SACOME Council
SACOME is governed by an elected Council that comprises many leaders from within the South Australian mining and energy industry.
|
Carl Kavina
SACOME President The South Australian resources industry has seen a year of strong performance driven by strong demand. SACOME, as the leading industry association, played an important role in this success by continuing and strengthening over the last twelve months its dedicated efforts to promote, advocate and celebrate our sector. We have seen a reduction in the impact of Covid-19 across our industry, with businesses returning to mostly pre-pandemic arrangements although a few remnant changes remain and possibly will for some time. The industry has enjoyed working in a buoyant market despite various pressures and expects to continue to perform well, despite downturns in other sectors and the cost-of-living impacts. A significant development over this period was BHP’s completion of the OZ Minerals acquisition, with Carapateena and Prominent Hill now part of BHP. OZ Minerals has been a significant contributor to the South Australian resources sector, and SACOME are proud to have represented them for almost 20 years. SACOME’s latest Economic Contribution Analysis, announced in March 2023, identified the significant contribution of the resources sector to South Australia, with 15 of our member companies contributing $10.7 billion to the local economy in 2021-22. This, together with SACOME’s commissioned Community Sentiment Survey which indicates that 68% of the community support the sector, when presented with the broader benefits of the industry, demonstrates what an important position we hold in South Australia as a vital contributor. SACOME has worked constructively with the new Government over 2022-2023 as they embedded themselves and has continued to progress its policy priorities as identified through engagement with its committees. These committees are highly valued by SACOME members and are critical to ensuring that the organisation accurately reflects the views and priorities of our industry. These priorities form SACOME’s 2024 Vision and align with strategic advocacy work in areas that will result in meaningful benefits and positive, sustainable change. An area of focus has been the energy market, with meaningful discussion highlighting the immense complexity of the energy transition underway. There is an urgent need for an Energy Transition Roadmap to ensure the costs of the transition are equitable across the economy. SACOME continues to address the workforce supply issues the industry faces through the ‘Resources. But not as you know it.’ campaign and advocacy work in relation to the development of a Future Workforce Framework. Industry functions and conferences have been getting back into full swing with people eager to attend and reconnect with their industry colleagues. SACOME’s New Year networking event in February 2023 kicked off the year and was very well attended, and the Annual Resource Sector Dinner held in March was an outstanding success, enjoyed by over 320 guests who enjoyed the opportunity to network as well as the informative presentations. In addition, SACOME’s Thought Leadership events and CEO Events such as the CEO Breakfast with the Premier, the Hon Peter Malinauskas MP and CEO Lunch with the Hon Madeleine King MP, Federal Minister for Resources, were highlights of the year. SACOME also sponsored events aligned with industry’s strategic priorities such as the GMUSG Conference in Port Pirie which attracted over 500 delegates, its success and the positive stories from the event indicating a further boost for industry. |
Current SACOME Council
|
Back Row L-R: Cr. Mark Dayman FYFE, Cr. Greg Swain Fortescue, Cr. Andrew Dyda (Vice President) Finlaysons Lawyers,
Cr. Joe De Gennaro Heathgate Front Row L-R: Cr. Joanne Jones (Vice President) Cavpower, Rebecca Knol SACOME, Cr. Carl Kavina (President) Flinders Port Holdings Absent in photo: Cr. Rebecca Jones Santos and Cr. Bill Best Beach Energy. |