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Welcome to AustCoal Consulting |
Specialist consultants to the Australian coal industry, its customers and service providers:- Coal companies and equity investors
- Rail infrastructure and operations
- Port infrastructure and operations
- Engineering and Contract service providores
- Professional service firms and
- Export and domestic customers
At the MINEC World Coal Outlook Seminar in November 2008 Dr Don Barnett foreshadowed a difficult cost / price cut squeeze in 2009 as costs continue to escallate and coal prices drop as the global financial crisis impacts on the coal market. There is risk that China will swing to be net exporter of thermal coal - AGAIN. We assist companies secure shareholder value by ndependent Analysis and ongoing assistance in Implementation of Change: - Independent Risk Review of current mining operations
- Independent Cost / Benefit Review of planned CAPEX and OPEX expenditure
- Rightsizing and Restructuring aligned to market realities and infrastructure constraints
- Creating an enterprise wide high performance culture to reduce operating costs and improve productivity
In this difficult environment experience counts and our team has strong operational management experience with support of specialist mining and risk consultanting firms. We can form a team with support of other specialist consultants in the AustCoal Consulting Alliance or work as individuals to meet your specific requirements.
Bede Boyle- Convenor AustCoal Consulting Alliance Manager Technical Services Coal & Allied Operations
Keith Smith General Manager Bayswater Open Cut
Superintendent R W Miller / Coal & Allied Operations
Bill McKee Engineering & Commissioning Manager BHP Billiton MtArthur North
Coal Handling and Preparation Plant Manager R W Miller / Coal & Allied Operations
Greg Mattila Technical Services Manager BHP Collieries
Underground Mine Manager BHP Collieries
Coal & Energy is a business unit of AMC Consultants Pty Ltd
Ron Willis former General Manager Operations Jellinbah leads Coal & Energy team with expertise in all facets of open cut and underground coal ming and eotechnical engineering. www.amcconsultants.com.au
Synergy Management Consulting Group are Risk Management experts.
Jim Laird
focuses on Risk & Opportunity Management and coal mine management systems. Synergy's Professor Martin Loosemore developed risk management metodologies proven in the Beijing Olympics.
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Bede Boyle is assisting SMEC align their capability for design and project management of regional infrastructure with the needs of the Australian and International coal industry.
SMEC Integrated Services for the mining industry encompasses the full infrastructure project lifecycle from preliminary studies and investigations through planning, feasibility studies, design, development approvals, construction management and monitoring of: - Water
- Energy
- Environmental
- Carbon Services
- Civil Infrastructure
- Road & Rail Transport
Follow this link for more details of SMEC reference projects |
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AustCoal welcomes our latest member, Synergy Management Consulting Group. Synergy specialises in realising business benefits through
- Strategy deployment
- Continuous Improvement
- Risk and Opportunity Management
You can reach Synergy at our contacts page.
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Download presentation given by AustCoal alliance partners Michael Minns & Michael McLean titled "Change Management Strategies in Extractive Industries —
Analysis, Design and Implementation for Brownfield and
Greenfield Sites" available now at our Executive Briefings page (for registered users only) |
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