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Greater Whitsunday Alliance and the Resources Centre of Excellence are hosting the region’s first ever decarbonisation summit in May, to help local businesses understand their role in carbon reduction.
We’ve hit the ground running this year with a packed schedule of events and activities. We welcome new tenants; Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal and Trade and Investment Queensland to the RCOE, along with new cleanskin groups to our underground simulator.
The past few months at the Resources Centre of Excellence have flown by with a variety of exciting events taking place and hundreds of visitors passing through the facility for training, seminars, workshops and meetings. Here is a recap of our highlights that span across various projects and industries and we are looking forward to upcoming collaborations and the opportunities they will bring to our region.
The Greater Whitsunday region is forging a new path through the recent launch of the Decarbonisation Accelerated project. The Decarbonisation Accelerated project is taking a regional economic approach to encourage businesses and industries to start their decarbonisation journey.
Strong discussion on strengthening the region’s environmental, social and community initiatives that will lead the conversation around striving for a sustainable future.
Great discussion focusing on innovative technologies, sustainable development, and investment opportunities, when rehabilitation is successfully planned and executed.
Critical minerals are vital to the economic improvement of the industrialised world. Find out here on what our panel experts discussed at our QME Companion Breakfast Session 1 - Mining is the way to a cleaner, greener future.
We’ve recently celebrated our first 12 months of operations. During this time, we’ve had over 400 companies come through our doors, conducted over 160 tours, and had over 10,000 people use our facility here in Mackay. Check out our latest episode of RCOE News to see what else we’ve been up to!
THE RESOURCES Centre of Excellence (RCOE) has announced that their signature event series, LeadIN - Transformation Is Now, will be rescheduled to November this year. The event was previously scheduled to run from September 6 to September 10, 2021. Following close consultation with event stakeholders, the decision was made to reschedule the event as a result of ongoing travel restrictions.
It has been a busy few months at the RCOE. We’re working every day to realise our vision to be globally recognised as the hub of higher-level thinking for all things related to the resources sector. With the support of our partners and stakeholders, we’re able to do just that. Catch up with our latest RCOE news in the video below!
Most recently, we have had the pleasure of celebrating the launch of our commercial partnership with mining, tunnelling and drilling technology leaders - Strata Worldwide. Watch this space as we have some exciting developments coming up at the RCOE.
At the Resources Centre of Excellence, our spaces for hire offer spacious layouts that have been designed to offer flexibility, tailored to suit your business or project’s needs. With this in mind, we have set out to make the experience even better, and easier. We now offer corporate catering as an additional service to our offerings.
To celebrate the culmination of the Enabling Future Work Skills Development Project, the Resources Centre of Excellence (RCOE) launched a new addition to their Paget facility – the LBF Collaboration Station. This new addition features a new Virtual Reality (VR) system that was specially developed for the RCOE
Last year, we had the privilege of hosting State Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk at the RCOE. The Premier was provided with a tour of our state-of-the-art facilities, including our underground mine simulator.
MyneSight Innovative Training Solutions have been conducting drone mapping in RCOE’s underground training facility. Check out this video to see how it went.
Resources Centre of Excellence extends a very warm welcome to our newly elected State Ministers. It’s great to see the emphasis on state development and innovative approaches to mutually drive the resources industry forward and pave the way for the recovery of our economy.
RCOE hosted our first industry Open Day on 27 November 2020 for local businesses and tradespeople to view our facility. It was also an opportunity to meet other professionals looking to collaborate and gain an insight into each other’s capabilities.
There's been plenty going on at the RCOE over the last few weeks. Firstly, we hosted an Open Day for local businesses and tradespeople to come to RCOE and not only check out our facilities, but also meet other professionals looking to collaborate and gain an insight into each other's capabilities.
The Link N Light LED strip lighting supplied and installed for the RCOE underground mine simulator facilities is the exact lighting you’ll find on the job across the Bowen Basin, and rolling out to underground mine sites nationwide and worldwide.
Did you know that the Resources Centre of Excellence is open for bookings? Innovative projects are already underway!
The Resources Centre of Excellence (RCOE) is the Mackay region's research, development and training hub and gateway to global resources sector industries.