Conley leaves Griffin Coal
Russell Conley has resigned as chief executive officer of the Griffin Coal Mining Company, which was bought by Indian energy giant Lanco Infratech last year. Mr Conley held the position for more than three years, and prior to that was general manager operations at Downer EDI Mining and a project director at Macmahon. He is leaving Griffin Coal to pursue other interests in the coal mining industry. Mr Conley’s resignation takes effect from February 21, when chief financial officer James Riordan will assume the responsibilities of the position.
James joins Curtin
Craig James has been appointed as an adjunct professor at the Curtin Business School, for a three-year term. Mr James is currently the chief economist at CommSec.
Handley, Guit join Minter Ellison
Law firm Minter Ellison has appointed former Corrs Chambers Westgarth partners Adam Handley and Richard Guit as partners in the Perth office. Mr Handley previously co-chaired the China Business Group at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and specialises in energy and resources, infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. Mr Guit specialises in project development and infrastructure, project finance and energy. He was named as one of the UK’s ‘Hot 100 Lawyers’ in 2010 by The Lawyer magazine for his work on the Greater Manchester Waste Project. Minter Ellison will now have six partners operating from its Perth office.
Changes at Richmond Mining
Minerals and metals explorer Richmond Mining has appointed Mick McMullen as non-executive chairman, and Tom Duckworth and Andrew Brice as non-executive directors to the board, following the retirement of chairman Howard Dawson and directors Jim Malone and Greg Barns. Mr McMullen is currently the executive chairman of Lachlan Star and an adviser to MRI Advisory AG and Champion Minerals. He was previously the managing director and a co-founder of Norwegian iron ore miner Northern Iron. Mr Duckworth has recently held roles as a metallurgical consultant for iron, gold and base metals projects in Australia and Europe, and Mr Brice has previously worked for Alcoa, Iluka Resources, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. Richmond Mining has also proposed a name change to Nevada Iron, which would more directly align the company with its flagship Buena Vista magnetite project operations in North America.