Globaleyes ed12

The Internal Newsletter of Bradken

EDITION 12: March 2014

A look at Bradken’s Global Operation and People

BRADKEN RELEASE NEW TWISTLOKPRO PRODUCT RANGE DIGGING UP DIAMONDS: EVOLUTION PUTS BRADKEN ON THE GROUND IN RUSSIA

MISSION CRITICAL: EXPLORING THE USE OF COMPLEX STEEL CASTINGS

IN THE ENGINEERED PRODUCTS DIVISION

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CEO

CORPORATE

BRADKEN APPOINTS NEW BOARD MEMBER

CEO MESSAGE Unlike the tangible product we design, manufacture and sell to the Mining and Transportation markets it’s often hard to explain what it is that Engineered Products means and what our Engineered Products Division does to those outside of the Division. In this edition of Globaleyes we attempt to provide some insight into the Division and will attempt to help you to understand the complexity of products and services offered by the Division.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Dr David Smith and to welcome him to the Bradken Board. I believe his experience will be an valuable asset to Bradken as we continue to grow globally. David’s experience will benefit Bradken as he joins the Human Resources Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee.

Regards

Brian Hodges Managing Director and CEO

This edition was brought to you with contributions from: Engineered Products Wayne Braun, Carlos de Oliveira

(Cast ConneX Corporation) GET & Buckets

Jason Lunn

Crawler Systems

Nikolay Vishnevskiy

Safety

Terry McLaren

Editor

Michelle Fragar

Writer

Erin Evans

Designer

Tony Phillips

Registered Trademarks All company names, logos, product names and identifying marks used throughout this publication are the property of their respective trademark owners. They are used for descriptive purposes only and are protected by the relevant laws of the countries in which the trademarks are registered.

Dr David Smith was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on the Bradken Board on 1 February 2014, joining both the Human Resources Committee and the Audit & Risk Committee.

Having extensive operational and business development experience, his particular area of expertise is business integration, growth and safety.

Non-Executive Director, Dr. David Smith.

David has over 30 years’ experience within the Rio Tinto group.

Until 2009 he was President of Rio Tinto Atlantic and from 2001 to 2008 was Managing Director of Rio Tinto's iron ore business in Australia.

He is currently Lead Independent Director with Atlas Iron and Deputy Chairman of the WA Ballet. David has also served as President of the WA Chamber of Minerals & Energy, a Commissioner of Tourism WA, Director of the Australian institute of Management (WA), a Councillor on the Australian Business Arts Foundation, a founding Director of Leadership WA and chaired the Federal Government’s National Skills Shortages Strategy working group.

David’s formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Science and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from the University of New South Wales in Australia.

On behalf of all at Bradken we would like to welcome David into his new role.

ANDREW ALLEN AWARDED XUZHOU HONORARY CITIZEN TITLE In September 2013, Bradken’s General Manager Corporate Development Andrew Allen was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen by the Xuzhou Municipal Government at the National Day banquet held at the Crowne Plaza Xuzhou Dalong Lake.

This prestigious title is awarded to non-nationals who have spent a significant amount of time in Xuzhou contributing to the city’s economic growth, social development, foreign exchange and communications.

On receiving this great honour, Andrew said, "Recognition as an Honorary Citizen of Xuzhou, while a tremendous personal honour, also recognises the efforts of all Bradken people involved over the years in demonstrating Bradken’s culture.”

To date only two Australians, including Mr Allen, have received this honour, the second being the Mayor of Dandenong, NSW (Dandenong is sister city to Xuzhou).

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WHAT IS AN ENGINEERED PRODUCT? In our Rail, Mineral Processing and Mining Products Divisions we design and manufacture Bradken original products which, when put into service, we can see rolling down a train track or operating in a minesite. In contrast our Engineered Products Division manufactures critical components for major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and other similar companies so they can complete the manufacture of their products.

So why don’t OEM’s make these important parts themselves?

Good question. The answer is simple, Bradken has proven to be an industry leader for the manufacture of technically difficult, highly complex and custom components.

Customers come to Bradken with a design and we offer our expertise in the selection of material, computer modelling and product testing. Our ability to test and analyse a design pre and post manufacture provides customers with the peace of mind to know that each and every component manufactured will meet the strictest of specifications. Bradken holds some of the toughest certifications in the world due to our world class technical skills and manufacturing knowhow.

Many of the parts we make are classified as ‘mission critical’ as they provide vital functions in products that impact on our daily lives.

Many of the parts we make are classified as ‘mission critical’ as they provide vital functions in products that impact on our daily lives. This means that they are indispensable to the equipment, process or procedure in which they are used.

Bradken manufactures some of the most complex castings in the world.

While we hear them referred to as just a pump, a valve or a node, the complexity and importance of these parts being made correctly should not be understated.

On the following pages we take a look at an exciting Engineered Products project and examine the history of one of our Engineered Products foundries in Atchison, USA.

POWER GENERATION ‘Stop Valves’ control the flow rate of steam into a steam turbine.

NUCLEAR Pump casings for use in nuclear reactors.

INDUSTRIAL Sector gate node for use in flood control.

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PRODUCT PROFILE

BRADKEN’S CASTING CAPABILITY ‘NODES’ NO BOUNDS

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Bradken's Engineered Products Division’s foundries are highly experienced, technical foundries with a reputation for producing the most complex engineered steel castings in the world. In late 2012, this reputation led to Bradken manufacturing three mission critical cast ‘nodes’ required to support the redevelopment of the Queen Richmond Centre West (QRC West) building in Toronto, Canada.

One of the nodes fresh out of the heat treatment oven.

Artist's Impression.

Node installed on the lower section of one of the delta frames.

The QRC West project involves the construction of an 11 storey office building above two existing heritage buildings, supported by three 70 feet tall, eight legged architecturally exposed ‘delta frames’, featuring a 35,000 lb (15,875 kg or 17.5 ton) central cast connection ‘node’ manufactured

by Bradken.

Bradken was selected for the project by Cast ConneX Corporation, a Canadian company specialising in the design and supply of standardised and customised cast steel structural components for the building and bridge construction market.

As Cast ConneX President Carlos de Oliveira explains, Bradken’s innovative ethos and collaborative

Installation complete, ready for field welding.

approach played a big part in securing the project.

“We spoke to a number of foundries on the potential production of the cast structural nodes for this project, and none matched the level of confidence that Bradken inspired,” Carlos said.

“Bradken’s understanding of the needs of our market and openmindedness to consider alternative production methodologies was a major key to the project’s success.

“We were also very happy to have found in Bradken a foundry which could provide turnkey solution from tooling production, casting, and machining by leveraging various facilities,” (the nodes were cast at

Installation images courtesy of Cast ConneX Corporation.

Architectural image courtesy of Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co Architects Inc. and Allied Properties REIT.

Queen Richmond Centre West (QRC West) building in Toronto, Canada.

Bradken’s Atchison foundry with the London facility making the tooling and carrying out final machining).

as opportunities continue to arise for steel casting use in building design. As Mr de Oliveira reiterates;

Bradken’s experience in the manufacture of mission critical cast components greatly assisted in the construction of the delta frame nodes which were required not only to be structurally sound (to support an incredible 80 meganewtons or 18 million pounds of compression), but also to be aesthetically pleasing as they form the architectural focal point of a grand glass atrium linking the new and existing structures.

“Steel casting use in the North American building construction market is a new and rapidly growing trend that offers architects and engineers the ability to extend the limits of building design. We, along with Bradken, are delighted to be leaders in developing this new market.”

The first delta frame assembly was installed in October 2013 with the overall development due for completion in mid-2015.

Bradken will look to capitalise on the ‘celebrity’ of this unique project within the North American building construction market and beyond,

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REGIONAL OVERVIEW

Some 140 years ago, a former Civil War Captain, John Seaton, opened an iron foundry in Atchison, Kansas. Today on the same site as that original foundry stands Bradken’s largest capacity industrial foundry.

John Seaton.

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The John Seaton Foundry Company buildings circa 1900s.

REGIONAL OVERVIEW

In 1856 at the age of just 22 John Seaton, with two dollars and fifty cents to his name, started a foundry business in Alton, Illinois in the United States.

In 1872 Seaton moved his 50 employees to Atchison, Kansas on the offering of a $10,000 grant and free land from the city to anyone who would open an iron foundry in the area.

In its early years, the John Seaton Foundry and Manufacturing Company made its mark on the industry manufacturing railroad parts, architectural work, iron and brass fittings, steam engines, boilers, jali screens (ornamental patterned screens) and sheet iron work.

In the early 1900’s Seaton collaborated with two young railroad engineers to manufacture finished railroad parts, building a machine shop, the Locomotive Finished Material Co, next to the foundry. The two businesses continued in partnership until the time of Seaton’s death in 1912 when a reorganisation saw them joined as a single entity called The Locomotive Finished Material Company (LFM).

From 1914 to 1930 LFM suffered through a number of depression periods. While others folded, LFM was able to endure on the back of sales of their patented sectional steam locomotive

piston ring which became the standard for many of the major railroads.

In 1924 LFM began experimenting with steel castings installing the Company’s first electric arc melting furnace.

In the years that followed LFM thrived taking on work for the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (cast steel locomotive truck frames) and producing machine tooling and railroad equipment used in the World War II war effort.

In 1956 LFM was purchased by the Rockwell Manufacturing Company and became known as their steel casting division.

Rockwell was a major American manufacturing company involved in aircraft, the space industry, defense and commercial electronics, automotive and truck components, printing presses, valves and meters, and industrial automation.

As a subsidiary of Rockwell, the Atchison foundry became a leading producer of large carbon and low alloy steel castings. In the 1990’s however Rockwell began to sell off a number of its subsidiaries, including the Atchison foundry and St. Joseph machine shop.

In 1991 an investment group formed a company, the Atchison Casting Corporation (ACC), with the aim of combining a number of

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small independent foundries under a single corporate banner.

In June of the same year the Atchison foundry became the first such foundry to be purchased by the ACC. The ACC was disbanded in 2003 and five of the Company’s twenty facilities were sold to the newly formed Americast Technologies Inc. (Americast).

After a number of changes of ownership in the early 2000’s, Bradken acquired a 20% stake in AmeriCast in 2006.

After Bradken acquired the remaining share of Americast in 2008 the Atchison foundry and St. Joseph machine shop became a major part of the Company’s Engineered Products Division.

Today, as part of Bradken’s Industrial Products Business, the Atchison foundry produces some of the largest and most complex steel castings for customers all over the world.

The facility manufactures low alloy steels, high alloy steels and stainless grades ranging from 200 lbs to over 55,000 lbs (9 kg to over 25,000 kg).

As a Bradken facility the Atchison foundry continues to support the locomotive and rail sector as it did in its founding days, while also manufacturing Bradken original products.

Atchison foundry’s market coverage: • Aggregate • Compressor • Construction • Structural Steel Castings • Freight • Marine • Locomotive • Mining • Military (Army) • Material Handling • Oil & Gas Field Equipment • OEM Off Highway Equipment • Process Equipment • Oil Tool • Pulp & Paper • Pump • Rock Crusher • Turbine • Transit • Crusher Components • Steel • Valve • Crawler Systems

Atchison from above (2012).

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MARKETING

WHERE IN THE W RLD IS BRADKEN? In 2013, Bradken participated as an exhibitor in some of the most comprehensive industry trade events in the world. From Sydney, Australia to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Bradken is committed to the globalisation of our brand, taking our products and expertise to our customers wherever in the world they may be.

Germany

BAUMA 15-21 April 2013 Messe MĂźnchen Exhibition Centre, Munich, Germany.

South Africa

AFRICA RAIL 24-27 June 2013 Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.

BALIKPAPAN EXPO 13-15 June 2013 Balikpapan International Sports & Convention Centre (DOME), Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

L-R: Allan Chandler and Bruce Weiland (Bradken).

BAUMA

AFRICA RAIL

BALIKPAPAN EXPO

The BAUMA International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines,Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment is held every three years. In 2013 the event attracted over 535,000 visitors from 220 countries and hosted a total of 3,421 exhibitors. With an area of 555,000m, this is the largest fair in the world.

The annual Africa Rail Conference and Exhibition is part of Africa’s largest transport and infrastructure show. 2013 marked the 16th anniversary of the event which brings together International and African railway and port operators and authorities, government, major cargo owners, investors and key transport suppliers to discuss, deliberate and strategise over the future of the African railway sector.

The Balaikpapan Expo is an annual event held in East Kalimantan on the Indonesian island of Borneo. With an exhibition space of 7,100m the event housed 202 stands in 2013 featuring 290 exhibiting Companies from 31 countries. Visitor attendance over the course of the three day event was 7,320.

Bradken was represented at this event by the GET & Buckets, Crawler Systems and Fixed Plant Businesses and the Mineral Processing Division.

Over 3,600 attendees visited stands from more than 100 participating exhibitors from 20 countries.

Bradken was represented at this event by the Rail Division.

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Bradken was represented at this event by the GET & Buckets and Crawler Systems Businesses and the Rail Division.

MININGWORLD CENTRAL ASIA Held annually, the MiningWorld Central Asia exhibition, combined with associated events Kazcomak and KazMet, is the largest trade fair of its kind in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In 2013

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MININGWORLD CENTRAL ASIA 18-20 September 2013 Atakent Exhibition Centre, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan

MINING MONGOLIA 19-21 September 2013 Buyant-Ukhaa Sports Palace, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Mongolia

Indonesia

Australia AIMEX 20-23 August 2013 Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia.

AUSRAIL 26-28 November 2013 Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

L-R: Sean Boswell, Barry Dawber and Brett Albury (Bradken).

the event drew its largest number of participating exhibitors to date, with almost 400 Companies from 26 countries represented.

Bradken was represented at this event by the GET & Buckets, Crawler Systems and Fixed Plant Businesses and the Mineral Processing Division.

AUSRAIL The annual AusRAIL Plus Confernece & Exhibition is a mecca for cutting edge rail research, showcasing the latest innovations from the global Rail industry. Attended this year by over 7,000 visitors and 373 exhibiting countries, the event ran concurrently with the 10th World Congress on railway Research.

Combined, the two programs delivered over 230 technical papers and hosted 400 expert speakers,

including Bradken’s General Manager of Rail, Stephen Cantwell.

Bradken was represented at this event by the Rail Division.

MINING MONGOLIA In only its second year the Mining Mongolia trade fair, held annually in conjunction with associated events Building & Construction and Power & Renewable Energy Mongolia 2013, attracted 214 participating Companies from 29 countries. It is the largest exhibition in Mongolia for the Mining, Construction and Energy sectors.

Bradken was represented at this event by the GET & Buckets, Crawler Systems and Fixed Plant Businesses and the Mineral Processing Division.

AIMEX Held every two years, Asia-Pacific's International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX) is the largest mining event in the Asia-Pacific region. The event brings Australian and International suppliers of mining technology, equipment and services together with mining industry buyers from across the globe in a shared business environment. In 2013 the event was attended by over 11,000 visitors over the course of its four day run. Over 650 leading suppliers were on hand exhibiting the latest in mining innovation.

Bradken were represented at this event by the GET & Buckets, CrawlerSystems and Fixed Plant Businesses, the Mineral Processing Division and the Rail Division.

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SAFETY

SAFETY BY DESIGN In 2013 Bradken’s Rail Maintenance facility in Mittagong, NSW undertook a project to improve safe working practices on the workshop floor to facilitate a multi-million dollar refurbishment contract.

Bradken was awarded a contract to supply 200 new coal wagon bodies and refurbish two different types of bogies (400 all together) for a large rollingstock manufacturer in New South Wales, Australia.

These issues included:

Facing a project of this size and scope, the small crew at Mittagong (a team of about seven workers led by Manufacturing Manager Jon Baalam) set about refitting one of the bays in the workshop to manage the job in the safest and most efficient way possible.

• Pedestrian access to the workshop area

Despite facing a limited timeframe and budget the team went back to basics producing a process map to plan out the work flow of the project and the various interactions required for handling the bogies.

The process map was put together following extensive consultation with Bradken employees and contractors. This feedback together with the results of a full plant Hazard assessment and ORA (Observations Recommendations Actions) highlighted a number of safety related issues which were addressed in the design of the refit.

Ergonomic heights of work stands and benches.

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• E rgonomic considerations (heights of benches and stands) • Placement of electrical, air and gas supply lines

• Placement of work bays and work stations • Replacing the existing 2 tonne and 5 tonne cranes National Safety Manager Terry McLaren said he was pleased with the level of thought given to safe work practices and employee safety in this project.

“I was very impressed with the level of consultation that went into the development of the bays,” Terry said.

Green painted walkways identify safe pedestrian access.

“Not only was the facility constructed in a short timeframe with a very limited budget, but every safety aspect in the overall design and layout was thoroughly examined. The team has developed a facility that will improve productivity while looking after the safety of our employees.”

Access to work stations adjacent to rail and forklift traffic areas.

Safe placement of supply lines.

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SPOTLIGHT ON BRADKEN AWARD WINNERS

Name Position Location Service

Liu Peiqian Leading Hand Xuzhou, China 6 years Liu Peiqian was presented with the Bradken Award by General Manager Rail Stephen Cantwell and Commercial Manager Rail Guiying (Kitty) Marriott.

Liu Peiqian’s Story Liu Peiqian has been employed by Bradken since the Company commenced operations at the Xuzhou Manufacturing Facility in November 2007. Starting out as a Boilermaker in the Rail production department, Liu Peiqian was soon appointed to his current position of Leading Hand, where he is responsible for the supervision of the Boilermakers and Welders.

Liu Peiqian says that Bradken’s culture played a large part in his decision to work for the Company.

“When deciding to work for Bradken, it was the Company’s background as a successful foreign-owned company with a reputation for having a good working environment that attracted me at first,” he said.

“However once I began working, the more the Company continued to develop and grow, the more my attention was being drawn to Bradken’s people focused management and its corporate culture, values and spirit.

“The Company has also provided me with a better platform for my own development so

that I am able to continuously learn and improve, which has changed my own life values.

“Working at Bradken is just like living in a big family, as a member of which I am quite Proud to Belong.”

“Bradken has acknowledged my development to date in offering me this prestigious award which has further encouraged my dedication, heart and soul, to Bradken.”

Family “No matter how heavy the storm is, family will be the warmest harbour in my life,” remarks Liu Peiqian. He and his wife Hu Xianhua have been married for 12 years and have a 10 year old son, Liu Yuheng.

Hobbies In his spare time Liu Peiqian enjoys reading and listening to music. Although he rarely has the chance to travel his favourite place to visit is Huang Mountain in southern Anhui province, China. To the surprise of many, he is also an excellent cook!

Liu Peiqian’s thoughts on winning the Bradken Award “I am totally excited and surprised by winning the Bradken Award for the Asian Region in 2012,” said Liu Peiqian. “Like a seed growing in fertile soil, my potential is being developed and is valued by the Company.”

Liu Peiqian with his wife Hu Xianhua and son Liu Yuheng.

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PRODUCT PROFILE

THE NEXT GENERATION IN BRADKEN’S PLATE LIP GET SYSTEM In November 2013 Bradken revealed its latest offering in the Ground Engaging Tools (GET) market officially launching the Twistlokpro range of products.

With features developed specifically to improve safety and increase product wear life, the Twistlokpro range is the next evolutionary step in Bradken’s existing Twistlok Plate Lip GET system.

With the popularity of twist style points throughout the global mining community and the constant push for safer onsite practices, Bradken took the opportunity to further enhance their existing hammered point range to develop a hammer free product which was safer and easier to use.

As Sales and Marketing Manager for Bradken’s GET & Buckets Business Jason Lunn explains, “Bradken is committed to safety, so improving the Twistlok series in this way was just a logical step forward.”

Twistlokpro Wear Caps

Lifting Point Twistlokpro Locking Pin

Twistlokpro Point

Twistlokpro Adapter

Twistlokpro Wear Cap

Locking Indicator

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Twistlokpro T810 points were trialled on a CAT6040 excavator at the Vale Integra mine site in the NSW Hunter Valley.

The Twistlokpro range features a number of developments that offer customers a real advantage and ultimately provide an opportunity for them to lower their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Points Twistlokpro points are available in a variety of styles to suit various applications and can be customised to suit site specific requirements.

They are interchangeable with Bradken’s existing T690 – T810 adapter range as well as competitor’s products of the same size with a helix style nose.

Improved point styles also provide increased wear life for Twistlokpro points.

Hammer Free Locking Pin The original Twistlok range required the use of hammers in the installation and removal of the locking pins. Bradken’s hammer free Twistlokpro locking pin provides improved safety, with only a 17mm allen key or ratchet setup required to install and remove the pin.

The pins are also reusable further reducing equipment running costs.

Wear Caps Twistlokpro adapters feature common wearcaps that can be positioned along the top and bottom legs of the adapter in a ‘stackable’ design allowing them to be interchanged from front to back or top to bottom.

The ability to reposition the wearcaps not only ensures prolonged wear life of the adapter but also maximises the wear life of the wearcaps.

Protected Lifting Point The Twistlokpro T810 adapter range features a protected lifting lug beneath the top leg wearcaps providing a safe and time effective means of adapter removal.

Cast-on lifting lugs typically wear off whilst in service. Having a RUD* lifting point concealed beneath the wear caps ultimately reduces maintenance downtime and associated costs.

This innovation is unique to Bradken’s Twistlokpro range.

Twistlokpro was trialled at several mine sites across Australia throughout 2013. Customers participating in the product trials were particularly pleased with the ease and safety of point installation, the increased point wear life and point retention and the hammer free locking system.

A number of product sales have been recorded to date, with the first full fitment of Twistlokpro points going into service at a Hunter Valley (New South Wales, Australia) mine site in January 2014.

Further information about the Twistlokpro range, along with the Business’s other product lines, is available to the global online mining audience via braken.com or groundengagingtools.com (a website dedicated to new product releases from the GET & Buckets Business with content available in multiple languages - English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Mongolian). * RUD is an Australian based manufacturer of quality round steel link chain products.

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CUSTOMER STORY

MINING DIAMONDS IN THE ARCTIC The red muddy earth of the Arkhangelsk region of the Russian Federation is home to Europe’s largest primary diamond deposit, the Lomonosov field.

DID YOU KNOW? • D iamonds are the hardest natural substance on Earth • N aturally occurring diamonds are formed over billions of years under intense pressure and heat. They are often brought to the Earth’s surface by deep volcanic eruptions.

• D iamond weight is measured in carats (one carat = 0.2grams or .007 ounces) • T he largest diamond ever uncovered, the Cullinan diamond, weighed in at 3,106 carats and was the approximate size of a human fist – 105 individual stones were cut from the Cullinan diamond, the two largest of which are part of the British Crown Jewels.

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One of the three hydraulic excavators on site.

Located approximately 120km from Arkhangelsk in the Northwest region of Russia, the Lomonosov diamond mine commenced production in 2005.

The mine is owned by Severalmaz OAO, a subsidiary of ALROSA the world’s largest producer of diamonds producing approximately 27% of world production and 97% of all Russian production.

As an open-pit operation, mining conditions at the Lomonosov site are dictated by the elements and the environment. It is located in an area of soggy earth adjacent to a nature preserve and its proximity to the Arctic Circle

generates some of the most extreme seasonal temperature variations in the world.

The region experiences seven consecutive months a year where low temperatures cause all moisture in the ground to freeze solid. As a result, working conditions on site are highly abrasive.

Over the last 12 months Bradken has installed Evolution crawler shoes onto two of the three hydraulic excavators operating on site, with the third machine still operating with the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) crawler system.

Belgium based Regional Sales Manager for the Crawler Systems Business Nikolay Vishnevskiy visited the site recently to conduct the first round of wear monitoring on all three machines and to track the performance of Bradken’s Evolution shoes against the OEM system.

The results show Bradken’s product outperforming the OEM equivalent with regard to wear life and in-service hours.

“Crawler shoes generally exhibit wear in three key areas, the drive lugs, roller paths and pin bores,” Nikolay explains. “In this instance the pin bores were measured by

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Developed to enhance undercarriage performance and provide increased wear life, the Evolution shoe is supported by the patented ‘continuous roller path’.

Newly fitted Evolution Crawler Shoes.

determining the distance between the pin centres, known as the pitch extension (as pictured above).

“As the pin and pin bore wear increases, so does the pitch extension. This ultimately leads to an inability to maintain track tension and affects the engagement between the crawler shoe and sprocket, causing the tracks to slip under high torque loads.

“The Evolution shoes are showing superior performance with the average pitch extension wear rate decreasing” said Nikolay.

Measuring pitch extension.

Evolution crawler shoes are manufactured from induction hardened NiCrMo (Nickel Chromium Molybdenum) cast steel. The base metal enables the crawler shoes to handle high impact loads whilst the surface hardening provides excellent wear resistance in critical wear areas.

This has been an excellent outcome for our customers and has proven the superiority of the Evolution product. We look forward to showing other mines the results and hope to increasr sales within the region.

Mezen

Severodvinsk

Arkhangelsk Novodvinsk

ARKHANGELSK REGION Kargopol

Kotias

ARKHANGELSK REGION

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Mineral Processing

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HS&E Manager

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Tim Bensley

Gladstone, QLD, AUS

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Maurice Beecroft

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David Beckett

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Joshua Cahill

Nelson Dindillo

Danial Foo

John Fulcher

David Lark

GET & Buckets

GET & Buckets

Fixed Plant

Graduate Metallurgist Wodonga, VIC, AUS

Regional Sales Manager Emerald, QLD, AUS

Design Engineer Bassendean, WA, AUS

Systems Implementation Manager

Engineered Products

Design Engineer

Fixed Plant

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Kansas City, MO, USA

Ian Malboeuf

Roy McHutchison

James Overton

Erin Patterson

Zhang Qisong

Fixed Plant

Mineral Processing

Energy

Rail

Business Development Manager – Major Projects

Fixed Plant

Regional Sales Manager Bassendean, WA, AUS

Graduate Metallurgist Henderson, WA, AUS

Metallurgist L1

Tacoma, WA, USA

Manager Aftercast/Foundry Xuzhou, Jiangsu, CHN OL E

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Edmonton, AB, CAN

Jamie Reid

Tasha Totten

Kris Vitnell

Nadia Boucher

Michael Côté

Fixed Plant

Energy

Rail

Mineral Processing

Mineral Processing

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Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

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Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

Technical Manager

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Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Human Resources Advisor

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Market Analyst

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Tacoma, WA, USA

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Edmonton, AB, CAN

Weld Engineer

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Regional Sales Manager

Gregor Dalziel

Brett Davis

Declan Ford

John Fitzgerald

Christian Fortin

Crawler Systems

Corporate

GET & Buckets

Crawler Systems

Mineral Processing

Production Clerk

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Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

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Bassendean, WA, AUS

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Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Regional Sales Manager

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Graduate Design Engineer

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Newcastle, NSW, AUS

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Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Group Systems Accountant

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General Manager

Michael Gagnon

Ivor Grainger

Joe Guidone

Kyron Holland

Peter Kalivitis

Mineral Processing

Europe

Mineral Processing

Fixed Plant

Fixed Plant

Purchasing Coordinator Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

Moulder

Darlaston, UK

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Melting Supervisor Henderson, WA, AUS

Operations Engineer Bassendean, WA, AUS

Production Manager Bassendean, WA, AUS

OL E NE

Nikola Kojic

Jay Lim

Gareth McMaster

Michael O'Brien

Frederick Peet

Mining Products

Industrial

Industrial

Mineral Processing

Fixed Plant

Orange, NSW, AUS

RS

OL E

Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Account Manager

NE

NE

NE

10 Y

EA

Commercial Manager

WR

OL E

Acacia Ridge, QLD, AUS

WR

OL E

Runcorn, QLD, AUS

Manufacturing Manager

NE

WR

OL E

Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Design Engineer

WR

Commercial Analyst

Tim Porter

Mark Rookledge

Victor Scholtz

Tony van Zeyl

Trevor Ahquay

Rail

Crawler Systems

Industrial

Mineral Processing

Crawler Systems Runcorn, QLD, AUS

RS

RS

Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Forklift Operator

10 Y

10 Y

10 Y

10 Y

EA

General Manager Operations

EA

RS

Ipswich, QLD, AUS

EA

RS

Bassendean, WA, AUS

Technical Manager

10 Y

EA

RS

Acacia Ridge, QLD, AUS

Sales Manager Australia

EA

Project Manager

Aubin BĂŠlanger

Paul Bowen

David Girdham

Joaquin Gonzalez

Jean-Francois Kirallah

Mineral Processing

GET & Buckets

Mineral Processing

Energy

Mineral Processing Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

RS

RS

London, ON, CAN

Human Resources Director

10 Y

10 Y

10 Y

10 Y

EA

Grinder

EA

RS

Adelaide, SA, AUS

EA

RS

Welshpool, WA, AUS

Moulding Lead Hand

10 Y

EA

RS

Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

Aftercast Leading Hand

EA

Pourer

Adam Mailes

Michael Marengo

Adrian Matthews

Garry McDowell

Andrew Peuker

Shared Services

GET & Buckets

Europe

Rail

Industrial Products Atchison, KS, USA

RS

RS

Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Coremaker

10 Y

10 Y

10 Y

10 Y

EA

Designer

EA

RS

Darlaston, UK

EA

RS

Wodonga, VIC, AUS

Moulder

10 Y

EA

RS

Newcastle, NSW, AUS

Coreshop Operator

EA

IT

Mathew Pridham

Mike Sports

Pierre Trahan

Steven Trost

Steve Waite

Mineral Processing

Industrial Products

Mineral Processing

Mineral Processing

Mineral Processing Runcorn, QLD, AUS

RS

RS

Henderson, WA, AUS

Operations Supervisor

15 Y

15 Y

15 Y

15 Y

EA

Inspection Team Leader

EA

RS

Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

EA

RS

Atchison, KS, USA

Heat Treatment Foreman

15 Y

EA

RS

Adelaide, SA, AUS

Welder

EA

Aftercast Expeditor

Rodney Dryden

Gabe Larose

Patrick Lawrence

David Reffitt

Wolf Reimann

Mineral Processing

Mineral Processing

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

Engineered Products

Coreshop Leading Hand Adelaide, SA, AUS

Sales & Marketing Manager Toronto, ON, CAN

Heat Treat Operator Atchison, KS, USA

Welder

St. Joseph, MO, USA

17

WR

OL E NE

WR

OL E NE

WR

OL E NE

WR

NE

WR

OL E

HUMAN RESOURCES

Design Engineering Manager Atchison, KS, USA

G L O BAL EY ES / EDITION 12

18

S 20

YE

AR

S 20

YE

AR

S AR 20

YE

RS 15 Y

EA

15 Y

EA

RS

HUMAN RESOURCES

Julio Villaverde

Jeffery Wuerfele

Roberto Beltrando

Alan Bone

Matthew Breweel

Mineral Processing

Industrial Products

Crawler Systems

Corporate

GET & Buckets

S AR

20

20

YE

AR

AR 20

YE

AR 20

YE

AR

Wodonga, VIC, AUS

20

YE

Newcastle, NSW, AUS

S

Runcorn, QLD, AUS

YE

St. Joseph, MO, USA

Group Management Accountant Moulding Leading Hand

S

Henderson, WA, AUS

Advanced 2nd Class Welder

S

Machine Shop Supervisor

S

Technical Officer

David Daly

Ray Galland

Carl Hagen

Steve Hawkins

Wayne Livsey

GET & Buckets

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

Cast Metal Services

GET & Buckets

S AR

AR

S AR 25

25

25

YE

AR 20

YE

AR

Wodonga, VIC, AUS

20

YE

Northgate, QLD, AUS

Dressing Shop Operator

YE

Atchison, KS, USA

Production Planner

S

Press Operator

YE

Atchison, KS, USA

S

Wodonga, VIC, AUS

Quality Supervisor

S

Moulder

Donald Myers

David Schmoller

Nicholas Adams

Dave Barrick

Graeme Biggins

Industrial Products

GET & Buckets

Industrial

Energy

Fixed Plant

AR

25

25

25

YE

AR

25

YE

AR

Bassendean, WA, AUS

S

Tacoma WA, USA

Fitter

25

YE

YE

AR

AR

S

Launceston, TAS, AUS

Mobile Equipment Mechanic

S

Coremaker

S

Welshpool, WA, AUS

S

Atchison, KS, USA

MPI Operator

YE

Landfill Operator

Robert Bishell

Charles Christ

John Clarke

Kevin Crowe

Charles Hamilton

Crawler Systems

Industrial Products

Europe

Fixed Plant

Energy

AR

25

25

25

YE

AR

25

YE

AR

Chehalis WA, USA

S

Bassendean, WA, AUS

Finishing Expeditor

25

YE

YE

AR

AR

S

Darlaston, UK

Machinist

S

Before Cast Supervisor

S

St. Joseph, MO, USA

S

Runcorn, QLD, AUS

Welder Specialist

YE

Section Coordinator

Terry Hamilton

Cora Hanson

Leon Horyst Sr.

Gene McLaren

Gino Perreault

Industrial Products

Energy

Energy

Industrial

Mineral Processing

S AR

AR 25

25

YE

AR 25

YE

AR 25

YE

AR

Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

25

YE

Launceston, TAS, AUS

Modeler

YE

Tacoma WA, USA

Moulding Supervisor

S

Upgrade Welder

S

Tacoma, WA USA

S

Atchison, KS, USA

Administrative Assistance

S

Welder

Marcus Porter

Antonio Santos

Carmelo Segreto

Kenneth Servaes

Rebecca Siard

Energy

Energy

Fixed Plant

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

Powdertorch Operator Tacoma, WA USA

Molder

London, ON, CAN

GL OB AL E YES / EDITION 12

Trades Assistant

Bassendean, WA, AUS

Shipper

Atchison, KS, USA

Molder

Atchison, KS, USA

S AR 35

Greg Stanton

Fred Fraizer

Jeff Hull

Robert Baker

Jean Bélanger

Industrial

Energy

Europe

Europe

Production Control Supervisor Launceston, TAS, AUS

Inspector

Tacoma WA, US

Manufacturing Coordinator Darlaston, UK

Moulder

Darlaston, UK

19

YE

35

YE

AR

S

S 30

YE

AR

S AR 30

YE

25

YE

AR

S

HUMAN RESOURCES

Mechanical Technician Maintenance

Mineral Processing S 35

YE

AR

S 35

YE

AR

S 35

YE

AR

S AR 35

YE

35

YE

AR

S

Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

Bob Burgoon

Mario Ceccarelli

Paul Kurtovic

Gary Mason

Alan Melton

Industrial Products

Energy

Fixed Plant

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

S AR

40

40

YE

AR

S AR

Atchison, KS, USA

40

YE

AR

Atchison, KS, USA

Maintenance Supervisor

S

Bassendean, WA, AUS

Maintenance Electrician

35

YE

AR YE

Pamela Swick

Jacques Perreault

Susan Gilliland

Rickey Lattin

Steven Yost

Energy

Mineral Processing

Engineered Products

Industrial Products

Energy

NT ME

RE

RE

TIR E

ME

NT

Chehalis, WA, USA

RE

TIR E

ME

ME

Atchison, KS, USA

Leadman

RE

TIR E

ME

Kansas City, MO, USA

Welder

RE

TIR E

IT Business Analyst

NT

Mont-Joli, QC, CAN

NT

Tacoma WA, USA

Fast-loop Molder

TIR E

QC Assistant

NT

35

Fitter

YE

Tacoma WA, USA

S

Atchison, KS, USA

Contract Spec Analyst

S

Maintenance Machinist

Stephen Barber

Rollie Boyer

René Dagenais

Steve Jones

Benjamin Kidwell

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

Mineral Processing

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

NT RE

TIR E

ME

NT ME RE

TIR E

ME

Atchison, KS, USA

RE

TIR E

ME

Amite, LA, USA

Purchasing Manager

RE

TIR E

ME

Mont-Joli, QC , CAN

Six Sigma Black Belt

RE

TIR E

Purchasing Supervisor

NT

St. Joseph, MO, USA

NT

St. Joseph, MO, USA

Tool Room Machinist

NT

Quality Inspector

John Kujawa

Richard Liebsch

David Martin

Steve Roshko

David Sinclair

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

Industrial Products

Fixed Plant

Industrial Products

Executive Vice President

Atchison, KS, USA

Grinder

Amite, LA, USA

Regional Sales Manager Edmonton, AB , CAN

Shipper

Atchison, KS, USA

RE

TIR E

ME

NT

Atchison, KS, USA

Pattern Maker

Paul Smith Labor

Industrial Products St. Joseph, MO, USA

G L O BAL EY ES / EDITION 12

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North America

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Africa

South America

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Australia

Sales Office Metal Recycling CMS Foundry Supplies

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