Mining and the community
17 October 2000 • Ron Manners AO
Ron made this speech to the Rotary Club of Perth in 2000. At the time he was Chairman of Croesus Mining, a growing …
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Australia’s Mining Hall of Fame
21 September 2000 • Ron Manners AO
Australia's Mining Hall of Fame (a lost opportunity — Oct 2017?) I gave this presentation to the Mining 2000 Forum in Melbourne. At …
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Where’s the clarinet?
8 January 2000 • Ron Manners AO
Remembering grandfather James “Pom Pom” Stevens Pom Pom was a prospecting, clarinet playing, blacksmith and winder-driver at the Mt Charlotte Gold Mine. (The …
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Mining in Kalgoorlie 1999: Confronting a pebble or a mountain?
20 August 1999 • Ron Manners AO
This presentation was given at the 1999 Mining in the Goldfields – Opportunities and Challenges conference, and talked about recent mineral discoveries, the …
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Where are our leaders?
2 June 1998 • Ron Manners AO
In the late 90s mining was clearly seen as the driver of Australia’s economic growth, as shown in this presentation given to attendees …
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Do smaller companies do it better?
22 April 1998 • Ron Manners AO
This is part of a seminar led by Ron as part of the Normandy Group Mining Conference in Fremantle, on April 22, 1998. …
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Australia’s latest export industry: Jobs
1 September 1997 • Ron Manners AO
This speech was a hit at the World Gold ‘97 Conference (AusIMM) in Singapore. Keep the era in mind while reading. What would …
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The mining industry: A global community, from an Australian’s view
11 March 1997 • Ron Manners AO
Ron delivered this speech to the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto, Ontario in March 1997. It's an educational experience for …
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Diggers and Dealers 1996
30 July 1996 • Ron Manners AO
The Diggers and Dealers conference is a big event on the mining industry calendar. Held in Australia's unofficial gold capital, Kalgoorlie, it's a …
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Squid chips and drill bits
15 December 1995 • Ron Manners AO
Presented at the Geological Society of Australia Christmas party on December 15, 1995, what follows is an account of mining processes of the …
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