issue 7 - september 2011

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Macaulay Metals

Newsletter

From the Managing Directors Desk......From the Managing Directors Desk......From the Managing Directors Desk......From the Managing Directors Desk......

Welcome to Issue 7 of our newsletter. Well we are almost out of winter and what a random winterit has been. I have lived in Wellington my entire life and I have never seen it snowing down at sealevel before. The snow we had in Wellington created all kinds of havoc on the roads but itgenerally put people in a positive frame of mind. I dont think I have ever seen so many peopleplaying around outside their houses before.

At Macaulay Metals around the country we continue to be very busy with all kinds of excitingthings happening. We recently completed several large projects that we successful won tendersfor and we recently submitted proposals for further projects as well - here is hoping. The yard inWellington is also a buzz with preparation for the upcoming load out.

The Rugby World Cup is now upon us, what an exciting time for our country. Teams are based

around the country, for example, during September teams from Namibia, Fiji, Samoa, Ireland andRussia are based in Rotorua. Lets hope our All Blacks finally succeed!

We have a group of new staff who have joined us recently, they are listed below. Two who aretucked away working in our Waione Street office in Lower Hutt are:

Emily Hewat, Management Accountant. Emily has recently made the move from Christchurch tooin us here in Wellington. Her extensive experience in finance analysis and reporting at theUnivertsitys of Otago and Canterbury, will help her to provide our Group with detailed reporting.

Rebecca White, Accounts Assistant. Rebecca has joined us to replace Jenn who has moved tothe Shipping Administrator role. Rebeccas solid accounts administration background will ensurethis changeover happens smoothly.

I am sure you will make them, and the staff listed below, all welcome to the Macaulays team.~Jeff

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New Team MembersNew Team MembersNew Team MembersNew Team Members

Rotorua:Rotorua:Rotorua:Rotorua:

Sharnn Mahuika - Scrap Metal WorkerMaurice Swinton - Yard Supervisor (transfer

from Kawerau)

Kelly Gourlay - Admin Assistant

Wellington:Wellington:Wellington:Wellington:Andrew Mann - Scrap Metal Worker

Emily Hewat - Management AccountantSilila Siaki - Scrap Metal Worker

Manfred Krimp - Scrap Metal WorkerRebecca White - Accounts Assistant

A couple of weeks ago the country experienced a significant wintry blast - Wellington had its firstexperience of snow in the yard!

Let it Snow!Let it Snow!Let it Snow!Let it Snow!


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The following staff members reached long service milestones this quarter:

Zane King - Truck Driver, Wellington - 5 yearsSheila McLellan - Cleaner, Kawerau - 5 years

Ray Collins - Scrap Metal Worker, Wellington - 10 years

All long service achievers during the year are formally recognised at the end of year Christmasfunctions.

Long Service RecognitionLong Service RecognitionLong Service RecognitionLong Service Recognition

There have been quite a few queries recently about where people can progress at MacaulayMetals and why staff dont get internally promoted or moved between roles. The truth is, they do,you might not hear about it if it isnt in your yard, but it does happen. Following are some of thechanges we have had in the last couple of years - its more than you think!

Zane - changed from Scrap Metal Worker to Truck Driver - Wellington

Alan - promoted from Scrap Metal Worker in Rotorua to Yard Supervisor in Whakatane

Jono - changed from Scrap Metal Worker to Truck Driver - Rotorua

Jenn - moved from Accounts Assistant to Shipping Administrator - WellingtonMike - moved from Truck Driver into the Weighbridge Operator secondment - Wellington

Willie - promoted from Logistics & Weighbridge Operator to Yard Supervisor - Kawerau

Maurice - promoted from Operator in Kawerau to Yard Supervisor in Rotorua

Mark - promoted from Packing Shed Supervisor to Acting Yard Manager - Wellington

Damian - moved from Weighbridge Operator to Logistics Supervisor - Wellington

Kenny - promoted from buyer to Buying Shed Supervisor - Wellington

Staff Movement at Macaulay MetalsStaff Movement at Macaulay MetalsStaff Movement at Macaulay MetalsStaff Movement at Macaulay Metals

CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!

Pule (right), in theKawerau yard,celebrated his 60thbirthday recently.

The guys in the yardmade sure thismilestone was wellremembered!

Aimee, our Weighbridge Operator in Wellington, gave birth to a lovelybaby boy on Thursday 28th July. Blake, was born at 12.12pm andweighed 7 pounds 12 ounces (3.5 kgs). Both Mum, baby and Dad Brianare all doing well!


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Wellington received an unusual scrap product, around 45 tonnes of Pig Iron in ingot form.

Pig iron is actually an intermediate product which is made by placing iron ore and a high-carbon fuelsuch as coke, usually with limestone in a furnace and heated. Pig iron has a very high carboncontent, typically 3.54.5% which makes it very brittle much like Cast Iron and not useful directly asa material except in limited applications.

As pig iron is intended for re-melting, the uneven size of the ingots and inclusion of small amounts

of sand was insignificant compared to the ease of casting and of handling. Once melted Pig Iron istypically poured directly out of the bottom of the blast furnace through a trough into a ladle car fortransfer to the steel mill in mostly liquid form, referred to as hot metal. The hot metal is then chargedinto a steelmaking vessel to produce steel, typically with an electric arc furnace by burning off theexcess carbon in a controlled fashion and adjusting the alloy composition to make any type of steelproduct.

Pig Iron gets its name for two reasons. Firstly the weight of the pig iron ingot weighs about the sameas a suckling pig. Secondly, when the molten iron is poured onto the casts it looks as if the ingotsare piglets lined up against the Sow which is the runner that the ingot mould is attached to.

Interestingly Pig iron was used as ballast on NASA Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft!

This Pig Iron has come from NIWA and was used as ballast on their flagship research vessel theRV Tangaroa instead of denser and more expensive Lead. They now have two shiny new CumminsDiesels which do the trick nicely instead.

A special thanks to John Hunt and the guys at NIWA for choosing to work with Macaulay Metals.

Written by Tim OLeary, Wellington Business Development Manager

What turned up in our Scrap?What turned up in our Scrap?What turned up in our Scrap?What turned up in our Scrap?


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Safe Working Procedure QuizSafe Working Procedure QuizSafe Working Procedure QuizSafe Working Procedure Quiz

Strange factsStrange factsStrange factsStrange facts- 11111- 11111- 11111- 11111This year we are going to experience four unusual dates, 1/1/11, 11/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/11/11 andthats not all.

Take the last two digits of the year you were born - now add the age you will be this year, and theresult will be 111 for everyone!

This is the year of Money! This year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays.This happens only every 823 years. These particular years are known as Moneybags.....

To commemorate our first safe working procedure quiz - send your answers to Joanne inWellington ([email protected] or fax 04 589 6811) and those with the correct

answers will go in the draw to win a copy of the SPEIGHTS Southern Mans cookbook.Entries must be received by 30th September 2011.

Forklift1. What position should the forks be in while driving if no load is

being carried?2. Which direction should the load be facing when on an incline?3. What steps should you take when shutting down the forklift?4. When should you use a horn? (at least three examples)

Ramjet Baling Press

1. If shearing using the lid, which end of the baler should thematerial be closest to?2. Can this baler be used for hard materials?3. Is is ok to use the baler on an enclosed vessel to check what is

inside?4. Can anyone authorised to operate the baler perform

maintenance on it?5. How often should you check the blades?

What turned up in our Scrap?...continuedWhat turned up in our Scrap?...continuedWhat turned up in our Scrap?...continuedWhat turned up in our Scrap?...continued

In keeping with its big vehicles, Kawerau hadthis crane turn up as scrap in their yard. Thecrane provided 23.5 tonne of oversize steel and50kg of Copper Radiator.

Want to contribute?Want to contribute?Want to contribute?Want to contribute?

If you have an interesting story, achievement, facts, quiz or anything you want to sharewith the company let us know! Either pass the info to your Manager or forward to:

[email protected] or Fax: 04 589 2223


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Focus on a Non-Metal SupplierFocus on a Non-Metal SupplierFocus on a Non-Metal SupplierFocus on a Non-Metal Supplier

Topaz Solutions has been working with Macaulay Metals to implement a new finance system that

will assist with the smooth running and continued growth of the organisation. Its called Microsoft

Dynamics Nav 2009 or NAV, for short!

Topaz is an IT solution provider who prides ourselves on facilitating trade and not

overcomplicating system processes. Most of all, they want to provide a solution that you will use

because it actually does what you asked for!

HiIm Eloise and Im a Business Analyst with Topaz. Business Analysts are the

communicators and translators of an organisation. Our role is to listen to the customer (thats you!)

and ask as many questions as we think you can handle (sometimes we dooverdo it). This gives

us an understanding of how you conduct your business, what changes you wish to see in the

future and your expectations and needs around the new or updated product youre about to

implement.

We use this information to ensure that the clever people who need to configure and develop

additional aspects of your new system (we call them Developers) have the right information to

hand and we use it again to test their configuration and developments once complete.

But thats just the beginning!

We have now handed over the shiny new system, met with some of you or your colleagues to

provide some initial training and have entered the stage called user acceptance testing. This is

where you get full permission to try and break the thing using real-life information and processes

(though using a digger is cheating!).

Topaz is looking forward to our futurerelationship with Macaulay Metals particularly once the system is being used inreal life! We have a support team who are

ready to deal with the inevitable teethingproblems that are expected in these earlydays and any changes required in the future.Your finance team have their own lovingterm for our helpdesk, but Ill leave them totell you all about that

WINNERS!WINNERS!WINNERS!WINNERS!

Issue 6 Quiz CompetitionIn our last newsletter quiz we had a prize up for grabs to whoever

guessed the closest distance between our Wellington and Whakataneyards.The correct answer was 406km, and Bruce, the Processing ShedSupervisor in the Wellington yard was the lucky winner of a $50 voucher.

Facebook 50 likes CompetitionOver the past few issues we have been encouraging people to likeus on facebook. Once we achieved 50 likes we had a $50 voucherto giveaway. We have achieved our first goal and ourcongratulations go to Vanessa Simons, a friend of the Harris family,

the voucher will be on its way to you soon!


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SMRANZ Conference and AGM 2011SMRANZ Conference and AGM 2011SMRANZ Conference and AGM 2011SMRANZ Conference and AGM 2011

Macaulay Metals was well re-presented at this years Scrap MetalRecycling Association Conference and AGM. As well as a stunninghook truck from the Bay of Plenty (see photos to left), our HRManager Joanne presented a workshop on Employment Mattersand Health and Safety and Dave our BOP Regional Managerpresented the Steel Report at the AGM.

The Expo displayed products and services available to the ScrapIndustry, some of the machines on show are pictured above.

Vision: Metal Recyclers of Choice

Mission Statement:

Kiwi owned recyclers, making it easy with: Passion,

Professionalism, Integrity and Innovation.

Macaulay Metals Vision and Mission StatementMacaulay Metals Vision and Mission StatementMacaulay Metals Vision and Mission StatementMacaulay Metals Vision and Mission Statement


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Justin, National Project Manager, recently came across this rather cheeky attempt to fit a car in agantry bin - were more curious to know how they got it in there......

A New Employee for Macaulay Metals.....A New Employee for Macaulay Metals.....A New Employee for Macaulay Metals.....A New Employee for Macaulay Metals.....

An 11-year-old boy in Brazils northeastern city of Mossorois drawing attention with his purportedly magnet-likequalities.

The Globo TV network has broadcast images of PauloDavid Amorim demonstrating how forks, knives, scissors,cooking pans, cameras and other metal objects seem drawnto his body and remain stuck on his chest, stomach and back.

The boys father tells Globo that he decided to test his sonafter learning of a boy in Croatia with a similar ability. JuniorAmorim says he was surprised to find a fork and knife stuckto his body.

The youth says his classmates call him magnet boy.

Stainless Steel SeriesStainless Steel SeriesStainless Steel SeriesStainless Steel Series

Written by Immo, Kawerau Branch Manager, over the next few issues we will be covering all youneed to know about Stainless Steel.

What is Stainless Steel?Stainless Steels are alloys containing iron, relatively low carbon, a minimum 10.5% chromium andup to 30% nickel. However they are typically 18% chromium and 8% nickel. For increased corrosionresistance or for manufacturing requirements in specific applications, chromium may be increasedand other elements such as manganese, aluminium, titanium and/or molybdenum may be added asrequired.Stainless Steels are sometimes called corrosion-resisting steels since the terms stainless maysuggest non-staining. It does not mean non-staining in all environments, but less staining and moreresistant to corrosive attack when compared with steels containing less than 10.5% chromium.

What people try to get away with!What people try to get away with!What people try to get away with!What people try to get away with!

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TIMS QUIZ -TIMS QUIZ -TIMS QUIZ -TIMS QUIZ - Tim is Wellingtons Business Development Manager

1. What colour does Iron go when it oxidises?

2. What colour does Copper go when it oxidises?

3. What colour is Gold in nature?

4. The Chemical symbol for Copper is?a. C b. Cu

c. Cp d. Pc

5. At room temperature, Lead is in a statea. Liquid b. Solidc. Gas d. None of the above

6. Copper is a ductile metal? True or False

7. What is a Copperhead?a. Golf Club b. Venomous Snakec. A type of nail d. A great nickname

8, How much European demand for Copper is met by recycling?a. 10% b. 16%c. 27% d. 41%

9. Recycling Copper saves energy, and therefore reduces carbon dioxide emissions,compared to mining copper from ore. The energy saving is:a. 10% b. 90%c. 20% d. 50%

10. Adults need 1mg of Copper every day to maintain good health. What food has the highestCopper content?a. McDonalds b. Raisins

c. Liver d. Sunflower seeds

Answers will be in the next issue!!

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1. Steel is heavier but approximately how much heavier? 3 times heavier2. What is the best way to join a piece of Aluminium and a piece of Steel? Bolting or Bracketing3. Aluminium is very reactive but it naturally creates an oxide layer which protects the metal from

the elements. What is this process called? Passivation4. What is the chemical symbol for Aluminium? Al

5. How are Aluminium Extrusions made? Aluminium is pushed through a die6. The Aluminium smelter in Bluff is New Zealands largest consumer of electricity. Whatpercentage of New Zealands power does it use? 15%

7. Is Aluminium magnetic? No8. The process of putting a thin coating of another metals using anodes and cathodes is called

what? Electrolysis9. How long has Macaulay Metals been trading in metals? 52 years

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