Cadia East a key platform in miner's ambitious domestic growth strategy

摘要

Back in 2006, just after he had taken over the reigns of the company, Newcrest Mining Ltd managing director and chief executive Ian Smith was being grilled by a group of journalists regarding his plans for the mining house. The venue was the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and Smith had just taken on the job from self confessed Broking Hill mafia member Tony Palmer, who had joined the mining house in 2002 after a few other CEOs had, for whatever reasons, been unable to make the job stick.