Macaulay Metals

Newsletter
New Buying Shed Now Open!
The Dream Team (Brett Williams, Gary Cawthra & Glen Jacobs) successfully relocated the ATM to the new public buying shed which is now up and running. Job well done guys! Grand opening happening on 17th September, more photos to come in the December newsletter. Issue 11, September 2012

STATISTICS
Scrap Metal Need is Growing!! Our Industry will not slow down. The current outlook is: China wants to increase its scrap consumption to reduce reliance on higher energy consuming iron ore for steel production. China uses 130kg of scrap per tonne of steel produced. By 2020, assuming steel production grows to 950 Mtpa China will need 115 Mt of scrap. If China achieved the same scrap intensity as the US (421 kg/t) and Europe (519 kg/t) then China would need 400 Mt of scrap by 2020! Basically they need a lot of metal!

New Team Members

Promotion CONGRATULATIONS to Mike Tatam who has been promoted to Logistics Supervisor, we wish you all the best in your new role!

Wellington Andrew Fleming - Go To Guy Ryan Bennett - Accounts Assistant Shane Groeneveld - Truck Driver Steve Tobin - Scrap Metal Worker Aaron Vine - Scrap Metal Worker Jordan Mawson - Scrap Metal Worker Jamal Uiese - Scrap Metal Worker - Projects

Long Service Recognition

Congratulations to Phil Springford who has completed 5 years of loyal service to Macaulay Metals as at 4th July. Well done and thank you Phil! All long service achievers will be formally recognised at the end of the year.

CHRISTMAS
Christmas Leave request forms have been sent out so please start to think about the leave you might like over the Christmas period. Leave forms MUST be back in to your Manager by 19 October.

Staff Achievements
Pride of Workmanship Award - awarded to Joanne Roelofs our HR & Marketing Manager. An extract from the winning submission; Joanne has been with Macaulay Metals for three and a half years starting as our HR Advisor and progressing up to her current role as HR & Marketing Manager. A dedicated, friendly and loyal employee, she is a trusted and respected member of our team who approaches any task with enthusiasm. Joanne promotes the family style of the business, putting others before herself, being a sounding board for staff and managers alike and helping the team in and outside of her responsibilities. An employee who gets things done and delivers on time, Joanne is now doing numerous roles with the ultimate goal of making our workplace better for employees through HR initiatives and more attractive to our external customers in an effective marketing plan. She rocks! Go Jo!! Congratulations also go to Brett Williams daughter, Caitlin who has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2012 World Artistic Rollerskating Championships. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish Caitlin all the best at the competition which takes place in Auckland during October. Caitlin is on the left in the middle row. Brett is Plant & Equipment Maintenance in the Wellington Yard. Aimee Cotter from our Support Office has had great success with her new exotic kitten, Windeacres Grand Design. Affectionately known as Levi when at home he recently won 3 Best In Show Awards! Well Done Aimee and Levi!! We wish you luck at the Supreme Cat Show coming up at the end of September.

WELL DONE!
We have been recently notified that we have made the finals for the Lower Hutt Chamber of Commerce Business Awards - Well Done to the Team for getting this far and Good Luck for the finals! Vision and Mission Statement Vision: Metal Recyclers of Choice Mission Statement: Kiwi owned recyclers, making it easy with: Passion, Professionalism, Integrity and Innovation.

Big 3 Hunting Competition

The Big 3 is a land based fishing and hunting competition held in Kawerau for serious hunters, children and their families. This year we sponsored the event and assisted with running the day. Those are fish hanging from the side of the truck, not rabbits!

Focus on a Non-Metal Supplier

Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of working with Macaulay Metals Ltd staff in the Bay of Plenty region. Whilst working in conjunction with the local Managers there is a purpose to ensure that all the staff are trained to operate the required machinery in order for the operation to grow. In many cases the management has arranged for inexperienced staff to work along side senior staff members prior to me coming on site to train and assess. I have also been involved with Pre Employment assessments, Basic Hi Ab training, Driver Licensing covering Classes 2, 4, and 5, along with any driver licence endorsements that are required (Wheels, Tracks, or Dangerous Goods). A large majority of the training is done on site, this helps with staff being familiar with the surroundings, which seems to alleviate undue pressure by being in an unfamiliar environment. Being a person outside the (so called square of) the Macaulay Metals Ltd Group within the Bay of Plenty it appears to be one big extended family and as I have had the pleasure to work with many, if not all staff in this region one time or another and there has always been a very positive vibe. I would like to Thank all the staff staff for all their support, and trust the working relationship will continue well into the future. Written by Gary Thrupp, Masterdrive, Bay of Plenty.

RANDOM
How much of the worlds steel production is produced using scrap steel? Approximately 40% There is no limit to the number of times aluminum cans may be recycled. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. A Boeing 727 contains about 4.5 tons of copper. A 60-watt light bulb can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 0.5 kg of steel. Recycling steel saves the equivalent energy to power 18 million households for a year.

Hot Rod Show

On the 26th August we took our Model AA Ford truck to the Hot Rod show in Porirua. Check out the Macaulay Metals barrier tape.

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Unit of measure (3) Local authority rule (5) Chemical symbol for copper (2) Smoke from industrial output (4) Part of a chain (4) Essential grading tool (6) Scum from molten metals (5) Used in melting metals (7) The third 'R' (7) Chemical symbol for tin (2) Used to secure a load (3,4) Original source of iron (8) Hard, brittle, metallic element (6) Chinese currency (4) Compressed car body (3) Block of cast metal (5) Bundle of wires (5) Soft, heavy metal (4) European Metal Market (3)

FIRST BOY RACER CAR CRUSHED!

Police Minister Anne Tolley used a remote control to crush the first Boy Racer car under the Vehicle Confiscation and Seizure Bill 2008 at our Seaview Yard. The crushed car was auctioned on Trade Me with all proceeds ($818) going to YouthLine. The Youthline CEO Stephen Bell commented Thank you for all your work making this happen, and thank you to the Macaulays Team. The crushed car auction was won by the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland. They plan to put the vehicle on display and are exploring ways they might use it to help educate and inform visitors about road safety. MOTAT Exhibitions Manager, Paul Swift, explained that MOTAT collects physical objects of significance related to New Zealands transport history. We believe the crushed car and its connections to the anti-boy racer laws offer a relevant and important social commentary of the transport in todays world, Mr Swift says.

Second Hand Dealers Act - The Basics

We must keep a "dealers record" in respect to all scrap metal that we acquire. Scrap IT captures the required data so ALL transactions MUST go through Scrap It.

Stolen?
ALL POLICE LIAISON IS MANAGED BY MARTY ROELOFS OR YOUR YARD MANAGER. If you have any goods in your possession or are offered any goods for sale that: you know are stolen; or you suspect are stolen; you must: report the goods to a member of Police as soon as possible; and if you are in possession of the goods, hold them for 14-days from the date that your reported the goods to Police. If Police give you a notice that specifies goods that are, or are alleged, to be stolen, you must: immediately notify a member of Police if any of the goods specified are offered to you for sale and; check your stock to see if you have any of the specified goods already in your possession. If you do have any of the goods listed in the Police notice already in your possession you must: report that fact to a Police officer as soon as practicable; and hold those goods from 14-days from the date that you reported them to Police.

If you are not sure of what to do ASK YOUR MANAGER.

Tims Quiz Answers - From Issue 10, June 2012

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Rust is formed from Iron and which other element? Oxygen Which of these metals is a liquid at room temperature? Mercury Which of the following metals can be found in a pure state in nature? Gold In its simplest form, bronze is an alloy of which metals? Copper & Tin The ability of a metal to be drawn into a wire is a measure of its: Ductility Metals are generally good thermal and electrical conductors. True Most metals have: Low Electronegativities Metals which burn on exposure to air are best stored..... Under kerosene Galvanised metals have been covered with a thin sheet of: Zinc