• New Clients - BHP Billiton in West Africa

     

    Liberia, West Africa

    PASS was sucessfully implemented into the the BHP Billiton Liberia Exploration Iron Ore Project in West Africa during February this year by Vic Seedwell.

    PASS is being used at all the project sites and in the main office in Monrovia.

    Photo : Drilling at Sanniequellie, Liberia

     

     

  • El Pachon - Argentina

    El Pachon Copper project started the implementation of the PASS in September 2009. 
     

    It is a cross border mining project, located in San Juan province, Argentina located 5 kilometers from the Chilean border. El Pachon is owned by Xstrata Copper. 

  • PASS Masters Course - Asturias Spain

    The first PASS Masters Course for 2011 was conducted in March for employees of Xstarta Zinc in Spain. 
    They all work at the San Juan de Nieva Smelter located in Asturias Spain.

    The course was conducted in the ZEN Balgaras hotel in Aviles by Vic Seedwell and Jaime Gutierrez. 

     

    Participants from left to right are :

    Back Row - Alicia Llovio Pinera, Jorge Rafael Rouget Moreno, Jaime Gutierrez - PASS, Antonio Manuel Tobias Sanchez, manuel Oscar Garcia Gonzalez, Vic Seedwell - PASS
    Front Row - Gregorio Maurciano de la Fuente and Manuel A. Menendez Miranda

  • Las Bambas - Peru

    The Las Bambas Copper project started the implementation of the PASS in August 2009. 
     

    It is located in the Peru's Cotabambas and Grau Provinces and is owned by Xstrata Copper. 

  • Energia Austral - Chile

    Energía Austral (a subsidury of Xstrata Copper) is an electricity generation project located in the Aysén Region of southern Chile with the potential to generate more than 1,000 MW. PASS was implemented in April this year into it's various sites and offices whithin the project area by Jaime Gutierrez.

  • Congratulations to Xstrata Copper's Northern Division in Chile

     Xstrata's Altonorte 

    ACCIDENT RATE (September 3, 2008) 

    On two occasions in 2007, Altonorte achieved 1,350,000 work hours without lost time injuries for the first time in its 19 years of existence. Xstrata Copper's PASS safety system has been implemented which involves creating and strengthening a positive attitude towards safety through staff meetings held before every work shift. Xstrata Copper's North Chile Division is based out of the city of Antofagasta and manages the nearby Altonorte custom metallurgical facility and the Lomas Bayas mining operation, 120 kilometres east Antofagasta.

  • Minera Doña Ines de Collahuasi SCM - Chile

    Collahuasi Mine started the implementation of the PASS into all of its operation in August 2008. With over 5000 employees and contractors it is one of the largest Copper Mines in the world. 
     

    It is situated in northern Chile, about 180km southeast of the port of Iquique, at an altitude of 4,000m. The mine is 44%-owned by Xstrata plc in joint venture with Anglo American (44%) and a Japanese consortium (12%).  

  • PASS Masters Course - Santiago Chile

    In March 2008 the first Spanish PASS Masters Course conducted by Vic Seedwell was held in Santiago Chile. The participants came from Argentina, Peru and Chile and most were from Xstrata Copper Operations in South America. 

    Since the course the new PASS Masters have made some excellent improvements back in their operations which have had a very positive impact on Safety. 
     

    Photo: From left, Mauricio Torres (Altonorte - Chile), Abraham Villarroel (Lomas Bayas - Chile), Marcelo Centeno (Alumbrera - Argentina), Roque Masso (Alumbrera - Argentina), Jaime Gutierrez (PASS - Chile), Pedro Marin (Altonorte - Chile), Luis Llange (Tintaya - Peru), Victor Fuentes (Lomas Bayas - Chile), Julio Montoya (Tintaya - Peru) and Victor Cortez (Xstrata Copper Northern Division - Chile) 

  • ADVENTURE WEST

     Adventure West is an Australian human resource company promoting the growth of PEOPLE. Leadership, team development and facilitation are the key foci. Corporate and cultural change is their passion and they want to be a part of global change. 

    PASS Inc. highly recommends their excellent services and has been involved with Adventure West and their founder Peter Adamson for almost 15 years. Vic Seedwell participated in the 2007 Kimberly Course (photo). 

    Please explore their web site and learn about their organisation by clicking on the link below. 

    Adventure West 
    Adventure West: Human Resource Development 
    Contact information for Adventure West is: Adventure West PO Box 13 Wembley WA 6014 Australia 
    phone: 61.08.9379.1022 fax: 61.07.4955.4587 email: learning@adwest.com.au