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Meet Paul Telford, Chief Technology Officer at Glencore Technology

“I grew-up in Proserpine, Queensland and come from a family of cane farmers. After high school, it was a natural progression to complete an apprenticeship at the local sugar mill as an Instrument Control Fitter. I was eager to learn more and after my apprenticeship, I started an electrical engineering degree.

My first electrical engineering role meant moving from the humid and tropical weather in North Queensland to rainy winters and cold summers in Tasmania. After five years working mostly in maintenance, my eagerness for more experience took me to the dry and searing hot outback in Mount Isa, Queensland.

I started at Mount Isa Mines in 1995 in the Electrical Engineering Projects team for Processing. My career at Mount Isa Mines was truly diverse and there were many changes – both in the roles that I took on and the leadership, safety systems and structure of the organisation.

It also presented many opportunities that broadened my experience across processing streams and commodities. There’s no other place in the world with the complexity of surface and underground mining, and processing plants, of concentrators and smelters for multiple commodities, including copper, zinc, lead and silver, all in one site. You’d need six different careers to get exposure to the broad experience you can get in this one mining complex. My career is testament to that.

Since 2016, I’ve been Chief Technology Officer for Glencore Technology (GT) at our global headquarters in Brisbane. Glencore’s diversity is a core strength and GT fits seamlessly as a value-add for the business.

We’re currently looking at how we can apply our metallurgical technology to other industries to diversify and be less reliant on mining cycles.

There are many opportunities to uncover for the application of our technology, including how it can assist the world’s transition to a low carbon future.”

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Our active coal mining footprint in the Upper Hunter of New South Wales is quite small. Our active support of the region is anything but.

Did you know, Glencore owns and runs a major pastoral company in Australia called Colinta Holdings?
With up to 50,000 head of cattle and 1.27 million acres of land in NSW, QLD and NT, our pastoral business is an important part of our diverse company.