• Kalgoorlie Smelter Renewal

  • Associated with BHP

  • Study to either replace or rebuild the Nickel smelting furnace in BHP Nickel West's operation in Kalgoorlie, WA.Study to either replace or rebuild the Nickel smelting furnace in BHP Nickel West's operation in Kalgoorlie, WA.

  • Skills: Study Managers · Feasibility Studies · Nickel · Furnace · Value Engineering · Knowledge Management

• Lynas Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility

  • Associated with Lynas Rare Earths Ltd

  • Approvals, tenure and offsite infrastructure for the facility

  • Skills: Regulatory Compliance · Environmental Compliance · Study Managers · Process Engineering · Land Tenure · Project Governance · Technology Development

• OZ Minerals Concentrate Treatment Plant

  • Associated with OZ Minerals

  • Study and process development of a complex hydro-metallurgical process to upgrade and reduce radioactivity of copper concentrates

  • Skills: Study Managers · Feasibility Studies · Technology Development · Research Skills · Pressure Vessels · Materials Science · Logistics Management · Hydrometallurgy

• Arafura Resources Nolans Project Technology Development and Feasibility Study

  • Associated with Arafura Resources Limited

  • GM Projects and Project Director

  • Skills: Technology Development · Rare Earths · Process Engineering · Study Managers · HAZOP Study · Project Planning · Hydrometallurgy · Solvent Extraction

• FMG Christmas Creek Expansion Project

  • Associated with CALIBRE PROJECTS LTD

  • Calibre's Project Manager for the Christmas Creek Expansion project during construction.

  • Skills: Iron Ore · Infrastructure · Site Execution

• BHPB Iron Ore RGP6 Non-process Infrastructure

  • Associated with GHD Pty Ltd

  • Project Director for GHD

  • Skills: Project Management · Business Development · Business Strategy · Infrastructure · Iron Ore

• BHPB Nickel West KNS Furnace Rebuild

  • Associated with BHP Billiton Nickel West

  • Project Manager for the Development and advance Execution phases for rebuilding the Nickel furnace.

  • Skills: Study Managers · Pyrometallurgy · Furnace · Smelting · Nickel · Mineral Processing

• Iluka's Northern Murray Basin Project

  • Downstream Consulting Pty Ltd

  • Project Manager

  • Skills: Feasibility Studies · Study Managers · Mineral Sands · Graduate Development

• BHP HBI Project - Perth, Austria and Port Hedland

  • Associated with BHP Engineering

  • Coordination Manager (Linz, Austria), Commissioning Manager and Engineering Manager for the BHP HBI Project, based on FINMET technology.

  • Skills: Iron making · Feasibility Studies · Study Managers · Engineering Management · HAZOP Study · Commissioning · Project Planning · International Relations · Value Engineering

• HIsmelt Research and Development Facility Engineering and Construction

  • Associated with HIsmelt Corporation

  • Planning Manager and Design Manager responsible for major developments which advanced the HIsmelt process.

  • Skills: Study Managers · HAZOP Study · Technology Development · Engineering Management · Shutdown Planning · Shutdown · Process Engineering · Project Planning

• Port Pirie Smelter Copper Plant Engineering and Construction

  • Associated with BHAS Pty Ltd

  • Client's Mechanical Engineering Representative

  • Skills: Zinc · Copper · Smelting · Engineering · Engineering Management · Design · Lead metal

Projects where Downstream Consulting personnel played a major role

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