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Thinking innovation
Earlier this year our strategic planning processes identified that
we needed to consolidate our approach to Innovation.
Subsequently, in July, under the management of Matthew Lloyd,
Executive General Manager – Safety and Sustainability, Darren
Kwok was appointed as Manager Innovation. Darren has over 15
years’ experience in technology, systems integration and R&D in
the mining and engineering sector.
Since that time, Darren has picked up the innovation agenda and
the many great things that were underway around the business,
and this has been captured into a single strategic plan. This plan
covers many facets of our operations, including ground control
efficiency, post blast entry times, data capture from both light
and heavy equipment and reduction in damage and
maintenance costs.
As part of the strategy, an Innovations Committee with key
Barminco stakeholders will be formed to review and implement
captured ideas and solutions and, importantly, to ensure all
facets of the business are included in the process. A portal to
capture ideas will also be developed to facilitate easy lodgement
of all ideas throughout the business.
Our standards compliance
Barminco has recently been re-certified by SAI Global against
the Australian and International recognised standards ISO9001
(Quality Management), AS4801 (Safety Management) and
ISO14001 (Environmental Management).
These standards set out the requirements for effective
management systems for Quality, Safety and the Environment –
and being certified demonstrates that Barminco operates in line
with international ‘best practice’.
The auditors visited the Hazelmere facility, Nova and Rosebery
mine sites in June where they interviewed people, inspected
workplaces and reviewed records. The audit team verified that
all previous actions had been closed out and raised no further
non-conformances. The auditors were particularly impressed
with our efforts at continual improvement, including the Visual
Leadership program and Barminco’s Leaders Diary.
This is a fantastic achievement and the improvements in
our management systems correlate well with a significant
improvement in safety performance.
THE AUDITORS WERE
PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED
WITH OUR EFFORTS AT
CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT,
INCLUDING THE VISUAL
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND
BARMINCO’S LEADERS DIARY
“INNOVATION ACROSS
ALL AREAS AND
FUNCTIONS OF OUR
BUSINESS IS KEY
TO THE FUTURE
OF BARMINCO,”
PETER STOKES CEO
Darren Kwok