possibilities in this
It is our intention, with the help of
suitable funding, to continue
reaching out to High School
students and present to them the
opportunities available to study
relevant courses at Murdoch
University described in:
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.a
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Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering (H1264),
Mineral Science (B1317,
H1257),
Chemistry (B1317),
Environmental Engineering
(H1264), as well as,
Graduate Diploma in
Extractive Metallurgy
(G1034), for professionals
with other qualifications who
wish to join the mining
industry for a challenging
and rewarding career.
Thanks to Rio Tinto
Our thanks go to generosity of
Rio Tinto for their financial and
practical support for the program.
Thanks also go to Murdoch
University for the provision of
staff to run various programs.
Funding from Rio Tinto towards
the program will continue until
2016, with Murdoch University
providing ‘in-kind’ services.
BAMFAD Co-ordinator &
contact
Graeme Thompson
PhD student
Murdoch University
(08) 9360 2831
[email protected]
References
J. Avraamides, R. Dilworth,
Turning the Tide Towards Mineral
Chemistry, The AusIMM Bulletin,
Vol. 4, 2003, 67.
D. Churach, Bridging the Gap:
Science Teachers Hold the Key
to Our Future, The AusIMM
Bulletin, Vol. 1, 2004, 28-32.
In addition, our aim is to continue
offering the Teacher Professional
Development activities for the
simple reason that each teacher
will carry the message to 100 or
more students each year.
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Table 1: Results of Survey from Teacher PD
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Free access to the AusIMM Webinar “MAP series” aimed at increasing your employability.
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If you have already paid a full year's subscription, a successful enrolment onto MAP will roll the remaining
portion of your subscription onto a credit towards next year's subscription.
These benefits are in addition to existing PD opportunities that are free to all members, including access to OneMine,
The AusIMM Bulletin, Transactions journals, Branch technical meetings and other free events.
Let us help you during periods of unemployment or underemployment……
Remember, the AusIMM can provide some of the support and structure usually provided by a work environment.
Engaging with us can potentially increase connections to find further work and provide you with timely peer support.
We encourage you to make full use of the networks and the very real financial support that the AusIMM is willing to
provide.
Many of us can find it difficult to discuss with friends and colleagues whether we are struggling. Should you know
someone “doing it tough”, encourage them to avail themselves of our assistance as we believe we have a role
extending support to all industry professionals.
Don’t be shy – my complimentary MAP conference in late September 2013 (GeoMet 2013) provided a connection that
ultimately led to a lengthy contract in 2014.
Terry Burns – Perth Branch MAP Liaison (email - [email protected]) or the Perth Branch
([email protected])
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Technical Talk Downloads and DVDs
Dear Members,
All Technical Talks up to February 2014 are filmed and are available for downloading free to
members. Please see the AusIMM Shop or AusIMM YouTube channel for these talks.
Selected talks after Feb 2014 have been recorded as podcasts, with accompanying PowerPoint
slides. Please contact the branch directly ([email protected]) for details.
DISCLAIMER: The AusIMM and the editor are not responsible for statements made or an opinion advanced by the Authors in
the newsletter and accepts no liability for the accuracy, completeness or fitness of purpose of the information provided. The
AusIMM and the editor reserves the right to omit/alter any article or advertisement submitted and requires indemnity from the
advertisers and contributors against damages or liability from materials published.
Perth Women’s Auxiliary

Telephone and Postal Correspondence
Barbara Steemson is now the person to contact for ALL information, enquiries or to give apologies.
If phoning please leave message on answering machine if Barbara not available and she will get back to you.

Email Correspondence
Lorraine Mackay will monitor the email correspondence and forward as necessary.
Perth Women’s Auxiliary Committee 2016
President
Main Contact, Gifts & Speakers
Vice President/Minutes Secretary
Administration Secretary
Barbara Steemson
Rosemary Morrow
Lorraine Mackay
Treasurer
Lesley Player
Committee
Valmai Farthing
Committee
Heidi Hardy
Committee
Rae Flanagan
Email correspondence to:
[email protected]
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Perth Branch Committee 2016
Chair
Colin Roberts FAusIMM(CP)
Immediate Past Chair
Ivy Chen MAusIMM
Vice Chairperson
Ivy Chen MAusIMM
Honorary Treasurer
Tony Cockerill MAusIMM
Honorary Secretary
Trivinden Naidoo MAusIMM
Technical Meetings
Dr Ivor Roberts MAusIMM
Roving Reporter
Richard Dewhirst FAusIMM(CP)
Curtin Liaison
TBA
UWA Liaison
Richard Durham MAusIMM
Murdoch Liaison
Dr Gamini Senanayake MAusIMM
Conferences
Richard Flanagan FAusIMM(CP)
Student Chapters Liaison
Adrian Troy MAusIMM
Mentoring/ESWA
Trevor Stevenson MAusIMM
MAP/Mentoring
Terry Burns FAusIMM
Professional Standards & Ethics
Jeremy Peters FAusIMM
Editor/Secretariat
Please address mail correspondence to:
AusIMM Perth Branch
PO Box 1369
West Perth WA 6872
Deidre Watson
Email correspondence to:
[email protected]
Perth Student Chapter Presidents 2016
Curtin Student Chapter President
Jessica Wilkinson SAusIMM
Murdoch Student Chapter President
Daniel Dass SAusIMM
UWA Student Chapter President
Jaxon Evans SAusIMM
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Kalgoorlie Branch Committee 2016
Chair
Chris Gianatti MAusIMM
Secretary
Sarah Dyer GAusIMM
Treasurer/Education
Technical Event Coordinator
Cheryl Workman-Davies GAusIMM
Carla Vincent
Community Relations
Coordinator
Clive Workman-Davies MAusIMM
Heritage Co-ordinator
Mark Sampson MAusIMM
GIT Liaison
Martin Vukancic MAusIMM
WASM Liaison
Oktay Erten MAusIMM
Chair-Open Pit 2016 Conference
Morrie Goodz FAusIMM
Student Chapter President
Hendrik Enslin SAusIMM
Committee
Jacinta Ireland MAusIMM
Email correspondence to:
[email protected]
Kalgoorlie Student Chapter Committee 2016
President
Hendrik Enslin SAusIMM
Email correspondence to:
[email protected]
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