Coming to the position with 30 years experience in the industry, most recently at Rio Tinto, Lawrence said his appointment at Snowden presented many future opportunities.
“I was keen, therefore, to work in a broad-based international mining consultancy with a solid reputation and exciting project prospects,” Lawrence said.
“Today’s coupling of economic realities and market volatility provides a fertile and challenging environment for innovative solutions to tomorrow’s problems.
“I believe Snowden’s global footprint and broad product and services offering are ideally suited for the future challenges in the industry,” he said.
Lawrence’s experience includes a raft of Australian hard rock mining roles at Mount Isa in Queensland, Cadjebut in Western Australia, coal mining at Peak Downs, South Walker Creek in Queensland’s Bowen Basin and most recently with Rio Tinto in Mozambique.
His experience across a broad range of aspects of the industry includes resource and reserve recovery, various mining techniques and machine applications, processing, logistics and a detailed understanding of most aspects of maintenance, asset management and project delivery.
“After 30 years learning on the job, I have been extremely fortunate to have attained broad business and commodity exposure underpinned by core competency in mining,” Lawrence said.
Lawrence’s appointment follows the departure of previous divisional manager Malcolm Scott who left the company to pursue opportunities in Russia, according to a Snowden spokeswoman.
She said Snowden remained in touch with Scott and hoped to collaborate with him in the future.
Snowden Australia general manager Allen Earl said Snowden was delighted to have Lawrence join the company.
“We look forward to his input in ensuring first-class service delivery to our clients and his leadership in promoting Snowden as a serious player in the coal space, globally,” Earl said.
Snowden’s coal clients include BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Bowen Central Coal, Xstrata, Vale, The Griffin Group, Felix Resources and Ensham.
