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Lisa and Grace Madsen
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Brion and Merilyn Lloyd
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The coal price and your future
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From 2015, projection Series B, C and D foresee overall growth in the Bowen Basin’s non-resident population. Series B projects an increase to 20,040 persons in 2018, followed by a gradual decline to 18,140 persons in 2020, then a small increase to 18,380 persons in 2021. This series takes account of several Bowen Basin mines that have been approved but are yet to reach FID, as well as the rail and port elements of Galilee Basin projects that will influence Isaac (R) and Whitsunday (R), and Arrow www.shiftminer.com Energy’s LNG pipeline projects.
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Planning for a boom impossible Series C, which includes further coal projects, the Nathan Dam and Pipelines Project and Santos GLNG Gas Field Development, anticipates an increase to 20,520 persons in 2018, before tapering off to 19,220 persons in 2020, then increasing to 19,750 persons in 2021. The Series D projection, which includes a number of coal projects in preliminary planning stages plus the impacts of the Central Queensland Integrated Rail Project, would see the non-resident population reach 21,280 persons in 2018, then a slight dip followed by further growth to 21,560 persons in 2021.
Projected non–resident workers on-shift, Surat Basin
The non-resident populationFigure of the Surat has grownnon–resident strongly in recent years with theBowen establishment 3: PastBasin and projected workers on-shift, Basin of the CSG industry. At June 2014 there were an estimated 14,490 non–resident workers on-shift in the region—more than four times the number estimated persons) (Figure 3). This steep increase was largely construction Non-resident workers on-shift Series A Series Bdue to the FIFO/DIDO Series C Series D Persons in June 2011 (3,270 workforces of the APLNG, GLNG and QCLNG projects present in the region during this period. 30,000
Estimated The Surat Basin’s non-resident population is projected to decline rapidly to 7,170Projected persons in June 2015 according to all three projection 25,000 series, then continue to fall to less than 6,000 persons in June 2016, as the large construction workforces of the three CSG projects taper off and are replaced by smaller operational workforces (Table 1). Under the Series A projection, the 20,000 population of the Surat Basin will continue to decrease, from 5,400 persons in 2016 to 3,650 persons in 2021. This non-resident series includes the ongoing workforces of existing operations, along with the APLNG, GLNG and QCLNG projects, Wallumbilla Gas15,000 Treatment Facility, and Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project.
Series B projects the non-resident population to fall to 5,830 persons in 2016, then increase to around 6,600 persons in 2017 10,000 and 2018. This variation largely reflects the impacts of Arrow Energy’s proposed Surat Gas Project and Surat to Gladstone Pipeline 5,000Project, as well as the Braemar 3 Power Station and New Acland Coal Mine Stage 3 Project. Under this scenario the non-resident population will resume its decline from 2018, reaching 4,460 persons in 2021. 0
The Series C2006 projection to Series around 6,7002016 persons in 2017 2018, 2020 before 2021 2007follows 2008 a similar 2009 trajectory 2010 2011 2012B, reaching 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018and2019 declining to 5,470 persons in 2021. In addition to Category B projects, this series reflects the influence of the Santos GLNG Gas Source: QGSO estimates, 2006 to 2014; QGSO projections, 2015 to 2021 Field Development Project. Figure 3: Past and projected non–resident workers on-shift, Surat Basin Table 1: Projected non–resident workers on-shift, Bowen Basin workers on-shift Non-resident workers on-shiftNumber of non–resident Series A Series B at 30 June Series C Projected
Persons
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16,000 Projection series
2017
2020
2021
14,310
14,090
2018 Projected 13,650
2019
16,360
2015 Estimated 14,230
2016
Series A 14,000
2014
13,680
13,720
13,670
Series B 12,000 Series C 10,000 Series D
16,360
14,550
17,770
19,830
20,040
19,050
18,140
18,380
16,360
14,640
18,030
20,260
20,520
19,710
19,220
19,750
16,360
14,640
18,180
20,650
21,280
20,330
20,500
21,560
Figures in all tables have been rounded to the nearest 10; see notes for details. 8,000 Source: QGSO estimates, 2014; QGSO projections, 2015 to 2021
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(a) Estimates for 2009 are extrapolated from 2008 data. Source: QGSO estimates, 2008 to 2014; QGSO projections, 2015 to 2021
Table 1: Projected non–resident workers on-shift, Surat Basin Number of non–resident workers on-shift at 30 June Estimated Projection series(a)
Projected
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
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5,400
5,270
4,980
4,930
4,310
3,650
Series B
14,490
7,170
5,830
6,660
6,620
5,750
5,340
4,460
Series C
14,490
7,170
5,830
6,710
6,690
5,850
5,940
5,470
(a) There is no Series D projection for the Surat Basin. Figures in all tables have been rounded to the nearest 10; see notes for details. Source: QGSO estimates, 2014; QGSO projections, 2015 to 2021
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THE population of workers driving (DIDO) or flying (FIFO) to work across Queensland has plummeted according to figures released by the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office. However it could take off again, depending on what happens to commodity prices and the projects that depend on it over the next five years. In the Bowen Basin the QGSO says FIFO and DIDO numbers have fallen by a third, but encouragingly have flatlined in the last 12 months. “The non-resident population of the Bowen Basin was 16,360 persons in June 2014, down from a peak of 25,040 in June 2012,” the QGSO said. “Factors contributing to this fall include completion of construction for new mines, expansion projects and coal seam gas (CSG) projects, as well as mine closures and workforce restructuring.” However, in the next five years the QGSO says the non local workforce might rise by a third depending on commodity prices, and the lifestyle choices of the local workforce. “The series A projection, which takes into account the non-resident workforces of existing resource operations and projects that have passed final investment decision (FID), anticipates that the region’s nonresident population will moderate to 13,670 persons by 2021, a level similar to that recorded in 2008. “Series B, which takes into account projects that have had an EIS approved but have yet to reach FID, expects that the Bowen Basin’s non-resident population will increase substantially from 2016, peaking at 20,040 persons in 2018 before falling to 18,380 persons by 2021. “Series C, which considers projects that have yet to finalise an EIS process, anticipates an increase to 20,520 persons in 2018, before falling to 19,750 persons in 2021 while Series D, which includes projects in the early stages of planning, projects the non-resident population to
increase to 21,560 persons by 2021.” In the Surat Basin however there is no such variation with all possible outcomes pointing to significant reductions in workforce numbers. Even with the most optimistic development forecasts for CSG in the Surat Basin, the number of FIFO & DIDO workers in the region will more than halve by the end of this year and fall to just a third of where it was a year ago by 2020. More than three quarters of the people working in the CSG sector in the Surat Basin commute to work from somewhere else, which is almost the exact opposite of the Bowen Basin where most employees are considered local. For the large industry that has developed to service this mobile workforce, this week’s forecasts are a sobering take on the workforce boom that has occurred over the last three years. “In June 2014 there were an estimated 14,490 non–resident workers on-shift in the region - more than four times the number estimated in June 2011,” the QGSO reports. “This steep increase was largely due to the FIFO/DIDO construction workforces of the APLNG, GLNG and QCLNG projects present in the region during this period. “The Surat Basin’s non-resident population is projected to decline rapidly to 7,170 persons in June 2015 then continue to fall to less than 6,000 persons in June 2016, as the large construction workforces of the three CSG projects taper off and are replaced by smaller operational workforces.” According to the figures, the Western Downs Shire will continue to account for the majority of resource industry activity and to have the largest non-resident population in the region. Depending on which projects go ahead, its non-resident population will be between 2500 and 3500 in five years time. In the Maranoa there will be around 1500 non-resident workers and less than 200 in Toowoomba.
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Speaking up on safety Jon Flower, Jed Millen & Michael Lewis WH&S QLD
IN a frank, productive and open discussion, mining and industrial bosses have voiced alarm at how safety messages are being distorted on mine sites and putting lives at risk. In the difficult cost environment confronting the entire resources sector at the moment, management is concerned that directives on safety and maintenance are being misinterpreted, and people are not speaking out about safety issues for fear of losing their jobs. In one illuminating example, BMA’s asset president Lucas Dow explained a crisis averted on a mine site in the Bowen Basin, when a young engineer named Tom told him he was no longer working on structural integrity maintenance because there was no money for it in the budget. Mr Dow said the discussion showed just how important it was that messages were clear. “I have got alarm bells going off in my head and thinking, my God, what are we doing here?” he told the Resource Industry Network safety conference in Mackay. “The wake up call for me was about the clarity of the messages we were providing.” Mr Lucas said all employees understand companies were existing with smaller capital budgets but messages surrounding safety were less clear. “Through a process of Chinese whispers the message was that there was no money for these [safety] important things,” he said. “First and foremost our priority is to spend money on those things that are going to kill someone or seriously injure, secondly we need to
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ensure that people don’t go to jail for breaching statutory requirements, and whatever’s left over for maintenance we will use sustaining the place. “It just reinforces how these messages can often get distorted, it might be an off the cuff comment that things are tough and we need to pull back and then these things play out.” Mr Lucas has urged workers to double check decisions regarding safety with upper management. “For God’s sake don’t make those safety decisions yourself, put them back up the tree and put them fairly and squarely on the leaders of your organisation. “For me not knowing about it is not a defence, you need people to be able to push those things through, and if it were not for that conversation with Tom I would have been in a pretty closed space. “It has been really important for me to understand how these things play through, because it is often not our intent, but the interpretation, combined with a willingness to please that changes the message.” However, raising questions about safety in the current climate is not easy: opinions vary on ‘safety risks’ and employees worried about their job typically
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don’t want to rock the boat. Employees - regardless of where they sit on the jobs ladder - should feel safe to raise safety issues, according to Abbot Point Coal Terminal’s General Manager, Steve Rae. “We can all as leaders in our various businesses say to people, I want you to talk up, I want you to talk about this, and I guess for many years in my career I used to talk about all that stuff,” he said. “But you know I had a bit of an epiphany a few years ago, and realised that although I used to say that, for the people that I was saying it to, none of my actions reflected that I meant it. In the end someone would bring something to me, and the reaction they got was very different to what I preached.” Mr Rae said the reaction of bosses to their workers when bad news or safety concerns were raised was critical. “It is really important to have a good think about how we are impacting on others, and when the electrician or truck driver comes to you and talks about something that is important to him, and you blow it off or you talk about why that is not valid, certainly next time that person is not going to talk to you. “What I have tried to do is
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Arrow says good fit, bad price
CEO of Arrow Energy, Mike Grieve, has used last week’s Bowen Basin Mining Club event in Moranbah to again highlight what he sees as CSG’s comfortable fit in the region. Speaking to more than 150 people, he said Australia was blessed with enough CSG to power a city of a million people for more than 5000 years and argued that the debate around its use was not accurately reflecting the industry. “Traditionally in this area, land use has been either coal or agriculture; it has been rather black or white. “Well, today I am here to explain a third option,” he said. “And it is not just a black or white proposition. “CSG can co-exist with both coal and agriculture, and there is a degree of
flexibility in the way we operate. “There is more flexibility around timing, more flexibility about placement, about maintenance and about returning the land to its original purpose. “CSG is a world that is not black and white; it is a world of different shades of grey. “In fact, I was thinking about titling this talk ‘Fifty Shades of Grey in CSG’, but I am not sure I have the right audience.” However, despite his belief in the industry as a whole, Mr Grieve again confirmed that a final investment decision on the Bowen Gas Project had not been made, adding that at current oil prices the project was not viable; although, he says Arrow’s partners believe that will change in the future. More important from his perspective was whether the CSG sector could break away from conventions in the traditional oil and gas sector where he said high margins had made them cost “laggards” or “dinosaurs”. While CSG itself is the same as any other gas extracted, in a traditional oil and gas operation vast amounts of gas and oil come from a small number of highly productive wells under often immense pressure. In CSG, the gas has to be extracted from a vast number of wells often at a pressure that would not inflate a bicycle tyre. Also a cubic metre of coal has the same energy value as a thousand tonnes of CSG, meaning to get the same result you need to
extract and transport far more product. Adding to the challenge is the absence of valuable bi-products in CSG extraction. In conventional oil production, the biproducts can often cover two-thirds of the cost of extracting it. So for CSG to survive, Mr Grieve says it has to innovate and drive costs down. “The margins are not there in coal seam gas and so, therefore, how we handle continuous improvement is what will differentiate us from the conventional oil and gas companies,” he said. “We need to be better, we need to be quicker and we need to be more cost effective.” Looking to the future for local business, Mr Grieve expects the first area to be developed will be north of Moranbah where they will establish a hub surrounding their existing processing facility. However, he could not say when he thought a final investment decision about the project would be made. “I think there is a bit of a tussle going on between the world’s oil producers at the moment and it is a delicate dance, and where it goes in the future is anyone’s guess,” he added. “But what people are looking at are the long-term price projections of between $80 and $100, and that’s where you need the prices to be for unconventionals in Australia to commence.”
BGP feels like a “go slow” A COAL seam gas analyst has warned Arrow Energy’s Bowen Gas Project (BGP) is unlikely to happen anytime soon with the current depressed outlook for gas prices. Despite Arrow awarding the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract and putting out tenders, analyst James Bullen from Taylor Collison share brokers says the price of gas at the moment is not a strong incentive for large capital projects. “It looks to me like there is a definite go slow on for the Arrow Project,” he told Shift Miner. “The time frame for the FEED is unusually long, and I think they are going to use it to try and get a clearer picture of how low they can get the capital costs, and what the long-term outlook is for price. “Currently everyone is working off the spot price of $9 and my view is that the longer term price is going to be a fair bit lower than that, which is not going to be a great incentive for major new capital investment in CSG.” By Arrow’s own admission, pitching for work on the proposed BGP “won’t make sense for everyone” because it requires a huge investment of time and effort without any certainty that the project will ever move forward.
Hastings blocked on second vote Central Queensland’s biggest mining services company Hastings Deering is considering going to the Fair Work Commission after its Enterprise Agreement (EA) was voted down for the second time. Hastings Deering employs more than 2000 people in Central Queensland, most of whom are engaged in mining related activity. The company has laid off nearly 800 people since the mining correction started two years ago. After more than 12 months of what he called “genuine negotiations” Hastings
Deering’s Managing Director Dean Mehmet said the result was disappointing. “Employee representatives, the AMWU and the company have worked tirelessly since the initial vote in November last year to produce a revised agreement that would have provided security for the company and its employees,” he said. “The agreement offered two years of certainty, giving us the ability to compete for business and deliver value to our customers. “The wage rates, together with the
terms, provided a highly competitive employment package.” Speaking after the vote Brad Hanson from the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union told media the company should focus its efforts on finding a solution rather than heading to Fair Work Australia. “The employees are obviously unhappy... they [Hastings] would be better off focusing their energy on exploring different avenues to resolve that and finalise an agreement,” he said.
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Coal price a glass half full? The world’s biggest exporter of seaborne thermal coal, Glencore, has settled on a contract price with Japanese customers of $70 a tonne. The contract, which technically took effect last Wednesday, sets the price Australia’s biggest thermal coal producers receive from Japanese customers for the next twelve months. Depending on how you look at it, the new price is either a good sign or a bad one. For the optimists, it signals a near 15 per cent increase on the current price of coal in the spot market, suggesting that after a long dive to the bottom, the price is heading back in the right direction. However for the pessimists, it represents a 15 per cent fall in the new contracted thermal coal price - the worst result in years. In 2011, the price settled at more than $US129 a tonne, then in 2013 fell to $US95 a tonne before diving to $US81 a tonne for the year we are in now. More than half of the thermal coal shipped out of Australia is sold to Japanese power companies under the annual contract price, so it gives a good medium term outlook on coal supply and demand.
Delay could be deadly for Adani
ONGOING delay could be the death of the Galilee Basin according to the member for Dawson George Christensen. The Galilee is contingent on an expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal and recently the state government announced it had negotiated a new plan for dumping dredge spoil at the site. The state government says Adani and GVK Hancock have agreed to dump spoil from future port expansions in an
area known as T2. However in the same breath, they also say the approvals process will need to be restarted, meaning final approval is at least a year away. However Mr Christensen says further delays will significantly impact the viability of the project. “Adani has previously been on the record saying that if they didn’t get first coal by 2017 they would walk away from it,” he told Shift Miner
“My fear is that’s true, and with this new delay, dredging won’t start this year and that makes it very difficult for that timetable to be met. “All I think the new government in Queensland has done this week is move the project slightly to the left, and delayed the project for another year.” According to Mr Christensen, the great irony about the whole debate over where to put dredge spoil at Abbot Point is that the Newman LNP proposal and the current Labor governments proposal are 97 per cent the same. The only difference was that the LNP proposal included reclaiming 3 per cent of an area known as the Caley Valley Wetlands. “The thing that people who don’t live near here don’t realise is, that the wetland in question is a man made wetland,” he said. “Back in the 1950’s, a couple of local gun clubs saw an opportunity to flood that area for the purposes of going duck hunting, and that is what they did. “I have spoken to Burdekin Mayor Bill Lowis and he said he was instrumental in undertaking the water diversions back then.” “And now the Green anti-coal lobby would have you believe a man made wetland for duck hunting is a centuries old environmental site with global significance.”
BEING a coal miner is starting to feel a bit like a game of chicken as producers around the world stare each other down as profits plummet and the oversupply continues. However, in good news for Australian miners, it’s looking like a game we might win with analysts Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) saying nearly a quarter of US coal production is at risk of closure. Unlike Australian coal miners, the strengthening US dollar is bad news for their bottom line. In some of the oldest mining areas like the Central Appalachia, as much as 72 per cent of coal production is now unprofitable according to WoodMac. Years of declining productivity, thinning seams, increasing strip ratios, more stringent government regulations, and a high-paid workforce have taken their toll and made Central Appalachia the highest cost region within the US. Other US regions also have substantial amounts of coal at risk, ranging from 47 per cent of production in Southern Appalachia to a low of eight per cent in both the western bituminous and Powder River Basin. In aggregate, this equates to approximately 14 per cent of US thermal coal production and 58 per cent of metallurgical coal production being at risk. Senior research analyst at WoodMac, Dale Hazelton, says there are reasons why companies appear to be defying economic gravity.
“Based on current economics, there are a significant number of mines unable to cover their operating costs plus sustaining capital,” he said. “Despite this, mine closures - while not rare - certainly aren’t happening frequently, and part of the reason for this is the amount of thermal coal sold on the open market is very small compared to that sold under contract. “Contracts can cover multiple years, and prices may have been agreed well before the current market’s lows. “And a producer may also be able to beat the market prices as they have a valuable niche-quality coal such as stoker coal, or the location of the mine is near an end-user providing a transportation advantage over competitors.” “It is also possible the [mining] company is actively shopping their assets and having them currently in operation is more attractive to buyers.” However, Woodmac says the situation can only prevail for so long, noting that additional cost cutting measures are starting to reach their limits as producers globally have already cut costs significantly. Therefore, the only practical way for the market to get back into balance is for producers to cut production. “This needs to happen sooner rather than later, either voluntarily or involuntarily through bankruptcy, as the losses these mines are generating cannot be sustained,” they said.
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Liberate your inner GenY ENGINEERS working in the resources sector are generally not known for their softer side or their love for the sometimes excessive demands of the younger generations. However National Director, oil and gas for Deloitte Geoffrey Cann, says that if they want to make meaningful cuts to their costs, they need to embrace their newly graduated digital nomads. “There are much more savings to come, if my experience in the field is any guide, at least a 40 per cent reduction in well delivery cycle time,” he told Shift Miner. “Many of the field companies have yet to grasp the significance of manufacturing thinking in gas field work, lack even basic systems like ERP, do not use any mobile technologies in the field, and contract only on a cost plus basis.” There has been a wave of cost cutting, that has swept through every part of Australia’s resources sector as commodity prices have fallen. Mr Cann says industry is pretty well drilled at cutting the first five or 10 per cent of its cost base by doing things like cancelling capital expenditure, slowing down on projects, putting wage freezes on, selling assets and pressuring suppliers. But he says that will not be enough to cut their costs by 30 per cent, which is the size of the job confronting Queensland’s CSG sector as prices fall by as much as 65 per cent.
“If you overlay the capital cost index on top of the price of commodities, there is a pretty consistent lag time of 12 to 18 months,” he told Shift Miner. “When commodity prices are high, suppliers get really busy; they test the market’s willingness to pay and costs rise, and it definitely happened in the construction phase of the CSG industry. “But now with CSG prices falling to the tune of 65 per cent, there is going to be enormous pressure on costs in the very near future. “Most companies can take costs down five to 10 per cent relatively easily, but a 30 per cent reduction requires a complete rethink of how things are done; you need to view your business model through a different lens.” The type of changes Mr Cann is advocating are not necessarily expensive nor are they particularly new. Instead, it is about taking existing mobile digital technology and putting it to better use in the resources sector. In one example, he said thousands of dollars had been saved by an engineering company contracted to a gas company, when a young engineer used simple, widely accessible mobile phone technology to revolutionise the way they took stock of wellhead inventory. Using a $10 application downloaded from iTunes, the graduate recorded the inventory
on his phone and sent the data back to head office for updating the asset inventory. Previously, this job would have been done using a Pipe & Instrumentation diagram on paper and required the validation by a senior engineer, who would have driven many, sometimes hundreds, of kilometres to do the job. The whole idea has been taken further, with the same company now looking at how it can do all its P&ID validation digitally, using things like photos attached to PDFs of the diagrams, and QR codes to cheaply, effectively and quickly do a job that previously gobbled up hundreds of man hours. So how does a company free up its people to join the dots between technology and task? Mr Cann says companies need to open up their processes to the critical gaze of its youngest employees. “One idea for some of the more creative companies is for them to peel off six or seven younger engineers, give them a supervisor who is not allowed to say no and time to watch what engineers are doing,” he advised. “Give them a chance to reinvent the way you do business.” “Some of the younger engineering firms are definitely going to be doing this and they are going to lead the charge on cutting costs.”
ATO rules on mining accommodation RIO Tinto is considering its options after losing a test case against the Australian Tax Office (ATO) that has implications for accommodation providers and miners across Queensland. In essence, Rio was seeking to claim tax deductions for building and maintaining remote mining accommodation, in much the same way it would for other pieces of mining equipment and infrastructure. Specifically, the case related to about $600,000 in tax credits for its Hamersley Iron operations in Western Australia. The arm operates nine mines, and the claim was for the GST on the upkeep of about 2300 one-bedroom apartments to big six-bedroom homes with swimming pools that Hamersley purchased in 2010. However, in a federal court decision, Justice Jennifer Davies said the mining giant will not be eligible to claim the $600,000 in tax credits, protecting possibly hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue. Given the growing popularity of FIFO and the consequent rise in remote accommodation complexes, the case has been closely followed by a string of other mining businesses keen to follow Rio’s lead if successful.
CSG water not wasted
STARTING last month, the water equivalent of roughly Sydney Harbour will be added to the Dawson River every decade as the vast quantity of CSG extracted waste water is treated and piped into the river. SunWater has commissioned the Wolleebee Creek to Glebe Weir Pipeline, which takes treated water from QGC’s treatment plant at Wandoan and transports it 120 kilometres to Glebe Weir on the upper Dawson River. The major beneficiaries of the new water are irrigators who can now extract the water for agricultural uses, subject to the conditions of their water licences. SunWater Industrial Pipelines General Manager, Tim Donaghy, said the milestone was great news for local customers. “This marks the beginning of
beneficial use by irrigation and industrial customers from both the pipeline and the Dawson River,” Mr Donaghy said. “Water is extracted as part of the coal seam gas production process. “It is treated to a high standard at QGC’s Wolleebee Creek water treatment plant using ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis and is monitored by both QGC and SunWater to ensure it meets strict compliance requirements before it is released. “The treated water, which is included as part of the scheme supply and announced allocations for the upper Dawson sub-scheme, will be extracted by customers through their existing pumps and infrastructure and measured through existing flow meters.” The BG Group (owner of QGC) exported its first LNG from Gladstone in January this year and is one of three LNG projects being developed in Gladstone - from scratch - at a cost of AU$60 billion. The other major byproduct of CSG extraction is salt. The CSG industry is expected to generate 52 million tonnes of salt a year and enough salt to fill Suncorp Stadium four hundred times over its life in the Surat basin. 6th April 2015
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Three towns to be CSG work hubs. CHINCHILLA, Roma and to a lesser extent Miles are likely to remain the key regional centres for the next phase of the Queensland CSG industry. Gasfields Commissioner John Cotter met with each of the three major onshore gas proponents this month to get an update on what they expect the future to hold for local business. Despite the current price outlook, he says there is still a massive body of work to be done. “What we are wanting is some solid, factual information about what is going to be required in the future,” he told Shift Miner. “There is an enormous amount of upstream work ahead of us and we really want to make sure that the right people have the right information to plan for the next 30 years. “The work is likely to be around their existing acreages, so Chinchilla, Roma and Miles will remain key centres, although there is likely to be flow on benefits to other major centres like Toowoomba, Dalby and Rockhampton and Mackay, depending on what happens in the Bowen Basin.”
Data the next big thing in Bowen Basin Rio Tinto continues to push ahead with its investment in technology and automation at its mines, announcing today a major change in the way they operate machinery. The company has officially opened a world-first Analytics Excellence Centre (AEC) in India which will interpret vast quantities of operational data captured at the coal face by sensors on its machinery. The centre will then assess the data and use it to predict and prevent engine breakdowns and other downtime events, significantly boosting productivity and safety. Using predictive mathematics, machine learning and advanced modelling, data scientists in India will be working to identify a range of problems before they occur. It’s hoped this analysis will reduce maintenance costs and production losses from unplanned breakdowns. Rio Tinto executive for technology and innovation Greg Lilleyman, says it is about maximising productivity. “The AEC will allow us to extract maximum value from the data we are capturing around the performance of our equipment, making our operations more predictable, efficient and safer,” he said. “This is a world-first for the mining industry and is all part of Rio Tinto’s relentless pursuit of productivity gains across our businesses”.
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Heavy industry in Gladstone will have to confront its inflated labour and operating costs if it wants to get more local business. That was the clear message from some of the region’s major non CSG industrial businesses at the Gladstone Engineering Alliance (GEA) Industry Update last week. Gladstone business is facing major structural change as they move into a consolidation period in the wake of the CSG construction boom. Like the coal boom, prices from everything from labour to a pair of gloves
in Gladstone took off as the major CSG proponents raced to get their projects completed on time - even if not on budget. But now with that work ending, local businesses will need to readjust their costs structures to the “new reality” if they want to win work. In one notable example, general manager at NRG Power Station John Abbott, said local quotes for a job were four times higher than the same service from Brisbane. “In effect we compete as a supplier in a national market, and therefore it is not
surprising that we look for competition in the national market from our suppliers,” he told the audience of more than 100 business people. “Obviously local supplies have a very significant advantage for us because the fly in fly out costs that are related to things are quite high. “But what we have found is that there are considerable - and I mean considerable - advantages to not buying local, and that is probably not the story you want to hear in this room. “But I can give one example, without using specifics, where if I use 20 as the lowest base quoted locally, I was able to get the same job done for five, including materials from Brisbane. “That is the challenge that you as local suppliers face. “So the message here is we will always look local, but we need you guys to play, because we are playing in a tough market as well.” “As much as I would like to be parochial, we just don’t have the opportunity to do that.” Mr Abbott gave one of four presentations at the lunchtime event. Other speakers included Peter Odgers CFO for Queensland Alumina, Jim Grayson CEO at Gladstone Area Water Board, Ian Coad from Boyne Smelters and Craig Doyle from Gladstone Ports Corporation.
Debate rages over FIFO in a blow The rights of miners working a long way from home while bad weather bears down on their families and homes has come under scrutiny after recent cyclones. Locally in the wake of cyclone Marcia, miners have been calling for a more unified approach to how the issue is managed. In an email received by Shift Miner, a Bowen Basin miner said he wanted to highlight some of his observations during Cyclone Marcia. “On Thursday it was the last day of shift and the day before the cyclone hit,” he wrote. “About 11am BMA maintenance staff from Yeppoon to Bundaberg were given the OK to go home to prepare for the cyclone. “Contractors on site requested the opportunity to do the same. “The superintendents of one of these contractors left early himself to secure his boat at Rosslyn Bay, even though contractors had been refused the opportunity to leave. “All the contractors from Yeppoon and Rockhampton would not have arrived home until 9 -10 pm that night leaving no time to prepare. “I know of one worker who lives by himself had no food due to shops being closed once returning to Rockhampton,
and another contractor was sacked after getting the OK to go home from a supervisor, without approval by his superintendent. “Other contractors from south east Queensland had to drive home in the pouring rain and high wind, and others were grounded with flights cancelled.” In an extended discussion on the Shift Miner Facebook page, other employees said they had better experiences. “I’m a contractor at BMA Blackwater and live in Mackay, and they let anyone who would be affected by the cyclone to leave the day before, and when the cyclone was around Sarina they let me go no questions asked, so I guess I’m saying BMA looked after me and my family when I needed them, I’ve worked for companies where they don’t give a shit” one miner said “As a contractor, we saw none of that where we work and every employee living in the areas involved in cyclone Marcia were given every opportunity and plenty of time, to be with their family and their property” said another. In response to the discussion, BMA - the regions largest mining employer said they have a clear plan for managing these situations. “BMA has well established guidelines for preparing and responding to
significant weather events, which were followed in the lead up to and during Tropical Cyclone Marcia. “Our first and foremost consideration is the health and safety of employees and during this time, BMA took a compassionate and flexible approach with our workforce. “Any decision relating to BMA’s contractor workforce is a matter for the individual contractor.” BMA has also donated $250,000 to the Salvation Army’s “Fill a fridge” campaign, which is helping to supply food and other needs to people affected by Cyclone Marcia. It has also donated seven power generators to communities without power in the Yeppoon area. Meanwhile the CFMEU has accused US energy giant Chevron of failing to evacuate workers from the Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island off Western Australia’s north-west coast, despite a category three cyclone bearing down on the region. The West Australian branch of the union said up to 1,600 workers were forced to sleep on blow-up mattresses in common areas of the project’s accommodation camps because there were not enough rooms to house them.
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SNAPPED! AT THE BLACKWATER CENT SALE
Toni Woodrow and Di Clemesha
Lisa and Grace Madsen
(L-R) Sierra, Gary and Kelli
Brion and Merilyn Lloyd
Jo Breuer and Errol Bateman
Damien Berlin and Rhondda Tunstall
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ALL IN THE NAME OF CHARITY! Blackwater residents lose hair for Cancer.
Mason Sims losing his locks
Jackson Broom
Max Christensen having his head shaved
Meagan Ferris
Lee-Anne Cracknell
Lydia Dagan
Tegan Collon
(L-R) The heads shaved were, Max Christensen, Mason Sims and Lillian Conlan (front row), and Eric Smyth and Kerry Anderson
Teacher Kathryn O’Sullivan
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Joy Beath
Camden Hopes and Charlie Swaffield
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CSG A GOOD FIT More than 160 people at the Bowen Basin Mining Club’s Moranbah networking event.
Carsten Thomsen CMC, Shain Davidge CARDNO
Erika Fredericksen WESTFUND, Meike Hamilton C-RES
(L-R) Sarah Chergwin, Matt Neindorf, Kayle Strudwick, Zoe Formby WORKPAC
Nigel Dobier & Phil Murdoch VERMEER
(L-R) Manus Basson ISAAC RC, Donna Morrissy ARROW, Scott Riley ISAAC RC
(L-R) Andrew Peachey CNW, Cassandra Steen RTHEALTH, Graham Harmsworth SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Justin Trott CELL ENGINEERING, Brent Gee AUSENCO
(L-R) Kate Nissen CARMICHAEL BUILDERS, Glenn Smith ISS, John Tehan MORRIS CORP
(L-R) Brett Weston CQ RESCUE, Claire Palliser (L-R) Jon Flower, Jed Millen & Michael Lewis HORNERY GROUP, Alan Finch LIFEAID, Leonie WH&S QLD Hansen CQ RESCUE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. (L-R) David lavender KEY SOLUTIONS, James Vasquez EPOCA, Barry Landa MRC
(L-R) Luke Deayton, Hana Tow & Marcia Mackenzie GREYHOUND
GEA INDUSTRY UPDATE IN GLADSTONE Gladstone business keen to hear from industry about further opportunities.
(L-R) Geoff Claybourn QMC GROUP, Bruce Rudd NORTH SURVEYS, Craig Doyle GPC
Renate Edwards & James Robertson BILL ROBERTSON TOYOTA
Louis Jordaan PROJECTS UNLIMITED, Ian Treveton SIKA
Hellan Ryan SOLUTIONS FOR HR, Karne Holland DOWNING TEALE
Blair Thompson & Lorna McGinnis QGC
Ian Coad BOYNE SMELTERS,, Nicholas Coad SIKA
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SHOW TIME! The Blackwater PCYC held a carnival in town recently [photo credit: Jeannette Fletcher]
Cody Alexander and Stacey Johnston
Charlee-Kae and her Grandmother Laureen Fenner
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Lisa and Jace Moore
(L-R) Layla, Summer and Tahlia Golden
Kaitlyn and Taylor Tobane
Cavelle Morgan and Reece Henderson
Troy Egan and Sam Vowles
Catherine and Dakota Pidgeon
(L-R) Matthew, Jacob and Don Livara
(L-R) Brooke Kirkby, Maddison Titmarsh and Savanna Simpson
Liam and Levi Law
(L-R) Malachi, Levi, Michael and Alwyn
(L-R) Alwyn, Daniell and Logan Vipen
The Hill family
(L-R) Ryleigh, Erin, Ella and Grahame Godfrey
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Frank the Tank’s Dear Frank,
I have recently been through Cyclone Marcia. I have always considered myself a “manly” man, although I have to admit I am not that good with tools and mechanical stuff. However having said that, I think I am pretty self sufficient. However my long term girlfriend (who I had hoped to marry) seems to have lost some respect for me because I didn’t have all the right skills to get us through the storm’s aftermath. So we ended up borrowing a lot of gear from the tradie next door - and to be honest I suspect my girlfriend felt I have come up a bit short in the “man” stakes. How can I change her mind? Gary, Rockhampton
Gidday Gary, I was deeply saddened to read your story. Sad because you have behaved so poorly - and now you will probably lose your girlfriend over it. Unless of course I can salvage the situation for you. The thing is Gary, there is just no excuse for not having your shed clogged to the rafters with a wide variety of tools “that might come in useful” one day. After all, we men are responsible for the welfare of our tribe - and sadly the cyclone has left you exposed to the Alpha male next door. He is is probably sending your girlfriend texts as we speak, something along the lines of: “Why don’t you come over here for dinner and a movie, and later I will show you this other useful tool I have”. Actually I have just completed some medical experiments that I am certain prove a direct link between testosterone and the acquisition of tools. What my experiments have shown is that the testosterone readings for men (or in the case of my experiment: male monkeys) who have acquired large volumes of tools at largely discounted prices through channels such as mates at the mines, clearing sales, or from friendly blokes they have met at the pub - is off the scale. Although I should say these are
“Streakin” good love advice
only indicative results - since the experiments have yet to be medically or scientifically “peer reviewed”. That process can’t move forward until I finalise the court action taken against me by an animal rights group that say locking a male monkey in a shed full of ready-togo power tools is “inhumane”. But anyway - lets take it as fact that the relationship between strong, testosterone charged, alpha males and tool collection is high. Lets also confirm that strong, testosterone charged, alpha males are highly attractive to females. Ipso facto lots of tool collecting is highly attractive to females. See where this is heading? Here is your simple solution to win back your girlfriend before the bloke next door has given her the tooling that won’t keep the refrigerator running. You need to start hitting up mates and acquaintances for any of their old tools that they don’t need, and maybe go out and buy some for yourself at full market value (just keep it to yourself). Then at any given opportunity you need to prove your manliness, by using one or many of your tools for certain tasks. What you are looking for here is high impact examples, that leave her in no doubt about whose tools she should be touching. An example might be a clogged
salt shaker - that is your opportunity to pull out your 5lb club hammer and solve the problem. Once she sees these types of tools piling up in the back shed, and you using them for seemingly inconsequential tasks - she will be putty in your hands. Happy tool collecting!
Frank
SENSIBLE SUSAN Hello Gary, I think we need to go right back to the beginning on this one. Are you certain she has lost interest in you, or is it all in your own head? Women like lots of different qualities in their men, and the chances are your girlfriend is going out with you because she saw other qualities she liked. As always, my advice is to have a good sit down face to face talk about it, and I think you will find she likes you as much as she ever did. Even if you don’t have every tool in the shed.
Susan
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HOW MY V8 HELPED ME CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
“Click. Click.” The V8 won’t fire up. I have had this issue before, the alarm overrides something or other. l lock and unlock...grrrrrr no go, so I ring the RACQ. The battery has only 5% charge but that ain’t the issue. Long story short, it was a starter motor wire from the key end……I blurred out a bit by then, but
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yep she’s good to go, and it didn’t cost me anything, bloody lovely! It was however too late for a 3 hour drive for my first night shift. With no sleep, kangaroos, cows and pigs, I better have the night off. Cheap fix for car, but contracting means I lose a day’s pay, not helpful right now. Then the ol hippy in me kicks in. “There’s a reason why the angels didn’t want you to go today.” Stay home, watch MKR, it could be the highest score ever tonight, Revenge is on.... I have lists to sort, and mmm a red wine is looking mighty fine, and perhaps I averted worse by not being on that highway. After all I’m all about going with the flow, safety and fatigue management. I checked my emails, and as I recently signed up for the WIMARQ (Women In Mining and Resources Qld) list they emailed me a link to footage of the International Women’s Day Breakfast and Resources Awards for Women. Wow! What an inspiration these chicks
are, and they are real peeps, like me. It is great to see the new vision of 20% by 2020 of women in the workforce in non-traditional roles. The interviews and key note speakers inspired me to put pen to paper, fingers to digital, and share my thoughts, and I am only half way through the video. More women in the resources sector is a fact of life now. Do you embrace them, (not literally!) or think their place is barefoot in the kitchen and pushing a pram? This statement sounds so wrong nowadays, but it was only a few years ago a lovely old fella (yes you) said that to me, and four other women sitting in the crib hut. Lucky he could duck. Yes he was stirring us and it was said tongue in cheek, but was he only verbalising what others think? What you perhaps think? I am sure, especially if you have been in mining for a long time, you are seeing the changes? Hopefully for the most part you are now accepting us as part of the furniture, and valuable members of
your crew and mining life. Who knows, perhaps you are trying to get your daughter/granddaughter/wife/sister/ niece/friends out here too? Would you want them to be treated with respect and helped and supported on their journey, especially by the experienced old fellas who can teach them a thing or two? I speak from an operator’s point of view, but there are plenty of women in the resources sector kicking ass in the engineering, trades, supervising, management and many more roles now. I love hearing a surveyor, or blast crew chick calling up to come on our circuit. OMG how happy will I be when the fitter who comes to fix my truck is a chick?! Happy 106th International Women’s Day, and you can thank my v8 for this article...bloody Fords!! Now back to the video...
Cheers, Mad Mumzie.
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SKI BOAT V8 WAKE BOAT
TABS BOAT
TENNESSEE SKI RACE BOAT
LEISURECAT 8.2m POWERCAT TWIN
V8 ski boat v drive runs very smooth and throws a good wake, sounds good always turns heads. New wake tower 4x board racks cd ipod x4 speaker’s interior been redone, good solid hull and gell coat
5.1m TABS Boat 90hp Suzuki Outboard Plumbed live bait tank 120L under floor fuel tank Chart plotterColour sounder VHF 2way radio EPIRB Avall safety equipment. Large deck space. Trailer in excellent condition 7 months Rego.
4.8m Tennessee race hull Two seats one forward one rear facing. 175hp Mercury blue band. Stainless steel prop 15 pitch gives around 70kmh will go faster with a 17 or more.
$ 14,500
$ 24,000
$ 4,400
250HP, 8.2m twin outboard Full Cabin LEISURECAT - Fibreglass 8.2m (27ft), 2.9m (10ft) beam. Great Condition, fast, folding rear glass doors. 2 x Suzuki 250 hp long-shaft 4 stroke outboards, 145 hours. Best hardstand berth at CCYC. Drive-on ramp trailer.
Call: 0405 624 522
EARTHMOVING EQUIP. FOR SALE
Call: 0447 600 706
EARTHMOVING EQUIP. FOR SALE
Call: 0427 735 277
$ 75,000
Call: 0408 396 700
EARTHMOVING EQUIP. FOR SALE
TOOLS FOR SALE
HITACHI EXCAVATOR 3.5T
KOMATSU PC1100 EXCAVATOR
CATERPILLAR 631G SCRAPER
DIESEL AIR COMPRESSOR
Hitachi Excavator 3.5t Great little machine, recently serviced.. 3800hr’s Comes with 3 buckets (1 mud & 2 trenching) Currently Registered.
Total frame hours 24766. Engine hours 3130. Pump drive 5100. No1 pump 7000. No2 pump 5100. No3 pump 5100. No4 pump 5100. Front swing box 6936. Front swing motor 5200. Rear swing box 7276. Rear swing motor 5200. Right hand side final drive 50.
2001 Caterpillar 631G Scraper 17200hrs showing. Plant No: SC-06 Serial No: AWK255.
30 cfm diesel air compressor, dimensions are 960H x 1180L x 480W. A1 condition, less than 300 hrs use. Was purchased 3 years ago for over $5000.
Price on application
$ 2,500
$ 16,500
Call: 0424 244 444
CAMPING EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Price on application
Call: 0448 087 922
Call: 0408 690 416
SPORTS & HOBBY EQUIP. FOR SALE
BUSINESS FOR SALE
Call: 0429 355 456 LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
MEAT ON FEET
HONDA GENERATOR INVERTER
ALVEY REEF KING DECK WINCH
EMERALD HOME BREW SUPPLIES
Honda E U inverter 10i very good condition.
This Alvey deck winch came with a boat i purchased 6 years ago. I havent used it so it has to go! Spooled with monfilament. Around 200lb. Comes with 2 seperate gunnel mount holders. These sell for over $1000 new.
This affordable thriving home brew supply business is for sale. WIWO. It has excellent, loyal & steady clientelle with new customers arriving daily.
$ 650
$ 350
$ 120,000
Call: 0499 387 879
Call: 0427 524 975 PETS FOR SALE
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE
Call: 0428 340 634
HOUSE ITEMS FOR SALE
Angus/Lowline finished steers, pasture fattened, great condition, great taste, ready for your farm butcher to process, then straight into your freezer, 3 available, $770 per head, delivery negotiable. Crediton via Mackay
$ 770 per head
Call: 0749 584 601
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
SMALLER CATTLE FOR SMALLER ACREAGE
DAME/MASTIFF PUPS
DINING TABLE, BUFFET/HUTCH, COF. TABLE
GRANNY FLAT 12Mx3X
Australian Lowline registered purebred or unregistered commercial, fully vaccinated, from good bloodlines, very quiet, naturally polled, easy to handle, great with kids, great lawnmowers, taste terrific, delivery negotiable. Crediton via Mackay.
Available 23/2/2015 4 Males, 2 Females remaining All Pups wormed, vaccinated, micro-chipped & vet-checked. Parents are both great guard dogs, both come from families with children. Both parents are loyal, obedient & easily trained.
7 piece solid timber dining table with padded chairs, matching buffet hutch and coffee table.
2 bedroom grannyflat with custom kitchenette, full ensuit and is insulated and lined with gyprock, set on a super strong i beam base.
$ 400
$ 500
$ 39,900
$ 440 per head
Call: 0749 584 601
Call: 0418 582 370
Call: 0428 505 611
Call: 0407 881 978
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Bait Shop Banter
Sent in by Ian at The Secret Spot in Yeppoon is a good catch of Red Jew last week, and an interesting photo of a Barramundi that has recovered from a severe bite at some point in its past.
IN YEPPOON
- They say every cloud has a silver lining, and it seems the devastation caused by Cyclone Marcia has at least made for very favourable fishing conditions. According to Adrian from the Secret Spot in Yeppoon the big flush of fresh water has made for good crabbing and prawning and pushed a lot of bait fish out into the bay. Chasing the bait are GT’s and Salmon while Red Jew are fishing well off the local wrecks. Moderate winds over Easter allowed some blue water fishing with good catches of Spotty, Doggy, Grey and Spanish Mackerel.
IN MACKAY - Anglers are
hoping that with the passing of the late cyclone season, there might be a few more opportunities to get the boat out into the deeper water. Despite some short windows of opportunity over Easter most fishing has been restricted to estuaries and the nearby dams. According to Bruce at Nashy’s Compleat Angler in Mackay the fishing in the upper reaches of the Pioneer river has been pretty good for Sooty Grunter and the occasional Barramundi, and not surprisingly local anglers gave the crabs and prawns a good go over Easter with some reasonable results.
IN GLADSTONE
- Danny at Pat’s Tackle World has a similar story to tell as Ian at Yeppoon. In his opinion the wild weather has really brought on the fishing, with big schools of Prawns in the estuaries, and lots of crabs reported over Easter. Also in the estuaries are Herring, and some unusually large Grunter and Mangrove Jack. Out wide Red Throat and Sweetlip are “on the bite” and the Spanish Mackerel have arrived early. If you have a good photo or fishing yarn send it through to our resident bait chucker-
angus.peacocke@shiftminer.com
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