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MESSAGE FROM BRAD LEMMON EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER – CEMENT AND LIME

It is hard to believe, but we are already nearly half way through 2018 – it only seems like yesterday that we were getting ready for the Christmas beak! It has certainly been an eventful start to the year, with a lot of shutdown activity around our sites. We also, unfortunately, experienced a major equipment failure with one of our mills at Birkenhead. I am very grateful for the significant effort made by a lot of people who assisted in achieving a complex repair – thank you.

We have also seen a lot of activity over the last few months in the area of safety. I am extremely reassured by the response we are seeing at all sites – with a particular focus on identifying areas of risk, and most importantly, taking responsibility to ensure corrective actions are implemented. Everyone has the authority, and should be proactive in stopping an unsafe situation or act. Following on the success of 2017, we are once again holding Morning Tea sessions, as I get around to each of sites. These are a great opportunity for me to get to meet as many people as possible, develop a good understanding the issues you might be facing and to hear about the many positive things that are being achieved right across Cement & Lime. I look forward to seeing you many of you over the next few months.

Please enjoy this latest edition of Cementing Connections.

May 2018 Edition

Centralised Laboratory Facility opens at Adelaide Brighton Cement Plant, Birkenhead

A purpose designed state of the art “Centralised Laboratory Facility” (CLF) opened on the site of Adelaide Brighton Cement’s Birkenhead Plant, late December 2017. The centralised lab provides testing facilities for six businesses located throughout the Cement and Lime division. Through design focused on simple engineering solutions, the new centralised lab provides improved health and safety processes and improved testing functionality across the division.

YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP WORK IF YOU SEE UNSAFE CONDITIONS OR UNSAFE ACTS

Even if you are not sure, if something does not look right, take the time to understand the risk

THE WORK AND DISCUSS THE CONCERN

HOW CAN THIS BE DONE BETTER

TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY

KIC iWomen Program at Cockburn Cement MunsterCockburn Cement was once again proud to host and sponsor the KIC iWomen Program in March.

Cockburn Cement hosted 29 year 10 students for a tour of the Munster Plant. The young students were introduced to a number of female Cockburn Cement and Adelaide Brighton staff and provided the opportunity to ask lots of questions about opportunities for women within industry.

South Australian Little Athletics State Individual ChampionshipsTu Bui, Operations Manager, SA, had the honour of presenting medals to some of our up and coming champion athletes at the South Australian Little Athletics State Individual Championships held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of March in front of 900 athletes and family, friends at the SA Athletics Stadium.

NEWS

The Cockburn Cement Mixed Triples Cockburn Cement Dongara proudly sponsored the Cockburn Cement Mixed Triples at the Denison Bowling Club during the bowling season with a trophy and prizes awarded to winning teams presented by Cockburn Cement. The Cockburn Cement Mixed Triples is a great community social weekend attracting many players from the local area, including Cockburn Cement employees.

Cockburn Cement and South Coogee Primary SchoolLynn Beard, Principal of South Coogee Primary, and Gavin Seymour, Operations Manager with Pre-Primary students in front of one of the two newly built TeePee playground structures donated by Cockburn Cement.

Bruce Shaddock, Finance Manager, Cement and Lime retirement morning tea send-off celebrating 39 years of service

to Cockburn Cement.

Mark Carlstrom, Plant Maintenance Manager, Birkenhead receiving his 30 year service award from former Birkenhead Plant Manager Adrian Herbert

Emil Petrescu, Processing Engineer, Cement and Lime Division receiving his 20 year service award from former Plant Manager, Adrian Herbert

LONG SERVICE AWARDSCongratulations to all of the employees who have celebrated milestones for their continuous service with the group.

Allan Robinson, Quarry Operator, Cockburn Cement receiving his 25 year service award from General Services Manager, Tony Yerkovich

Rodd Clarke, Laboratory Supervisor, WA and NT receiving his 30 year service award from Mars Capasso, Quality Manager Cement and Lime

BEFORE AFTER

Kiln 4 shutdown, BirkenheadThe Birkenhead team, led by Ivan Winter, Engineering Manager SA, delivered a successful shutdown campaign for Kiln 4 in January. The shutdown was well scoped, planned and executed, following the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) methodology.

Acknowledgement should also be granted to Ed Southwell, Tim Rochow and Robert Changwo for their assistance with quality inspections, which ultimately resulted in a reasonably trouble-free commissioning. This collaborative approach between SA & WA Operations and Procurement (represented by Anthony Giorgini) resulted in a shutdown that was delivered on-time and under budget.

MCI Port Kembla NewsReplacement and commissioning of the old HV switchboard completed in January. This replaces equipment installed in 1960 with current technology, thereby removing a major safety risk in regards to oil circuit breakers. This has also minimised the risk of unexpected plant outage relating to CM1 & 2.

Tell me about your role at Cockburn cement, what’s the favourite part of your job?

I work in admin at the Dongara Lime Plant, it is quite small with only 12 staff so my role is quite diverse which I love. I get to do a bit of everything and am always learning new things which I crave in a role.

When did you join Cockburn Cement, what’s your background and qualifications?

I completed a sports science degree then left Australia to travel. I came back to Australia just before the mining boom and worked for Rio Tinto as a plant operator in Tom Price. My husband was offered a role at a gas plant in Dongara so we moved South to experience 4 seasons in a year again. I joined Cockburn Cement at the end of 2015, I think having plant knowledge & SAP experience helped me get the job.

What attracted you to the role?

The people and the flexibility of the role.

Where would you see yourself in 5 years’ time?

Hopefully still here, still learning new things and still having a laugh with my co-workers.

Outside of work, what do you love to do in your spare time?

I participate in triathlons and enjoy the training aspect of the sport. I also love the beach, the snow, travelling and eating lots of good food!

5 minutes with... Sarah Toia | Admin | Dongara Lime PLant

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NEWS

Welcome to Olivia Peng, Quality Control Engineer for WA and NT at Cockburn Cement Munster

Olivia has a Master of Professional Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from UWA and attained engineering accreditation in 2017. Olivia says it’s a steep learning curve but she is really enjoying the role and hopes that she can add value to the business.

Welcome to Phillipa Weltner, HSE Manager, Cement and Lime, Adelaide Brighton

Phillipa began her HSE career 15 years ago. She most recently spent the last four years working for Cummins an American diesel engine manufacturer in a HSE role for Australia and the South Pacific. Philipa is looking forward to learning about Adelaide Brighton’s different operations, our people and culture as well as understanding our HSE journey to date.

Her goal is to support our HSE team to deliver outstanding services to the operations to ensure they have the right skills, tools and culture to deliver safe and sustainable production.