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During December 2011, MMG supported Zinc Saves Kids through UNICEF’s Christmas Inspired Gifts (an annual gift-giving promotion run by UNICEF throughout the festive season).

According to UNICEF, in 2011, 16.7 million unwanted gifts were given during Christmas. With unwanted gifts worth an average of $64, Australia spent approximately A$500 million over Christmas– an amount that could provide therapeutic feeding to over 913,242 children for a year.

In an Australia Day Ceremony at Strahan, Darryl Gerrity, the Mayor of the West Coast, announced that MMG had won the “2011 Community Event of the Year” for its 75th Anniversary celebration.

The award was presented jointly to Linda Williams and Christine Winskill - the primary organizers of the event  - on behalf of MMG.

Mark Adams joined MMG in November 2011, and officially took the reigns at MMG’s Century mine in north-west Queensland last week following the departure of former General Manager Karl Spaleck.

In addition to managing Century, Mark will provide Operations leadership to MMG’s Dugald River development project, located about 85 kilometres north-east of Mount Isa.

With extensive experience managing operations in Queensland and Western Australia, Mark was most recently Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Barminco.

Jody Elliott, Director of The Resource Channel speaks to ABC Radio's Babs McHugh about the increasing challenge of securing new resource sector workers as other countries ramp up their own operations and projects, demanding some 250,000 new entrants.

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rural/resource/201201/r882802_8761919.mp3

What a year 2011 has been for NRW. With an order book currently standing at $2.19 billion and 500 new jobs available, the Company has grown rather rapidly over the last year.

As a leading provider of civil and mining services to the resources and infrastructure industries, NRW have had a great year building relationships with some of the world’s largest resource companies including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group.

CV Hints & Tips

Your CV is one of the most important representations of you when it comes to job hunting. It is the first thing a company/recruiter will see and is how they make an initial decision on whether or not you are suitable for their vacancy.

Here at BHP Billiton Nickel West we receive a large number of resumes and therefore making sure yours stands out from the crowd is essential. Below are some hints and tips on what we look for when we review CVs –

To house the fly-in fly-out workforce required to build the Ichthys gas processing facilities at Blaydin Point in Darwin, the project is designing its Accommodation Village to maximise local participation while minimising impact on the community..

Back in February 2009, we consulted extensively with the community to share information about the proposed Village at Howard Springs in Darwin’s rural area. We discussed our preferred site and broad design concepts, and received feedback about potential issues, as well as community needs and expectations.

We've launched a range of new services that will further assist those looking to learn more about work opportunities in the country’s mining and petroleum sectors.

New functionality on Theresourcechannel.com.au website will allow visitors to find industry-specific training, conference and events information.  In addition, subscribers to the site will be able to nominate to follow specific companies on the site.  This means that whenever the nominated organisation posts updated employment news, the subscriber is immediately notified.