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AUTUMN EDITION 2016

CELEBRATING OUR INNOVATION

JUST FOR THE HEALTH

OF IT!

Cooking up an MKR storm

2 AUTUMN EDITION 2016

CEO message 3

We’re smashing more records every year! 4

Accuracy and safety big winners on the potline 5

FEATURE STORY 6 – 8

CELEBRATING OUR INNOVATION

A big tick for our international compliance 9

New HR system makes training success simple 10

Our new apprentices 11

Loop the lake 12

Just for the health of it! 13

Big savings from new mask 14

Welcome to TAC’s new starters 14

Dipping back into pit rescue drills 15

TAC employees taking on the world 15

TAC making waves on the web 16

Cooking up an MKR storm 17

Time to give back 17

Celebrating years of service 18

Did you know 19

60 seconds with... Leigh-anne Ruch 19

Tomago’s key performance indicators 20

CONTENTS

AUTUMN EDITION 2016 3

MATT HOWELL – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016 BEHIND US, WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK FOR ANOTHER RECORD PERFORMANCE.

WELCOME TO THE AUTUMN EDITION OF TAC NEWS.

We have made enormous progress stabilising and improving our business in the face of very uncertain economic times and we all have much to be proud of. Despite the collapse in metal prices and premiums in 2015, our full year performance was first class, with the site achieving the trifecta of lowest recordable injuries, lowest environmental emissions and highest tonnage ever produced. Safe, Clean and Productive; that’s a recipe for success! On top of that, we have seen steady progress towards reaching our cost reduction targets and improving process efficiency. All of these things give me increased confidence that TAC will be a leading aluminium smelter on the global stage for many years to come.

Recently I had the pleasure of attending a 2 day Blue Bus Edge playshop, along with 21 of our Operators, Maintainers and a selection of leaders. The purpose of the playshop was to explore the themes of interdependence and collaboration – and along the way, slay some of the myths that get in the way and prevent large organisations performing

at their best. For me it was reinforcement that our ‘secret sauce’ to TAC being the best it can be is the quality of our relationships and our individual and collective preparedness to have honest, respectful conversations - hard on the problem and easy on the people! This program is an investment we are making to give everyone on site the opportunity to be heard so that the best ideas can emerge and our business becomes stronger and more resilient as a result. You can read more about the great ideas being put into action in the article on our annual Innovation Awards (Pages 6,7,8).

Behind the scenes we have undertaken substantial upgrades to our HR training system (Success Factors) and our website. These two projects provide better access to information and training resources and more importantly, allow employees to plan and approve training. This allows our teams to go about their jobs more efficiently and effectively. Improvements to health, safety and environment have also been recognised by our auditors who were impressed with our positive employee engagement, but more

importantly, with our overall improved health and safety at Tomago over the past few years. This is something we should all be very proud of, as a safe working environment is the most important thing we can achieve together.

With the first quarter of 2016 behind us, we are right on track for another record performance. I’m pleased to say that we have made further progress on cost reductions, with many teams absorbing some or all of the functions that were previously performed by external contractors. This means we are well and truly down the path of eliminating overtime from our business. Not only does this help control our operating costs, it also sees everyone fully rested and recuperated, maximising rostered time off with our families. I acknowledge we have faced some difficult choices, however we must do this to survive. In return, we have recently commenced negotiations with Operators and Trades representatives regarding new enterprise agreements, featuring the opportunity to share in the annual Tomago Incentive Scheme – an annual cash payment to recognise meeting

and exceeding business targets. We have all contributed to the success of this business and we want everyone in return to share in that success.

Best regards, Matt


We’re smashing more records every year!

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This year is shaping up to be another record year at Tomago Aluminium, with 587,500 tonnes of aluminium predicted for production in 2016.

Last year, we produced a record 580,500 tonnes, more than double our yield at first production in 1983, when Tomago Aluminium was the world’s first large-scale AP18 plant with two potlines of 240 pots each and an annual production capacity of about 240,000 tonnes.

Fast-forward more than 30 years and our teams are making, moving and casting enough aluminium to produce more than 8000 cars every day.

Business Development Manager Mike Philipson said it wasn’t just record production levels being broken at the plant.

“We are also achieving our best safety performances,

lowest emission levels, best product quality and lowest power consumption,” he said.

“These results are created by our teams helping each other out on an hour-by-hour basis to keep the process stable and taking every opportunity to implement improvements to the way we work.”

Mike said April saw the completion of a two-year program to convert all pots to the latest generation pot (AP2X).

“This underpinned even better production rates in 2016. And, never to rest on our laurels, we are already testing an even newer pot (low energy) aimed at increasing our production to over 600,000tpa while slashing our power requirements,” he said.

“These two significant technology changes will mean we will continue to have world standard pots well into the mid-2020s and beyond.”

Mike said that while technology was always important, TAC’s defining competitive edge remained its people and teams.

“Our ability to work together and to change and adapt quickly has given us a critical edge over the last two years,” he said.

“We have moved from ‘middle-of-the pack’ among the international smelters we regularly benchmark with, to the top level on almost all the critical outcomes. We must continue to accelerate these changes in 2016 to 2020 to stay out front.

“The 2016 production improvement to 587,500 tonnes will be a new record. Achieved safely and at the lowest cost/highest quality, it means that 2016 will be another great year.”

LAST YEAR, WE PRODUCED

A RECORD 580,500 TONNES, MORE

THAN DOUBLE OUR YIELD AT FIRST

PRODUCTION IN 1983


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The trolley was developed last year with help from our technical support provider PTC.

The status quo was to take liquid bath and metal measurements using a steel measuring rod which was attached to each pot well above shoulder height. This process exposed our teams to a risk of injury through the repetitive nature of operations above shoulder height (100 times per shift). In addition, the integrity of the tools was questionable due to the storage and cleaning process which left the majority of rods bent and twisted, significantly

affecting the accuracy of a critical measurement for us.

Process Engineer Phillip Brown said the introduction of the trolley with stainless steel dip rods enabled a much more accurate measurement to be taken while also reducing the risk of injury.

“In addition to these benefits, the data is manipulated automatically to account for pot condition and is rounded to the nearest millimetre before being transferred into the control system via Wi-Fi,” Phil said.

“The change has been embraced by the technical contingent in E Room with complete roll-out across six rooms of the potlines completed in April.

“A big thanks must go to the process and production teams in Line 3 for their support in developing this product to the point of implementation – it is a great example of how we can work together to simultaneously improve production and safety outcomes.”


A CUSTOM-BUILT TROLLEY DEVELOPED TO AID THE MODERNISATION OF LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENT IN THE POTLINES, IS REDUCING THE RISK OF INJURY AND IMPROVING ACCURACY DURING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS.

ACCURACY & SAFETY BIG WINNERS

ON THE POTLINE

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Tomago Aluminium’s annual Innovation Awards were celebrated at Wests Mayfield late last year, recognising individuals and teams who have made outstanding contributions to the ongoing success of the business. The awards provide an opportunity to celebrate ingenuity from individuals and teams at all levels.

THE WINNERS WERE:

Overall Innovation Winner 2015 –

Michael Jackson

Part of the Maintenance team, Mick won this award for his energy, enthusiasm and ability to work with others to innovate

the way we work on a daily basis. Particular achievements were his involvement with the Potline team in modifying all our PTA crane fleet with new compressors, improving the safety and cost of our visual circuit breakers by installing new protective film, continuously upgrading and re-engineering our outdated and expensive spares, PTA joystick improvements and PTA filling head spillage reduction work. It is not only what Mick has achieved but more importantly how he goes about it: always ready to help another team member out, always ready to help with the training and development of our apprentices. Mick is an example of daily innovation in action, both in what we do and how we do things.

Excellence in Cost/ Waste Reduction –

Anode Sorting System Team:Ken DenholmDave PriorPete DalyMark JonesJosh FraraccioNathan HoldenTrevor AndersonBen Heil

The team won the award for designing and piloting a method for sorting smileys and anodes in the Potlines, removing the need to double handle the anodes at the Rod Shop. The system also improves smiley response time and has the potential to utilise hot smiley butts in the pots, saving energy and current efficiency. Additionally, the system improves HSE in F1

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Store as sorting of smileys and anodes will no longer be required, as well as saving fuel, labour and wear and tear on anode haulers.

Innovation in Environment –

Roller Clamp Team: Troy Martin Michael Chalkley

The team successfully implemented the ‘roller clamp’ pot pre-heating method. The team modified a process used at other smelters to suit TAC technology, while maintaining current operating standards. This method allows the pot to be fully sealed during the pre-heat period, ensuring volatiles released from the lining during the pre-heat

are removed via the fume duct and passed through the fume treatment centre.

Innovation in Health and Safety –

Geoff McCredie

Geoff’s lightbulb moment struck him while performing the vibro compactor isolation. Previously the hole-locking pins were made from 13kg steel spanning across a 3m bar which made it a large task to manoeuvre the pins into place. Geoff’s idea involved new pins being fabricated with aluminium, reducing the mass of the unit by approximately 50% while retaining their strength. The new aluminium pins are much easier to

manoeuvre and reduce the risk of a manual handling injury to the operators.

Innovation in Process Stability –

AP2X Pot Operating Team: Darryl Frew Tom Sharples Jamie Parkes Phil Brown

The team won the award for the optimisation of AP2X pot operating points, pushing the boundaries of operating points at lower voltages, high metal volume and low iron. Additionally, the ever-present can-do attitude and healthy debate that continually challenges the status quo makes this team a stand-out in process stability.

Overall Winner 2015 – Michael Jackson

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As the AP2X roll-out was accelerated, the team designed a system to identify the priority order of AP22 pot stoppages. This allowed amperage to be increased without pot break-outs. AP2X optimisation has TAC on track to deliver more than 6000 tonnes of metal production above target.

Innovation in Quality –

Jerry Tawalo

Jerry won this award for the use of lasers to better identify inferior product and eliminate shipping/production rework. This ensures quality product is delivered to internal customers downstream, as well as external customers, consolidating TAC as an industry leader for detail. His innovation also reduces frustration among operators for faulty alarms.

Team of the Year –

PTA Compressor Change-out Team

Brett NixonShayne HumphreysDaniel KingBrett TimneyPeter Petryk

Robert DeanSam BowdenIan WrightScott McFarlaneMichael JacksonJade MaddiganJoel EinamLee CrickBen HenshawLeigh OsmondTodd JoryMichael CrebertChris WalkerJerry StudencikDarren Robertson

The PTA fleet was awarded its innovation gong for completing a project that could justifiably have been handed to the Engineering team. Instead, the team completed the entire project internally. The challenge for the team was working with Champion compressors that had been fitted in the early ‘90s. When looking at the replacement Atlas compressor for the Potline 3 cranes it was identified that the new compressor could fit on the existing compressor base quite easily and provide a cost-effective and simple way of replacing the aging Champion compressors. As a result, the

compressors can now be fitted within three days, minimising production time-out for the crane without dropping off other scheduled maintenance. Testing has since been done on the tapping performance of the cranes and all data shows the changeover project to be a great success.

The cost of rebuilding the Champion compressor components alone was approximately $500k over the past 10 years. The new compressors will be reliable and cost effective for many years.

Blue Bus Award –

John Hislop

John won this new award for his outstanding courage, trust, pride and achievement in improvement and innovation across the joint activities of maintainer, operator and support groups. Working within the operator and maintainer team, John has always delivered fantastic improvements to increase efficiencies and makes everyone's job easier.

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(Team of the Year)

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A BIG TICK FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE

Health, safety and environmental improvements and initiatives from across the Tomago Aluminium site were praised by external auditors during a recent Surveillance Audit.

The external auditors from compliance and risk company SAI Global were also impressed with the positive employee engagement in Tomago Aluminium’s health and safety initiatives. The auditors were on-site for Tomago Aluminium’s Safety and Environment Management systems annual surveillance audit.

HSE Manager, Simon Mitchell said the purpose of the audit was to determine the capability and effectiveness of Tomago Aluminium’s HSE management system.

“The audit is done to ensure our continual compliance with customer, statutory and regulatory requirements,” Simon said.

“In addition, there were a number of other specified objectives that need to be met.”

Completed on 12 February, the audit recommended Tomago Aluminium maintain its certification as compliant against the internationally recognised standards of OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems and ISO 14001:2004 Environment Management Systems.

Simon said several initiatives, strengths and achievements were identified during the course of the audit.

“The auditors made specific mention of the positive level of engagement from the employees across the site and of the improvement in health and safety at Tomago over the past few years,” he said.

SAI Global Auditor Saeid Nikdel (left) and Tomago Superintendent Mark Westbury preparing to visit the Paste Plant during the audit.



Above: The Success Factors Learning Management System

NEW HR SYSTEM MAKES TRAINING

SUCCESS SIMPLE“It simply means we’ll spend less time administering the training system and our trainers will be available for more training on the job!”

Additionally, the system is expected to reduce costs, increase training efficiency and greatly improve the end

user experience. It will support online/e-learning; classroom and virtual instructor-led training; on-the-job training; and collaboration, with the majority of users via the 480 PCs already deployed across the site, as well as the rollout of tablets utilising Wi-Fi hotspots.

The Success Factors Learning Management System is a new human resources learning system from SAP, which will greatly improve access to our training data.

TAC is partnering with UXC Oxygen and Presence of IT to deliver this project, which will be hosted off-site by Success Factors (SF).

Safety and Training Superintendent Steve Macnamara said the purpose of this project was to provide a modern Learning Management or Training System and to further enhance e-learning and online training for employees and contractors across the site.

“Success Factors learning will help us develop both technical, and people leadership skills in our workforce. It will also reduce workplace risks through far greater visibility of high-risk work training qualifications and expiry dates,” he said.

“In addition, SF will better enable contractor’s access to the training system, enabling them to complete inductions from off-site in their own time.

“It’s a step change in TAC’s systems, utilising a modern and complete user interface.

• Provide a far greater positive learning experience with a training system that is simple, easy and quick to use, reducing waste in administration and learner’s time searching for knowledge

• Allow access for contractors and employees to complete inductions or other online learning over the internet, to increase on the job “tool time”

• Increase user engagement and a Leader’s visibility of HR and learning data through an easy to use dashboard

• Facilitate learning on the go with real-time training and assessment on mobile devices, allowing for on-the-job assessment, reducing the need to take employees off the job to

complete a task based assessment, while providing assessment results in real time

• Provide learning mobility with the use of phones, tablets or kiosks as options to accessing the training centre, online learning and assessments etc

• Provide the ability to view and complete learning content on a tablet making for simple and fast task completion

According to Steve the new system is “far more visible and engaging than what we currently use. Industry also reports a 17% increase in people having access to and engaging in the right training. Lookout for Success Factors – coming to your workplace soon.”

the new system WILL:

THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE

COSTS, INCREASE TRAINING EFFICIENCY

AND GREATLY IMPROVE THE END USER EXPERIENCE

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OUR NEW APPRENTICES

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Name: Simone Bright Age: 19 Trade: Heavy Vehicle Plant Mechanic

What’s your idea of a great weekend?Camping out with friends and motorbike riding (Allyn river), boating and wake-boarding.

Name: Alex Sharp Age: 18 Trade: Mechanical

What’s your idea of a great weekend?A longer one! But usually a day in the shed and a trip up the coast for a surf.

Name: Cameron Lliffe Age: 16 Trade: Mechanical

What’s your idea of a great weekend?Working on my cars, movies, hanging out with mates.

Name: James Gordon Age: 18 Trade: Mechanical

What’s your idea of a great weekend?Catching up with mates, working on my car.

Name: Liam Drew Age: 18 Trade: Electrical

What’s your idea of a great weekend?Friday night with the mates at the pub or camping on the beach.

Name: Luke Higgins Age: 19 Trade: Electrical

What’s your idea of a great weekend?Playing footy on Saturday (and celebrating the win after!). Also beach and fishing.

Name: Luke Johns Age: 18 Trade: Electrical

What’s your idea of a great weekend?When the surf is really really good, hanging with mates and kicking back.

Tomago would like to welcome our 2016 apprentices who started on 18 January. Below is a little information so you can get to know them.



Thanks to the weather gods, the enduring late spell of summer weather continued for the morning of the Loop the Lake Charity Ride on 13 March, making ideal conditions for the intrepid TAC athletes.

Loop the Lake is a charity ride that sees thousands of entrants put themselves through a very physical challenge while raising money for the Cancer Council.

19 TAC riders took on the challenge of the ride (85km for the full course). The motley crew included a mix of old-time regulars and most pleasingly, a couple of first-timers.

According to veteran rider Gordon Wilson, the winds were relatively calm to start with, wafting a warm air off the lake.

“It was a great start to the day,” Gordon said. “As the ride progressed – and it was still early in the morning – the heat of the sun was making itself felt, so the breeze slowly picking up from the north-east was a welcome relief.”

“It was another successful event, promoting good health, pushing personal boundaries and supporting a great cause.”

Ride safely until next year!

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Gordon’s highlights:• Mike Philipson puffing harder than an old

steam train up one of the early hills

• Ben Heil riding retro on a “fixed wheel” ladies step-through bike

• Neil Roser and Brian Iredale with their normal riding group wearing a “colourful” African Wildlife kit (which brings a range of different responses!)

• Peter Horsburgh, who was taking on the 16km option in his first attempt but decided that wasn’t far enough so he rode from the finishing point to his start point and then back again

• Jeremy Dell (who did the 85km option) meeting up with his young daughter Hayley at the 16km mark to ride with her (it won’t be long before dad won’t be able to keep up with her!)

• Our CEO Matt Howell’s comments on how sore his rear end was after 85km around the lake

• While Ben Heil may have had the “coolest” bike, Leigh-anne Ruch won the award for the “flashest” bike, a recent acquisition off the Tomago T-Bay site

Some of the 19 riders – (Rear L to R) Simon Mitchell, Ben Heil, Brian Iredale, Jeremy Dell, Matt Howell, Steve Macnamara; (Front L to R) Ryan Bromley, Gordon Wilson, Darren Saxby.

Neil Roser and Brian Iredale on the left along with some of their regular riding crew.


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It’s all systems go regarding health and wellbeing at Tomago Aluminium, with our on-site health activities and targets for this year already well underway.

The Health, Hygiene and Safety Team hosted two promotional days this year, one in January and one in February. These were held outside the Development and Wellness Centre, where people were engaged as they arrived and left work. The health survey campaign that was conducted will help formulate on-site health activities that the workforce wants. Everyone who completed the survey

went in the running to win a $200 Rebel Sport voucher.

Both days were a big hit with a great vibe at the gate – blaring music, a free healthy breakfast, plenty of health information and the sweet smell of caffeine in the air. The team greeted people in fancy wigs to help promote information about services available to help live a healthy lifestyle.

Programs promoted included:

• Cycling - with information and recruitment of participants for the Loop the Lake Cycling event

• Caretrac Active Lifestyle Network – this gives the TAC workforce and their families access to a huge variety of activity-based centres NSW and Australia wide

• TAC sponsored Health and Wellbeing Activities for 2016

• Information on FREE Physiotherapy Services

• Information on FREE Dietitian Services

• Information on Skin Cancer Checks, Flu Vaccine, our Employee Assistance Program and Quit Smoking

A big thanks to the Health, Hygiene and Safety Services Team including Security for putting the morning together, and to the band of volunteers who assisted on the day.

Let’s get healthy in 2016!

JUST FOR THE HEALTH OF IT!

Main picture: Loop the Lake Display: Jeremy Dell, Gordon Wilson,

Mel Trask and Leigh-anne Ruch

Top right: Anthony Cook (Cookie) and Peter Roberts (Robbo) manning the

breakfast tables

Bottom right: Steve Macnamara and Gordon Wilson, two of

TAC’s finest MAMILS


Almost $10,000 is being saved annually in the Paste Plant thanks to the implementation of new masks.

As of December last year, the Paste Plant Operations Team have been free of disposable masks, with the P2 disposable being replaced with the half-face 3M respirator.

The Paste Plant spent $11,700 on P2 masks in 2015. It was a convenient solution but the masks did not provide the best seal for protection against dust and vapors.

Generally, the masks were a single-use only solution because they quickly became worn and bent.

After respirator maintenance costs are taken into account (filter replacements etc) a $9500 saving is realised from the initiative. Additionally, the risk of a respiratory event within the Paste Plant has also been greatly reduced.

Big savings from new mask

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The P2 disposable masks have been replaced

The new half-face 3M respirator

WELCOME TO TAC’S NEW STARTERSPersonnel Personnel Area Date

Daniel Smoothy Liquid Metals 30/11/2015

Saul Manusiu Rodded Anodes Operations 30/11/2015

Brodie Fairhall Maintenance 21/12/2015

Louis Swart Maintenance 13/01/2016

Phillip Page Liquid Metals 18/01/2016

Simone Bright Maintenance 18/01/2016

Luke Johns Maintenance 18/01/2016

Cameron Iliffe Maintenance 18/01/2016

Personnel Personnel Area Date

James Gordon Maintenance 18/01/2016

Alexander Sharp Maintenance 18/01/2016

Luke Higgins Maintenance 18/01/2016

Liam Drew Maintenance 18/01/2016

Shane Jarvis Maintenance 22/02/2016

Gordon Turner Liquid Metals 14/03/2016

Aidan Pont Maintenance 14/03/2016


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Get set to get fit! Tomago Aluminium is throwing its sweatband in the ring for this year’s Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) and everyone is invited to join in and get moving.

More than 350,000 other participants from around the world are expected to take part in this challenge which has seen more than two million people complete the GCC adventure.

It’s all about beating personal bests, bringing home team trophies and reaching new goals one step at a time – and it’s happening around the world.

Everyone has different reasons for joining in – some want a dose of healthy competition, some want to be part of a team and most just want to be a better version of themselves.

Further communication will be sent in the coming weeks about how you can register. So spread the word with your colleagues and step up to the challenge!

You just need to round up a team of seven colleagues and nominate a team captain.

The adventure begins on 25 May when you and your team embark on a 100-day journey around the world. The more active you are in your daily life, the further you progress through the most intriguing places on earth.

It’s all brought to life through the GCC website and mobile apps, which also bring you dietary and wellbeing tips and advice.

Contact Anthony Cook at [email protected] for more information or any assistance in organising a team.

So get on board and enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle.

Where will 100 days take you?

DIPPING BACK INTO PIT RESCUE DRILLSDuring a series of life saving controls on confined spaces in the Bake Ovens it was identified that the Refractory Team had not seen or had been involved in an actual Pit Rescue Drill.

Discussions with Emergency Response/Security Supervisor, Peter Roberts, also revealed there were new members in the Emergency Response Teams (ERT) who also had not been involved in these drills.

Peter engaged the assistance of Focus on Safety’s Scott Morante to review the practical aspects of the rescue with the ERT and coached the teams through the drills, aided by the Refractory and Production Operators.

This process has highlighted opportunities to improve the process and the need to practice the drills on a regular basis.

Emergency Pit Rescue Drill in the Bake Ovens

TAC EMPLOYEES TAKING ON THE WORLD


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The new Tomago Aluminium website puts a fresh face on the business and creates a more user-friendly experience for visitors to the site.

Modern and clean, the website is simple to navigate and allows users to quickly and efficiently access information.

HR Administrator Keiran Turner said the new site was a “massive” undertaking, but had paid off in spades.

“We’ve had so much positive feedback, it’s been great,” she said.

Similarly the Tomago Aluminium Facebook page, which has become a much-loved social media tool.

Keiran said the need for the page became obvious after the April floods in 2015.

“When the floods hit, people were all so unsure about what was happening on-site and were actually accessing the Ausgrid and Live Traffic Facebook pages for information about road closures and so on,” she said.

“We wanted to be able to do something similar. We now use it for good news, to advertise vacancies and for general communication.

“Everyone has really taken to it.”

ON THE WEB

TAC MAKING WAVES

Don’t forget to like our Facebook pageTomago Aluminium Company Pty Ltd.


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Tomago Aluminium’s very own Health and Hygiene Officer, Anthony “Cookie” Cook, is being beamed into houses via the small screen all over Australia as he slices, dices and juliennes his way through this season’s My Kitchen Rules (MKR) series.

Cookie, along with his buddy Chris Norgard, is one of the six couples in group three of Channel Seven’s hit show.

The pair – both avid cooks - are lifelong friends whose mothers owned a sandwich

shop together. Each have two children of their own. Up until the show began screening, they were unable to tell anyone except close family about it, which Cookie says was a bit tricky.

“It was hard, that’s for sure, but it’s great now it’s out there,” he said. “I’m loving it!”

The pair were away for four months filming the show.

“It was such an amazing experience – we travelled all over the country and saw

some incredible places and met some really interesting people,” Cookie said.

So how does it feel watching yourself on a reality TV show?

“What you see generally is pretty much exactly how everyone is in real life,” Cookie said. “If you say something on the show, then you had to have said it in real life! The magic of television isn’t that clever.”

Cookie said he felt incredibly lucky to have been given the opportunity to participate in MKR.

“Tomago Aluminium let me have the time off to participate

– the company was incredibly supportive and I am very grateful for that,” he said.

“I just hope everyone enjoys the show!”

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MKR STORM

TIME TO give backFrom January to the end of March 2016 Tomago has already donated over $9,000 to the local community.

So far we have donated $200 to Speed Racing, $1,500 to Variety – The Children’s Charity for its Variety Bash 2016 and Variety Postie Bash 2016, $344 to the TAC Bowls team, $660 to Hunter Research 2016, $2,000 to the Fred Hollows Foundation, $2,750 to the IGA Newcastle Show 2016, $550 to the Hunter

Manufacturing Association and $1,000 to Clean Up Australia Day.

If you have a worthwhile charity that needs support contactKeiran Turner – 4966 9293

Each year Tomago Aluminium supports local charities and community groups who are trying to do something good for those in need.

Lifelong friends Chris and Cookie enjoyed their time on MKR

10 yearsNigel Shalimov Business Services

Anthony Smith Cast Products

Danny Lines Cast Products

Grahame Price Cast Products

Paul Robson Cast Products

Phil Anthoney Cast Products

Scott Bubb Cast Products

Stewart White HSEC

Kate Wagner Human Resources

Susan Dunstan Human Resources

Dennis Bamber Liquid Metals

Sash Casitovski Liquid Metals

Darren O’Donohue Maintenance

Walter Trevathen Rodded Anodes Operations

20 yearsPeter Fishburn Cast Products

Brett Pollard Liquid Metals

Mark Petersen Liquid Metals

Peter Philipson Maintenance

Andrew Goddard Rodded Anodes Operations

Craig Beneke Rodded Anodes Operations

Morris Maher Rodded Anodes Operations

Paul Lincoln Rodded Anodes Operations

25 yearsGavin Courtney Cast Products

Hugh McFarlane Cast Products

Mark Carter Cast Products

Brian Herivel Liquid Metals

Craig Jones Liquid Metals

Darren Godwin Liquid Metal

Michael Halpin Liquid Metals

Peter Sharkey Maintenance

Toni Lawson Maintenance

30 yearsIan Wood Cast Products

Paul Malone Liquid Metals

Jason Giddins Maintenance

Stuart Henderson Maintenance

Allan Watson Rodded Anodes Operations

Darcy McLennan Rodded Anodes Operations

Daryl Faulkner Rodded Anodes Operations

Rodney Harrison Rodded Anodes Operations

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CELEBRATINGYEARS OF SERVICECongratulations to our employees celebrating milestone years of service from January to the end of April 2016



Tomago employees can access the latest version of Microsoft Office at home for only $15. If you’d like to access to the 2016 Professional Plus program visit the link under “Employee Information” on T-Net.

CELEBRATINGYEARS OF SERVICE Leigh-anne Ruch

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Aluminium FactAluminium is the second-most abundant metallic element in the Earth’s crust after silicon.

Leigh-anne Ruch is a new face at Tomago and our dedicated female contact point on site. If you need to talk to Leigh-anne you can contact her on 4966 9368.

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE?Occupational Health Officer (Registered Nurse)

FINISH THIS LINE: WHEN I’M NOT AT WORK…I’m spending my time and money on finding ways to tick things off my bucket list and pack as much into life as possible, which usually means juggling my time between travelling, university studies, spending time having fun with my family and triathlon training.

BIGGEST REGRET?Not travelling the world more…so many places and so little time!

FAVOURITE FOOD?Probably Italian food but I’m really not fussy. Anything that

someone else wants to cook for me is fantastic because I’m not a very good cook!

IF YOU HAD $100 TO SPEND ON YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?Go out for dinner or buy some new sporting gear… shoes, tyres, goggles.

WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS OF TOMAGO?How am I ever going to remember everyone’s names (by the way it’s still my daily thought, and I apologise in advance if I can’t remember your name!)

WHAT’S THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN?Treat people the way you want to be treated...

DID YOU KNOW?


Tomago’s Key Performance Indicators

Yearly Actual

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Effective Metal Production (Tonnes/Mth)

2014 2015 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 2016YTD

Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16

Monthly Actual 2016 Budget

47,002

48,376

49,32949,670

46,482

48,483

The Effective Metal Production is the total amount of hot metal tapped from the pots. It includes both hot metal tonnes delivered to Cast Products plus any reclaimed cold metal.

Energy Consumption measures how much power we use to make one tonne of aluminium. The lower this number the better!

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DC Energy Consumption (kWh / tAl)13,750

2014 2015 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Nov-16 Dec-16Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 2016YTD

Yearly Actual Monthly Actual 2016 Budget

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Hazard Event Ratio Yearly Actual Monthly Actual 2016 Target

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The Hazard Event Ratio measures the number of injuries in proportion to the number of safety related events.

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