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IWD award winner paves way for working parents

A 20-year resources sector veteran who paved the way for job-sharing in senior roles has won this year’s Queensland Resources Council/Women in Mining and Resources Queensland Resources Awards for Women... read more

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2020 QRC / WIMARQ International Women's Day Breakfast (5 March 2020)

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Congratulations to our national award winners

Congratulations Alicia Hurkmans and Dr Jenny Purdie for taking out the top awards in the Women in Resources National Awards presented at Parliament House in Sydney. 

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Mathematics meets mining

Thanks Biairi EMI for this great event featuring Biarri EMI Optimisation Consultant Alina Motygullina.

Women in mining honour champion for diversity

Women in Mining and Resources Queensland (WIMARQ) is saddened to hear of the passing of former Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche and expresses its condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. Michael was a champion of gender diversity in Queensland's resources sector and staunch supporter of the activities of WIMARQ in our shared goal of reducing the gender imbalance in the industry. He will be sorely missed.

Maria Joyce Chair Women in Mining and Resources Queensland

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Kelly wins SSE certification scholarship

Congratulations to Peabody’s Kelly Seymour who could become one of the few resources sector woman working in Queensland to be certified as a Senior Site Executive (SSE) after her successful bid for an SSE training scholarship. The scholarship, offered by Optimised Mining was announced at this year’s QRC/WIMARQ International Women’s Day Breakfast in March. Kelly has 20 years’ experience in the mining industry spanning four commodities and multiple countries. She has progressed from administration to training advisor, to Health Safety and Training Superintendent and project manager roles. Kelly hopes to step further up to leadership roles on completion of her SSE Certification. There were many high quality applicants for the scholarship and Optimised Mining’s Kiernan Smithson said that Kelly stood out in her leadership skills and motivation for attaining the SSE certificate. “We had some amazing leaders who applied and candidates who were motivated to do their SSE certificate, Kelly however had the highest average across the three,” he said. thank you Optimised Mining for providing this valuable scholarship.