Smelting and Refining

Remuneration Surveys - Smelting, Refining and Petro-Chemical Industry

The most recent Australasian Smelting, Refining & Petro-Chemical Industry Remuneration Report was published in October 2011 - 15 companies managing 22 processing operations participated.

The purpose of the Report is to provide the Directors, Remuneration Committees and Executive Management of participating organisations with factual data and reliable analyses of the remuneration of key personnel in the Australasian Smelting, Refining & Petro-Chemical Industry. It focuses on installations employing high temperature / high pressure technology. This includes oil & gas condensate installations; petroleum refineries; bauxite / alumina refineries & aluminium smelters; laterite nickel, copper & sulphide gold autoclave operations; chemical, fertilizer & explosives manufacturing installations; and smelters & refineries in other mineral processing areas (eg zinc).

The Australasian Smelting, Refining & Petro-Chemical Industry Remuneration Report has been published biannually since October 2002.

Scope of the Survey

Set out below is a summary of the scope of the Australasian Smelting, Refining & Petro-Chemical Industry Remuneration Report:

  • it covers operations staff and traditional “award” positions in all Australian states and operations in the Australasian region;
  • it reports on Base Salary, Total Fixed Remuneration (including the value of benefits such as motor vehicles & superannuation) and Total Variable Remuneration (showing the impact of incentives);
  • it investigates the attraction & retention plans and other long term incentives;
  • it measures market movements during the past 6 and 12 months for matched samples of companies for each position; and,
  • it provides a detailed analysis of practices in respect of incentives (both target & actual) and benefits.

Sample Organisation Chart

Participating Organisations

The following 15 companies participated in the October 2011 Survey:

  • Alcoa World Alumina Australia
  • BHP Billiton Uranium & Olympic Dam Development
  • BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd
  • Caltex Australia Limited
  • Incitec Pivot Limited
  • QER Pty Ltd
  • Queensland Magnesia
  • Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd
  • Rio Tinto Alcan
  • Rio Tinto Limited
  • Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd
  • Tiwest Joint Venture Pty Ltd
  • Wesfarmers Chemicals,Energy & Fertilisers
  • Xstrata Copper

They manage the following 22 operations:

  • Alcan Gove Pty Ltd
  • Alcoa Pinjarra Refinery
  • Alcoa Portland Smelter
  • Bell Bay Smelter
  • BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina Operations
  • Boyne Island Smelter
  • Caltex Kurnell Refinery
  • Caltex Lytton Refinery
  • Chandala Process Plant
  • CSBP Kwinana Operations
  • IPL Mt Isa Operations
  • IPL Phosphate Hill Operation
  • Kleenheat Gas Operations
  • Mount Isa Smelters (Copper)
  • Mount Isa Smelters (Lead-Zinc)
  • Olympic Dam
  • QN Yabulu Refinery
  • Queensland Magnesia - Parkhurst Operations
  • Rio Tinto Aluminium Yarwun Refinery
  • Stuart Oil Shale Project
  • Sun Metals Zinc Operations
  • Tiwest - Kwinana Pigment Plant
  • Townsville Copper Refinery