AustCoal Alliance

Australian Coal Consulting Alliance – Enhancing shareholder value for the Australian Coal industry, its customers and service providers. Synergy is a member of the Alliance. The Alliance brings together specialists in the coal industry from many areas of expertise, including

  • analysis of coal markets,
  • productivity analysis
  • cost competitive ranking of coal mines,
  • risk and opportunity management,
  • human resources & recruitment,
  • operational cost reduction including impact of rail & port charges

 Refer to the Alliance website http://www.austcoalconsulting.com/

Alliance partners are:

1. HiValue Strategies

HiValue Strategies was founded by Bede Boyle who has fourteen years direct experience in assisting Coal Industry executives develop corporate and business solutions that enhance shareholder value. Prior to developing his strategic consultancy in 1993, Bede held senior management positions with Coal & Allied, gaining broad experience in strategic developments for open cut and underground coal mines and related infrastructure. Visit www.hivaluestrategies.com

2. Minec Pty Ltd

MINEC Pty Ltd was founded by Dr Don Barnett who is recognised throughout the world as the leading analyst of the Australian Coal Industry. With 40 years of top level experience Dr Barnett specialises in coal supply economics, trends and sissues, mine and property valuations, strategic options and transport economics. His current focus is on the market dynamics and price impact created by the rapid emergence of China as the world’s largest importer of raw materials and as exporter and importer of coal.

3. McLean Management Consultants

MMC has delivered successful operational improvement programs for a broad range of clients in minerals, automotive & general manufacturing and transport. Michael McLean, Managing Director, is one of Australia’s leading strategic planning and productivity experts in strategic design, analysis and deployment, cost reduction aligned to change management strategy, and operational process improvements.

4. Synergy Management Consulting Group

Jim Laird, Managing Director, has 16 years consulting experience in business process improvement in the coal industry. Key coal mining projects include integrated management systems, OH&S, risk management, cost reduction, ISO 9001 and six sigma "learn-by-doing" training and process improvement.

5. ABM Systems

ABM Systems, led by Greg Clarke, is focused on improving enterprise performance using global leading technologies such as proDacapo, QlikView and Cartesis to support balanced scorecard, activity based costing, business intelligence, budgeting, financial consolidation and process improvement. Greg was formerly with IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, with experience in Europe and Asia.  

6. Pacrim Environmental 

Pacrim Environmental Pty Ltd was founded in 1984 by Wayne Perry with a proven track record as an Environmental Management Consultant and Lead Environmental Auditor assisting coal mine, transport and infrastructure management with audits, securing development consent, sresolving land use conflicts, stakeholder communication strategies and due diligence studies.

7. Purser Corporate Communication 

Purser Corporate Communication Pty Ltd is a public relations consultancy, which has worked on numbers of major coal mining and related projects since it was established by former journalist Bob Purser in 1984. Services include media relations, community relations, project advocacy, public affairs and strategic communication planning.

8. Harry Bowman

Harry Bowman is a geologist and minerals economist focussed on the coal industry. Harry was former Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Coal Compensation Board and contributes a unique understanding of the economic viability of the NSW coal industry and Government intent.

9. Bob Hurley

Bob Hurley has 30 years experience in domestic and export coal marketing, sales and purchasing strategies, major contract negotiations and cost review management for both sellers and purchasers. 

10. Michael Minns

Michael Minns established his Human Resources consultancy in 1983 specialising in recruitment, Enterprise Agreements, organisational development & learning for a productive workplace culture in greenfield and brownfield sites. Michael has 3-dimensional selection, differing from tradition, allowing for multiple hiring, involving peers & mine managers, and considering critical competencies. A guiding principle - hire for attitude not skills – a valuable approach in the current skills shortage impacting on coal mine operations.

11. Greg Mattila

Greg Mattila is a professional mining engineer and former BHP mine manager with over thirty five years pragmatic experience in coal mine and infrastructure planning & development, operational & project management, feasibility studies, business analysis abd due diligence. 

12. Ross Broadbent 

Ross Broadbent is a professional engineer and an Engineering Design and Project Management Consultant with an unequalled depth of experience in design, construction and engineering management for mine, rail and port infrastructure developments. Ross was Engineering and Project Manager with Port Waratah Coal Services and gained broad experience in coal chain infrastructure development, operation and maintenance. Ross established Broman Services Pty Ltd in 2000 specialising on Project, Construction and Engineering Management, taking lead roles in all aspects of project delivery.