Joined at the hip--Safety and reliability at the forefront of CIM/SME symposium

摘要

Without safety, nothing else matters. This message was told and retold by representatives from some of the worlds top mining and petroleum companies who had gathered for the inaugural Safety and Reliability in the Mining and Resources Industries symposium. Hosted by CIM and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), the symposium broke new ground in both fields. More than 180 people attended the two-day conference at the Westin Calgary, in which the message of reliability was linked tightly with that of safety.During the plenary address, Gary Goldberg, then-president and CEO of Rio Tinto Minerals (currently executive vice-president and COO with New-mont Mining Corporation),mont Mining corporation;, and Robin Sheremeta, vice-president of health and safety leadership at Teck Resources, spoke about the efforts that have been made by their respective companies to improve not only the safety statistics at their operations, but also to create a working culture in which the safety of every person on site is of utmost importance.