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| CRCMining is a multi-million dollar research centre established under the Commonwealth Government’s Cooperative Research Centres program. The Centre is supported in its work by 10 industry partners and five leading Australian universities. The Centre’s research is spread across four program areas: Automation, Drilling Processes for Fugitive Emissions, Equipment and Power Management, Rock Fragmentation and Handling. The Centre’s purpose is to deliver a continual stream of safety and productivity enhancing technologies to the mining industry and to have these technologies adopted by the industry. CRCMining Fast Facts Full-Time Equivalent Staff: 70 (2009) Postgraduate Students: 27 (2008-09) Income: $13.3 million (2008-09) Total projects: 45 (June 2010) Centre Established: 1 July 2003 Incorporated: Yes Members: AngloGold Ashanti BHPBilliton Caterpillar Computer Sciences Corporation Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems Newcrest Mining Limited P&H MinePro Peabody Energy Wellard Xstrata University Members: University of Newcastle University of Queensland University of Western Australia Curtin University The University of Arizona (associate member) Senior Management: Laurie Hammond (Independent Chairman) Mike Hood (CEO) Paul Lever (Director of Research) Charles Golding (Chief Financial Officer) Program Areas and Leaders: Automation – Professor Ross McAree Coal Technology and Fugitive Emissions Management – Professor Paul Lever (acting) Equipment and Power Management – David Haneman Rock Fragmentation and Handling – Professor Paul Lever |