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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 53: October 2012
Inside this issue: Edward Collick Dementia Garden, Barrick Global CI Awards, KCGM Core Values, Golden Outback Variety Club Bash and much more. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 52: September 2012
Inside this issue: KCGM Volunteers are true GEMS, Young Australian of the Year Visits the Pit, KCGM Scholarships Easing the Financial Burden of Study and much more.
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 51: August 2012
Inside this issue: KCGM Supports HoF, UFG Improvements, Green Thumbs, Road to 100% Safe, Barrick Photo Competition and much more. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 50: April 2012
Inside this issue: From global recognition for our site initiatives, to record blood donations for the Red Cross; there is something to be found for everyone in this edition. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 49: December 2011
Inside this issue: We put our problem solving skills to the test as we tackle tricky tyres, massive mo-s, parade puzzles, and engineering feats to challenge the best of contenders. All that and so much more is only one click away.
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 48: September 2011
Inside this issue: Smokey Unveiled, Bird’s Eye View, Scaling the Heights for Brain Cancer Research, Happy Snappers, Heart Warming Donation and much more. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 47: June 2011
Inside this issue: For your reading pleasure this month we have trucks, we have art, we have grads, we have Ironmen, we have babies, and best of all we have one enormous shovel!
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 46: Christmas 2010
Inside this issue: From the GM’s Desk – A Year of Highs and Lows, All I Want for Christmas, 2010 Volunteers, Christmas Party Pics, Christmas Safety and the 6 Core Values Take on Christmas. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 45: December 2010
Inside this issue: A New Home for the Super Pit Lookout, KCGM On The Road, Getting Back to the Basics of Geology, Scaly Encounters, Holiday Hot Spots and much much more. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 44: October 2010
Inside this issue: It’s Big It’s Yellow and It’s One Monster of a Show Stopper, Super Pit Lookout is On the Move, Speaking Safety, To Lawn or Not to Lawn, Visitors to Site, Scaling the Heights, Continuing Our Core Values and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 43: June 2010
Inside this Issue: The ’Golden Mile’, Speaking Safety, Boulder Discovery Trail Rocks the School Holidays, KCGM Employees Recognised for Excellence, Record Quake Hits the Goldfields, GEMG Environmental Conference, HR Matters, Continuing Our Core Values and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 42: April 2010
Inside this issue: Cleaning Up Australia, Speaking Safety, World's Greatest Shave, Millhole or Molehill, Sponsored Organisation Profiles, Continuing Our Values and much much more!
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 41: February 2010
Inside this issue: 13 Millionth Ounce Poured at KCGM, Continuing our Core Values, Don’t Learn Safety By Accident, Employee Profiles, Super Pit Specials and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 40: December 2009
Inside this issue: Digging Deep for People in Need, Movember, Every Drop Counts, Safe Driving this Festive Season, Making a Splash at the Swim Thru and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 39: November 2009
Inside this issue: International Recognition for Goldfields Pipeline, Rock Festival Just Oresome, KCGM Announces Volunteer of the Year, From the GM’s Desk, KCGM Sponsorship Process Overview, Holiday Hot Spots and much much more!
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 38: October 2009
Inside this issue: Matters of the Heart, WASM Focus n Mining, KCGM's ER Team Hits Indonesia, KCGM Core Values Update, Media Savvy Managers and our newest feature, Don't Learn Safety by Accident - It Hurts! Plus much much more!
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 37: July 2009
Inside this issue: Girl Power at the 2009 Women in Mining Forum, the International Geology Exchange, Introducing Our Able Apprentices, Skills on Show at SMERC09, Holiday Hot Spots and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 36: May 2009
Inside this issue: Birthday Bash Celebrations, 20 Years of Westrac, KCGM Picks Up Global Safety Awards, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community Fair, Core Values Spread and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 35: March 2009
Inside this issue: Employees Donating Generously, Ausdrill Celebrates 20 Years in the Pit, National Geographic on Site, SCOPE Funding for Rock Festival, CI Awards and much, much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 34: December 2008
Inside this issue: The final edition for 2008 is jam packed full of great stories including Christmas Parties, fundraising initiatives, Anaconda Ninjas, Volunteers Dinner, St Barbs, Core Values and much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 33: September 2008
Inside this issue: Rockin it at the 2008 Festival, Opening of the Goldfields Try a Trade Centre, Scouts 'n Snakes, Newest Addition to the Fleet, New Look HR Team and much much more! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 32: May 2008
The fun and festivities of the 2008 Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community Fair put a smile on the faces of most of the kids in town, and also left a group of ‘big kids’ smiling too. Voted Best Indoor Exhibition, the KCGM Community Fair stand once again hosted a successful mix of activities and information. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 31: February 2008
The fun and festivities of the 2008 Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community Fair put a smile on the faces of most of the kids in town, and also left a group of ‘big kids’ smiling too. Voted Best Indoor Exhibition, the KCGM Community Fair stand once again hosted a successful mix of activities and information. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 30: December 2007
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy Mine Open Day blew everyone away this year with awesome views, activities, displays and tours. Once again held at the Super Pit Public Lookout, the biannual event attracted more than 600 people, including employees, locals, tourists and families. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 29: August 2007
When a group of Architect students requested a tour of the Super Pit, little did they realise it would turn into a major project to explore the possibilities for the final Super Pit Lookout. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 28: May 2007
There’s no doubt that 2006 was a busy year for the KCGM Super Pit Shop, with almost 27,000 recorded visitors through the doors, at number 2 Burt Street. Since opening on July 1st 2005, with the purpose to provide a public face for KCGM, the Super Pit Shop has flourished. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 27: March 2007
Alan Birchmore, is an amazingly talented businessman, who amongst his many credentials (instrumental in the development of Argyle Diamond Mine, recent juggernaut for change at the Albany Port Authority, Chair of WA Ballet Company - to mention only a few) just happens to have been instrumental in the creation of KCGM. I was privileged to meet up with him for a coffee in Perth to discuss the often mistold story of KCGM’s birth. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 26: December 2006
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Dirt for 2006 and this is our Christmas Issue. I would like to start by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 25: November 2006
What could be a better start to the month of November than a HUGE milestone? Recently KCGM celebrated the 11th million ounce being poured at the Fimiston Gold Room, on Tuesday 7th November, 2006. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 24: August 2006
It’s hard to believe that the Super Pit Shop has now been operating for over twelve months. Recall the July 1st, 2005 and the gala official opening by Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mayor Ron Yuryevich. Since then the shop has surpassed all expectations and is literally going from strength to strength. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 23: June 2006
The KCGM Drill and Blast Crew or “Bomb Crew” as they are more affectionately known, perform a very important role in the pit. They ensure that there is always enough material for the load and haul machinery to keep them busy, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 22: May 2006
You’d think that the peaceful surrounds of an aged persons nursing home is about as far removed from a mine site as you could get. But this is exactly where you’d be able to find some very dedicated KCGM Volunteers, bringing some company to the elderly members of our community. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 21: February 2006
Officially open for almost seven months the KCGM Super Pit Shop located at 2 Burt Street, Boulder is proving very popular with tourists and locals alike. The biggest draw card at the shop (besides the friendly, helpful staff!!) is definitely the gold. The Super Pit Shop only stocks authentic Golden Mile Gold but in two forms, nuggets and splatters. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 20: December 2005
KCGM were once again proud supporters and participants of the RFDS Swim Thru 2005. For the second year in a row the KCGM Kickers jumped in the deep end to raise as much funds as possible for the very worthy RFDS cause. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 19: September 2005
KCGM were once again proud supporters and participants of the RFDS Swim Thru 2005. For the second year in a row the KCGM Kickers jumped in the deep end to raise as much funds as possible for the very worthy RFDS cause. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 18: July 2005
The 9th of June, 2005 marked the beginning of a bigger and better emergency service to Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the surrounding Goldfields. After 15 months of hard work and negotiations, KCGM signed an agreement with Fire and Emergency Services Authority at the Hannan’s Club, Kalgoorlie. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 17: April 2005
It’s been an extremely busy couple months, since the last edition of the Dirt and don’t our trusty KCGM volunteers know it!! In fact this dedicated group of people have been kept run off their feet trying to keep all the KCGM events running smoothly.So in this Dirt, we’ve showcased all the different events that our volunteers have been lending a hand, but where to start? |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 16: February 2005
Hot on the trail of exciting engineering projects after the Gravity Circuit article from last edition, I headed down to chat with my engineering connection, the ever helpful Tom Bergmann to find out more about the Mt Charlotte stockpile cover… |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 15: December 2004
It’s not everyday that “Florence” finds herself parked next to a huge 793C Caterpillar dump truck at the Super Pit. The little 1954 Morris Oxford Series II looked like a toy car compared with its much larger Caterpillar counterpart! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 14: July 2004
There is no doubt that 2003 was a big year for KCGM, and probably nothing symbolises it better than the sight of one of the trial Liebherr’s trunding down Hannan Street in front of an estimated record crowd of 25,000 people. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 13: December 2003
It is pleasing to be able to write this knowing that we have had one of the best years ever. 2001 and 2002 were very ordinary with low grade ore and production issues causing us plenty of grief. 2003 has been a lot better all round.
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 12: July 2003
Welcome to the latest and significntly spruced up edition of The Dirt. Featuring of course, the new KCGM logo which was officially launched on the 20th of September. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 11: May 2003
It was certainly a day for celebration when the traffic was finally buzzing down the new Eastern Bypass Road, and no one was more pleased than proud father, Strategic Mine Development Manager Gary Lye! |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 10: March 2003
To date there has been a reduction in the number of safety incidents and injuries and this reflects well on the efforts of everyone. Our challenge for the year will be to reduce our all injury frequency rate to 18 or less. To achieve this we can only afford 43 incidents through the year, or just over 3½ per month. So far we are averaging 2½, which is a great way to start the year as we will hope to improve further. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 9: January 2003
“Wow what an opportunity! Riding in a huge 793 dump truck down the main street of Kalgoorlie representing woman in the mining industry. It was a warm sunny day with the crowd being very responsive waving and cheeringus along. If you ever get the chance to participate I can thoroughly recommend it. What a blast! Special thanks to all the crew who helped make this event possible.”
Sharon Butler, KCGM’s
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 8: October 2002
Welcome to the latest and significntly spruced up edition of The Dirt. Featuring of course, the new KCGM logo which was officially launched on the 20th of September. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 7: July 2002
The results of the premier 2002 Chamber of Minerals and Energy’s Eastern Goldfields Surface Emergency Rescue Competition will no doubt be rembered for more ways than one for the victorious KCGM team. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 6: June 2002
By day, Sally Jones is an ordinary hardworking storeperson, but at night the quiet achiever is pulling on glamorous outfits and singing and dancing for the people of Kalgoorlie in the Mining Hall of Fame’s musical “Jerry’s Girls”. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 5: April 2002
As part of the Kalgoorlie Boulder Community Fair this year, KCGM got involved not only through $5,000 worth of sponsorship, but by putting up a new display on the Super Pit which included a 3-D photo of the Pit, a huge selection of continuous blasting videos and free native plant seedling giveaways. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 4: March 2002
The Wunngagutu (Wongatha) Patrol is back on the roadthanks to a $3,500 donation by Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, who last month paid for a newly reconditioned engine for one of their two patrol buses. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 3: February 2002
Yes,it’s true. The latest Super Pit aerial shot is now availableas a 3D image. Rob Lawton, Senior Mine Surveyor (and savvy 3D glass wearer) took the opportunity to test Fugro’s 3D imaging service and the results are not only spectacular, but digitally available. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 2 : December 2001
Despite being the festive season, for some it is not as happy, and many KCGM employees came to the aid of those less fortunate than themselves by donating to the
“Resources for the Needy” project. Thanks to all of those who donated. |
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The Dirt Newsletter Issue 1 : November 2001
Whether you’re looking for it, digging it, processing it, analysing it or simply just counting how much we’ve moved, we’re all involved in the dirt! Welcome to the first edition of
“The Dirt”, KCGM’s new staff newsletter. |
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