Principles of Macroeconomics 1 Semester Two 2012 Group Assignment The Mining Boom "The strong bit of Australia's two-speed economy won't stay strong for more than another two years or so" ... Deloitte Access's report into the Australian state of the economy. The Sydney Morning Herald BHP Billiton has shelved two expansion plans in Australia worth at least $US40 billion, and miners have cut their spending on exploration for the first time since the global financial crisis. When BHP scrapped
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Lexia Stiell March 24, 2014 San José, Chile - Mine Collapse When delivering any message to an audience it is important to take the gender, ethnic make-up, age and relation to the reason for the message into consideration. When it comes to the Chilean mine collapse, according to Yaxley, a reporter, the timely deliverance of the news concerning the situation was a triumph. She contributes the triumph to the leadership style of Chilean president Sebastian Pineda. His government took control
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Chilean Workers What are some considerations to remember given the different roles and principle in the audience? When a disaster occurs in a company, often times the perception of the accident may be portrayed exponentially negative per se, if the representatives of the company do not manage to "slow the fall" when giving the news to the people. While presenting the news to the audience, or those interested, related and/or involved with the accident, there are basic explicit considerations
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sensitive to the families. The audience the company would be reporting to would be made up of the news correspondence, the victim’s families, and the media. Not only would the company spokesperson have to keep the reputation and point of view of the mining company in one piece, they would have to issue specific and straightforward information that would not always be in the greatest interest of the company’s position. All though in the beginning the company may not have a great extent of information
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Knowing Your Audience On August 5th 2010 the owner, Minera San Esteban of Chilean copper mine located in San Jose and as said by local news to produce around 1,200 tons of copper per year, was under investigation because of a collapse that occurred in which 33 miners were trapped around 300 meters below the surface. They were underground for 17 days total, four of those days they were without food, water or oxygen. At that time it wasn’t known if the miners were alive or not. During the rescue
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and products to the global mining industry. The company also services industries in water exploration, environmental sampling, energy, and oil sands exploration. ( Je trouve que c’est important que tu dises ces 4 trucs pske on risqué vraiment de te demander ca ) . Boart Longyear conducts contract drilling services in more than 40 countries, and provides mining products to customers in over 100 countries. Very focused on Innovation, leader in drilling and mining tools and equipment. 1888
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Chilean Mining Incident BCOM/275 Any time a business suffers some type of tragedy that could potentially involve serious injury or loss of life to the employees of the company, it is very important to ensure that the communication that follows is appropriate. The process of handling these types of events can make or break a company in the wake of a disaster. Communication to the families of the victims of the disaster will need a different type of communication than will the employees of the
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them through the tiny borehole that reached them on Aug. 22, but also to the way they organized themselves to keep their environment clean, find water and get exercise. The miners hoped to sell their stories as well as file a lawsuit against the mining company. But one year after their globally televised rescue, after the worldwide spotlight faded and the trips and offers dwindled, the miners said that most of them were unemployed and that many were poorer than before. The emotional distress
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Trapped Inside the Chilean Mine Collapse! Allen, Tanya BCOM/275 6 March 2012 Professor Polokoff In this paper will be discussed the Chilean Mine Collapse. “On August 5, 2010, a small copper operation in northern Chile owned by Minera San Esteban Primera, suffered a cave-in, leaving about 30 workers trapped underground” (Weik). The workers have been trapped for weeks prior to anyone discovering that everyone was alive and needed assistance. The workers are trapped at a depth of around 300 meters
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Chilean Mine Collapse Student Name BCOM/275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Date Instructor Name Abstract August 5, 2010, a mine, near the Copiapó, Chile experienced a caved in, 33 miners more the 2000 became trapped with little to no hope of escape. Many gave up hope and feared there were no survivors, after 17 days a small bore hole made its way to the Miners location. As, the world watched with growing concern, and anticipation the miners sent word they were, alive (New York
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