The shortlisted finalists for the 2015 Australian Mining Prospect Awards have been released.
Below is a list of those that made the cut.
Coal Mine of the Year
- Glencore: Clermont mine
- Centennial Coal: Mandalong Mine
- Stanwell Coal/Downer Mining: Meandu mine
- Anglo American: Moranbah North mine
Community Interaction
- Glencore : Clermont coal mine
- Mine Safety Institute of Australia: Pike River:A Failure to Learn DVD/Pike River seminars/Mark Parcell
- Anglo American: Grasstree mine
- Heritage Advice Australia
- Mining Family Matters: Rock Solid Suicide Prevention Program (SA Pilot)
Contractor of the Year
- Executive Risk Solutions
- Action Drill and Blast
- Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure
Contribution to Mining
- Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial
- Jim Young
- Gina Rinehart
- Plantminer
- Mining Org: Sirous Amini
Excellence in Environmental Management
- Chute Technology: Dust & Spillage prevention technology
- ContiTech Australia: SICON Conveyor belt system
- Significant Environmental Services
- Global Acquatica
- New Hope Group: Land rehabilitation and grazing trials
- Rio Tinto and Jacobs Engineering Group: Cape Lambert Port development
- Carbine Resources: Mt Morgan tailings management
- Environmist and the University of Wollongong: Bulk materials dust control technology
Mine safety, OH&S
- Nivek Industries
- Enerpac
- Bradken
- KCL Industries
- Heat Strap Solar
- Custom Mining Products
- Nautitech Mining Systems
- Schaeffler Australia
Explorer of the Year
- Cradle Resources
- Rox Resources
Hard Rock Mine of the Year
- Northparkes Mines
- Doray Minerals
Innovative Mining Solution
- MacLean Engineering
- MineARC Systems
- Quattro Project Engineering
- CQMS Razer
- Custom Mining Products
- KCL Industries
- Hedweld
- LC
- AngloAmerican: Grosvenor mine
Manager of the year
- Jessica Barber: BHP Billiton
- Maria Joyce: MEC Mining
- Dawid Pretorius: Glencore- Clermont coal mine
Minerals Processing of the Year
- Chute Technology: Debottlenecking transfer chutes
- Chute Technology: Dust and Spillage Prevention technology
- Carbine Resources
- Columbus Group: Pre-sizing rock prior to milling technology
Young Achiever
- Michael Trusler: Plant Miner
- Danielle Walz: Training Ahead Australia
- Phillip Hyde: HTVC/ Centennial Coal
- Chris Catania: MEC Mining
- Tareq VanOostrom: Downer Mining – Meandu Mine
- Patrick Walta: Carbine Resources