The next generation of miners requires a new way of approaching the mining industry, one that puts people above profit. Join Peter Finn, managing director of FACE Contracting, as he sits down with forward-thinking professionals from all walks of life and talks about the ups and downs of the mining industry. In this
Matteo Sala Geotechnical Engineer What is your role, and how long have you been at MGT? I started working with MineGeoTech in the fall of 2019 as a core logger and geotechnical data scientist, my role focused on geotechnical logging, open pit stability and ground support inspection in an underground environment.
Anyone operating in the resources sector knows that the Western Australian Government’s new Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws has now come into effect as of the 31st of March 2022. The law will improve protections for the state’s workers, including those in the mining and resources sector. It will also recognise modern work
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) survey technology presents high-resolution mapping capabilities, and when used in a geotechnical insight capacity, can provide engineers with valuable rock mass response awareness for mine infrastructures such as weak-structure mapping, and the locations of any water ingress points, and potential stress-induced damage. In 2019, MineGeoTech Senior GeotechnicalEngineer Richard Varden
BSc (Earth Sciences), MSc (Geology) Matteo has more than 46 years of geological and geotechnical experience having worked in projects across Australia both as Exploration Geologist and as Engineering Geologist. Technical capabilities include: Detailed Geotechnical and Structural Logging Underground and Open Pit Geotechnical and Structural Mapping Training of Graduate Geotechnical Engineers and Graduate Exploration
Nadia Power Geotechnical Engineering Technologist What is your role, and how long have you been at MGT? Engineering Geologist, specialising in Geotechnical Engineering Services. Been with MGT for about three years, engaged initially with on-site support and have been doing project Geotech work for the last 7 months. What sparked
The UQ Young Achievers Program was launched in 2009 to assist students from low-income backgrounds to access tertiary education. The students are from state schools, and often rural Queensland, where they will be the first in their family to attend tertiary education. So far over 370 Young Achievers have been welcomed to the program. MineGeoTech’s
LiDAR survey technology presents high-resolution mapping capabilities, and when used in a geotechnical insight capacity, can provide engineers with valuable rock mass response awareness for mine infrastructures such as weak-structure mapping, the locations of any water ingress points, and potential stress-induced damage. In 2019, MineGeoTech Senior Geotechnical Engineer Richard Varden and sister company MineLiDAR
The UQ Young Achievers Program was launched in 2009 to assist students from low-income backgrounds to access tertiary education. The students are from state schools, and often rural Queensland, where they will be the first in their family to attend tertiary education. So far over 370 Young Achievers have been welcomed to the program. MineGeoTech’s
BSc (Geography/Geology), PDipSc (Geology), MSc (Geology) (First Class Hons) Lyndell graduated from the University of Auckland in 2008 with a masters’ degree in Geology. Lyndell has more than 10 years of practical mining knowledge in evaluating deposits including projects in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Tanzania and Mongolia. Lyndell has experience with the exploration
