NSW Minerals Council

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The NSW Minerals Council is the peak mining industry association in New South Wales. It was formed in April 1995 as a result of a merger between the NSW Coal Association and the NSW Chamber of Mines.

Members

Members of NSW Minerals Council, as at September 2011, include:

Ordinary Members

• Alkane Exploration
• Anglo American Metallurgical Coal, a subsidiary of Anglo Coal Australia
• Aston Resources Pty Ltd
• Barrick Gold of Australia
• Bemax Resources
• BHP Billiton - Caroona Coal Project
• BHP Billiton - Illawarra Coal
• BHP Billiton - Mount Arthur Coal
• Bloomfield Collieries
• Centennial Coal
• Coalpac
• Cockatoo Coal Ltd
• Gloucester Coal - Stratford & Duralie Operations
• Gloucester Resources Ltd
• Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Limited
• Hudson Resources Limited
• Idemitsu Australia Resources Pty Ltd
• Iluka Resources Limited
• Jervois Mining
• Lithgow Coal Co
• Mt Penny Coal Pty Ltd
• Newcrest Mining
• Northparkes Mines
• NuCoalResources NL
• Omya Australia
• Peabody Energy
• Rio Tinto Coal and Allied
• Shenhua Watermark Coal Pty Ltd
• Straits Resources Limited
• Vale Australia - Integra Coal Operations Pty Ltd
• Whitehaven Coal Mining
• White Rock Minerals Ltd
• Wyong Areas Coal Joint Venture
• Xstrata Coal Australia
• Yancoal Australia - Ashton, Austar & Moolarben

Associate Members

Legal

• Blake Dawson
• Freehills
• Gadens Lawyers
• McCullough Robertson
• Sparke Helmore Lawyers

Supplier/Services/Consultancies

• Aecom Australia Pty Ltd
• Bezcorp Holdings Pty Ltd Security Division
• BIS Industries Limited
• Coakes Consulting
• Coal Services Pty Ltd
• Coal Services Pty Ltd - Mines Rescue Service, Newcastle
• EMGA Mitchell McLennan
• Emeco International
• Environmental Resources Management
• Ethos Health
• GFA and Associates
• GSS Environmental
• Mines Rescue Service – Newcastle
• Mitsubishi Development
• Monadelphous Group Limited
• Orica Australia
• Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Resource Strategies
• Sada
• Total Coal Processing Pty Ltd
• Umwelt (Australia)

Educational institutions

• Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation
• School of Mining Engineering – UNSW
• TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute

Personnel

As of July 2011, the board members of the NSW Minerals Council are:

Board of Directors

• Mick Buffier is Chairperson of the board. Buffer is Group Executive - Corporate Affairs, Government and Industry Relations and Sustainable Development, Xstrata Coal;
• Tony McPaul, is a director and deputy chairperson. He is also General Manager, Newcrest Services;
• Colin Bloomfield is a director. He is also President - Illawarra Coal
• Dr Craig Stegman is a director. He is also the Managing Director - Northparkes Mines
• Dr Nikki Williams is a director and company secretary of the NSW Minerals Council. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Minerals Council.

Executive Committee

• Todd Hannigan, Director, Aston Resources Pty Ltd - Maules Creek
• Colin Bloomfield, President Illawarra Coal, BHP Billiton Limited
• Scott Sullivan, President NSW Energy Coal, BHP Billiton Limited
• John Richards Managing Director Bloomfield Collieries
• David Moult Chief Executive Officer Centennial Coal Company Ltd
• Dr Ian Follington Chief Executive Officer Coalpac Pty Ltd
• Mr Mark Lochtenberg Managing Director Cockatoo Coal Ltd
• Mr Peter Geleta, General Manager Cowal Gold Mine- Barrick Gold of Australia
• Mr Arun Kumar Jagatramka Chairman to the Board Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Ltd
• Mr Tony McPaul , General Manager Newcrest Services
• Dr Craig Stegman, Managing Director, Northparkes Mines
• Dr Nikki Williams, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Minerals Council
• Dr Julian Thornton, Managing Director Peabody Energy Australia Pty Ltd
• Mr William Champion, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Coal Australia - Coal and Allied Industries
• Mr Zhiming Zhang, Chief Executive Officer , Shenhua Watermark Coal Pty Ltd
• Mr Michael Gibson, Executive Director, Straits Resources Ltd
• Mr Tony Galligan, Managing Director, Whitehaven Coal Infrastructure Pty Ltd
• Mr Mick Buffier, Group Executive - Corporate Affairs, Government and Industry Relations and Sustainable Development, Xstrata Coal
• Mr Ian Cribb, Chief Operating Officer, Xstrata Coal NSW

Staff

As of September 2011, the NSW Minerals Council had 20 staff.

Key staff members are:

• Nikki Williams CEO
• Sue-Ern Tan Deputy CEO
• Emma Browning, Director - Government Relations
• Scott Keenan, Deputy Director - Communications
• David Gunzburg, IR Consultant
• David Frith, Deputy Director - Environment and Community
• Arti Sharma, Manager - Environment and Community
• Lucy McClean, Manager - Environment and Community
• Claire Doherty, Manager - Environment and Community
• Andrew McMahon, Manager - Occupational Health and Safety

Contact Details

Level 12, 59 Goulburn St
Sydney NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA

Postal Address:
PO Box A244
Sydney South NSW 1235
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 02 8202 7200
Fax: 02 8202 7255
Email: information AT nswmin.com.au
Web: http://www.nswmin.com.au/

Related GEM.wiki Resources

• Australia and coal
• Minerals Council of Australia
• New South Wales and coal
• NSW Minerals Council's Greenwashing
• NSW SLAPPs/NSW Minerals Council vs Rising Tide

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