Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

{{Short description|Professional association}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox organization | logo = | type = Professional Association | focus = Mining & Metallurgy | key_people = Nicole Brook (President)<br />Stephen Durkin (CEO) | footnotes = | name = Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | founded = 1893 | founder = | location = Carlton, Victoria, Australia | region_served = Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Hong Kong | method = Professional development | revenue =· | endowment =· | num_volunteers = | num_employees = . | num_members = 15,500 | owner = | website = {{URL|www.ausimm.com.au}} | tax_exempt = | dissolved = }}

The '''Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy''' ('''AusIMM''') provides services to professionals engaged in all facets of the global minerals sector and is based in Carlton, Victoria, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000365b.htm |title=Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |publisher=Encyclopedia of Australian Science}}</ref>

==History== The Institute had its genesis in 1893 with the formation in Adelaide of the '''Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers'''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48562520 |title=Institute of Mining Engineers |newspaper=South Australian Register |volume=LVII |issue=14,386 |location=South Australia |date=21 December 1892 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> drawing its inspiration from the success of the American Institute of Mining Engineers,<ref name=Kadina>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109092060 |title=Mining in the Colonies |newspaper=Kadina and Wallaroo Times |volume=XXVIII |issue=3097 |location=South Australia |date=8 April 1893 |accessdate=30 January 2025 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} Report of the first annual conference includes contents of Sir Henry's speech as read by Professor Tate at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries.</ref> and some impetus from the Mine Managers Association of Broken Hill.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44092287 |title=Concentrates |newspaper=The Barrier Miner |volume=5 |issue=1366 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 August 1892 |accessdate=26 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Office-holders were equally from South Australia and "The Hill", where the Institute established its headquarters.

This approach to the foundation of a federal organization was welcomed in mining districts of other Australian colonies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209784751 |title=Untitled |newspaper=The Ballarat Star |volume=38 |issue=11549 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 April 1893 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=Launceston>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90228236 |title=Mining |newspaper=Launceston Examiner |volume=LIII |issue=98 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=26 April 1893 |accessdate=30 January 2025 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and branches were formed in Broken Hill, the Thames Goldfield (New Zealand), Ballarat, and elsewhere. Succeeding annual conferences were held at Ballarat,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206497098 |title=Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers |newspaper=The Ballarat Star |issue=11829 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 March 1894 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Hobart, Broken Hill and other mining centres. The 1926 conference was held in Otago, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45867661 |title=Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy |newspaper=Barrier Miner |volume=XXXVIII |issue=11,458 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 August 1925 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In 1896 its headquarters were removed from Broken Hill to Melbourne,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133133913 |title=Conference Opens |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate |issue=19,296 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 August 1938 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and in June 1919 adopted its present name.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1476371 |title=Institute of Mining Engineers |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=22,730 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 June 1919 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1954 the institute applied for a royal charter,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130974558 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The News (Adelaide) |volume=63 |issue=9,751 |location=South Australia |date=11 November 1954 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=40 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> granted 1955.

The AusIMM represents more than 15 500 members drawn from all sections of the industry and supported by a network of branches and societies in Australasia and internationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausimm.com.au |title=AusIMM The Minerals Institute |accessdate= 16 June 2014}}</ref>

== Member grades and post-nominals == {| class="wikitable" |{{pad|2em}} Honorary Fellow of the AusIMM |HonFAusIMM |- |{{pad|2em}} Fellow of the AusIMM |FAusIMM |- |{{pad|2em}} Member of the AusIMM |MAusIMM |- |{{pad|2em}} Associate member of the AusIMM |AAusIMM |- |{{pad|2em}} Student member of the AusIMM |SAusIMM |}

==Some notable members== ;AIME *Sir Henry Ayers foundation president, 1893<ref name=Founding>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208443124 |title=Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |volume=XXIX |issue=8,688 |location=South Australia |date=5 November 1892 |accessdate=30 January 2025 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} This article includes a list of foundation members</ref> *Ralph Tate foundation vice-president, 1893<ref name=Kadina /><ref name=Launceston /> *Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, government geologist of South Australia, 1893–1928<ref name=Founding /> *Uriah Dudley foundation general secretary 1893–1897 *David Lauder Stirling (c. 1871 – 30 August 1949); president 1894, secretary 1906–1941 or later; also secretary, Victorian Chamber of Mines 1898–1945 <!-- could not find sufficient info for article: Stirling married Annie Haxton Stenhouse on 7 April 1909; they had two sons: *David Stenhouse "Sten" Stirling (21 December 1910 – ) married Alice Moulds *Colin Norman McLeod Stirling (born c. 1915) married married Dorothy Mary Mould, had a home at 7 Talbot Crescent, Kooyong, Victoria --> *H. W. Ferd Kayser (mine manager Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company), vice-president 1894, president 1898, 1899 *Alexander Montgomery (government geologist in New Zealand, Tasmania, and Western Australia), president 1895 *Ernest Lidgey geological surveyor in Victoria; conducted Australia's first geophysical surveys; president 1901 *Samuel Henry McGowan (c. 1845 – 13 May 1921), accountant specializing in gold mining companies, mayor of Bendigo 1899–1900; president 1902 *F. Danvers Power, lecturer at Sydney University, president 1897, 1904. *Robert C. Sticht general manager, Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company, president 1905, 1915, vice-president 1909 *G. D. Delprat (manager of the Broken Hill mine), president 1906 *Dr. Alfred William Howitt, C.M.G., F.G.S., the eminent naturalist, was president 1907 *Frank A. Moss, (general manager of Kalgurli Gold Mines), president 1907<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46729912 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=56 |issue=16,872 |location=Western Australia |date=1 August 1940 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *C. F. Courtney (general manager of the Sulphide Corporation), president 1908<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8207820 |title=Obituary |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=29,673 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 September 1941 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Richard Hamilton, (general manager of the Great Boulder Proprietary mine), president 1909, vice-president 1910 *G. A. Richard (of Mount Morgan, Queensland), president 1910 *Herman Carl Bellinger from US; mine manager, Cobar 1909–1914, president 1912<!--not enough info for article--><ref>Bellinger was later chairman Anaconda Copper Company. A son Carl Bellinger was born in Australia 1913, became test pilot for Republic Aviation Corporation's Thunderjet.-</ref> *James Hebbard (manager of the Central Mine, Broken Hill), president 1913<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45209753 |title=The New President's Career |newspaper=Barrier Miner |volume=XXV |issue=7656 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1913 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *John Warren (mining) (manager of Block 10, Broken Hill), vice-president 1894, president 1902<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160813140 |title=A Handsome Testimonial |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |volume=L |issue=2,703 |location=South Australia |date=22 July 1893 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209999639 |title=VICTORIA. |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |volume=XLVII |issue=14,151 |location=South Australia |date=1 November 1910 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Hyman Herman (director of the Victorian geological survey), joined 1897, president 1914, remained councillor to 1959. *Robert Silvers Black, (general manager of Kalgurli Gold Mines), president 1917<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33011677 |title=Mr. Robert Black Dead |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=50 |issue=9,907 |location=Western Australia |date=31 March 1934 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *J. W. Sutherland metallurgist at Lake View Consols and Golden Horse Shoe gold mines; president 1918<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211728385 |title=Mining |newspaper=The Sun (Kalgoorlie) |issue=983 |location=Western Australia |date=3 February 1918 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Professor D. B. Waters of Otago, New Zealand, vice-president 1917, 1918 (absent for most of this period — he was with New Zealand Tunnelling Company in France). ;AIMM *R. W. Chapman, vice-president 1906, president 1920 *Colin Fraser (later Sir Colin), president 1923 *H. W. Gepp, later Sir Herbert William Gepp, president 1924<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48123755 |title=Sir Herbert Gepp Dies |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=96 |issue=29,798 |location=South Australia |date=15 April 1954 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Ernest W. Skeats (professor of geology, University of Melbourne), vice-president 1924, president 1925 *David Lauder Stirling, general secretary 1922–45<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22775667 |title=Obituary Mr D. L. Stirling |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=32,136 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=1 September 1949 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *R. M. Murray (general manager, Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company), president 1927 *Alfred Stephen Kenyon, treasurer 1897, secretary 1906, president 1928<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11338897 |title=Death of Mr. A. S. Kenyon |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=30,176 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 May 1943 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *E. C. Andrews (New South Wales Government Geologist), president 1929 *William Edward Wainwright (general manager of Broken Hill South), president 1919, 1930, vice-president 1916–18, 1933, 1934 *Wiliam Harley Wainwright son of W. E. Wainwright, (chief metallurgist, BHP) life member<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187071238 |title=Death of Mr. W.H. Wainwright |newspaper=Victor Harbour Times |volume=65 |issue=2,852 |location=South Australia |date=9 February 1977 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> *Essington Lewis (managing director of BHP) vice-president 1932, president 1935 *Andrew Fairweather, president 1932 (succeeded W. E. Mainwright at Broken Hill South mine and as General Manager) *Professor J. Neill Greenwood (dean of Melbourne University Faculty of Applied Science), president 1936, 1937 *Donald Yates, superintendent of Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty., president 1937 *Julius Kruttschnitt <!--not the US railway executive--> (general manager, Mount Isa Mines) president 1939 *Oliver H. Woodward (general manager, North Mine, Broken Hill) active in tunnelling operations WWI, president 1940 *Arthur H. P. Moline (1877–1965) (succeeded R. M. Murray as general manager, Mount Lyell, in 1944), president 1945 *Asdruebal James Keast (general manager, Zinc Corporation; Australian Aluminium Production Commission 1951–55), president 1946, vice-president 1947 *Frank R. Hockey / Francis Richard Hockey (general superintendent, BHP), president 1947, vice-president 1949, 1950 *F. F. Espie / Frank Fancett Espie <!--Yes!--> (general superintendent, Western Mining Corporation), president 1948 *Godfrey Bernard O'Malley, vice-president 1943–46 *Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby (director of exploration, Zinc Corporation, Limited), vice-president 1950, 1951, president 1953, 1954 *Ian Munro McLennan <!--not McLelland --> (General Manager, BHP), president 1951 *Beryl Elaine Jacka MBE, typist 1936; assistant general secretary 1945–52, secretary 1952–1976 *Gordon Colvin Lindesay Clark CMG<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130714211 |title=Australian Awards in Birthday Honours |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=35 |issue=9,935 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=10 June 1961 |accessdate=24 December 2018 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==See also== ;British *North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (known as the '''Mining Institute''') founded 1852 *Institution of Mining Engineers founded 1889, incorporating the Mining Institute above *Institution of Mining and Metallurgy founded 1892 *Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining merger of IMM and Institute of Materials in 2002. ;US *American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (originally '''American Institute of Mining Engineers''' founded 1871)

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