We are all capable of being a voice for coal. Talking about mining at the family barbecue, around the water cooler in the office or when we’re out having a beer with mates. We used to be scared to talk about mining, but Anthony Lin believes the education Coal Australia is spreading is helping us all speak up.
The Senior Business Analyst for New Hope Group, Anthony worked in auditing for a long time before making a connection at New Hope that eventuated in him landing a role in the business development team.
“I was ready for a new challenge. So, I thought about the industries I had connected with in the early stages of my career and coal was the one that stood out.
“The Business Analyst role I’m in now covers primarily mergers and acquisitions so we look at potential assets to bring into our portfolio and also a portion of internal reporting functions, such as managing the corporate model which handles the internal evaluation of New Hope.
“What I love at New Hope is that the Executive drive such an amazing culture of flexibility and truly a work life balance. We are also quite fortunate to be quite stable in terms of our balance sheet so that provides a degree of security in the role and we are well positioned as a company in my view to get a lot of opportunities,” Anthony said.
Through his role at New Hope Group, Anthony sees first hand the impact financially the mining company has not only for the towns and communities where the mines are, but also for the state and national economy and everyone who benefits from reliable power.
“It’s critical. I think the notion of thermal coal being what keeps the lights on is becoming more and more real and apparent to people both domestically and globally, especially with the conflicts going on at the moment.
“Something that has been brought to the forefront is that renewables aren’t ready to handle the requirements of our growing energy demand and coal is necessary to stay around be part of whatever transition is to come.
“People need reliable power and coal gives us that – I think this is a case of let’s not change what isn’t broken yet.”
Coal Australia is playing a large role in educating the community both within the industry and outside of it about how crucial the resources is for economical, reliable power.
“I think Coal Australia is a critical function, I believe that it’s important the industry is promoted to the wider community. People my age and younger often don’t have an understanding of the industry.
“There’s a disconnection for young people between having their phone and lights on and a disconnect between where that power actually comes from and they stigamtise coal a bit.
“I think to me Coal Australia’s greatest benefit is the education and awareness function of our industry and how important it is not only for people like us in the city, but also people in the regional communities.”
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