6 days ago
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Nerves of steel helped this leader deal with cyclone destruction
The day mining executive Vanessa Torres took over the chief operations role at South32, a tropical cyclone caused catastrophic damage to its Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO) project in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Hitting over two days in mid-March last year, Tropical Cyclone Megan caused an intense weather system, producing record rainfall of 681mm and the strongest wind gusts in two decades. Mining pits were flooded, causing significant damage to infrastructure.
