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Who are we?

Paul Ahern
Paul Ahern
Principal Engineer

 
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Qualifications

  • West Australian Quarry Managers Certificate of Competency

  • South Australian First Class Quarry Managers Certificate of Competency

  • BE Mining (Hons) UNSW 1989

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Professional Memberships

  • Member AUSIMM

  • Member & Board Director ISEE

  • Member EFEE

An experienced Mining Engineer with 35 years of technical and operational experience across varied OC and UG commodities which have built the foundation for providing expert drill & blast solutions.

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An independent mining engineering consultant/contractor for 18 years, Paul's drill & blast engineering expertise is built upon management experience, operational understanding within a regulated environment and technical capability in mine planning, design, and scheduling. 

 

With experience across multiple explosive suppliers, Paul possesses an in depth understanding of explosive technologies, operational delivery and explosive supply chain requirements.

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Paul possesses the confidence, capability and capacity to work well across all levels of an organisation and engage effectively with all staff, contractors and members of the workforce. As an experienced trouble-shooter, he is able to readily identify the key issues and work with the site teams to overcome inefficiencies arising from poor behaviours, systems, processes and procedures, improving mine performance and profitability.

Experience by Commodity

Open Cut Coal: QLD Aust | NSW Aust | New Zealand | Indonesia 

Open Cut Iron Ore: South Australia | Western Australia

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Open Cut Metalliferous: South Australia | NT Aust | NSW Aust | South America | South Africa | Papua New Guinea | Mali

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Underground Metalliferous: WA Aust | NSW Aust | VIC Aust | Tasmania Aust

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Quarry & Construction: NSW Aust | VIC Aust | Tasmania Aust | New Zealand | SE Asia

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Blasting improvement
Pip Ahern
Communications & Office Manager
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Pip works behind the scenes to ensure seamless access to our expert drill and blast solutions.

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BA (Hons)

MBA

GAICD

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