AMEC MEDIA AWARDS WINNERS

• 2025 – Adrian Rauso – The West Australian “Shire’s Mining Rate Hike Killed Off”
• 2024 – Brad Thompson Australian Financial Review for “How the West’s miners won over Canberra”
• 2023 – Halina Baczkowski, ABC Landline for ‘Phosphate Foray’
• 2022 – Matt McKenzie, WA Business News for ‘A combined 2,234 days on the waiting list’
• 2021 – Rachel Pupazzoni, ABC News for ‘Australia’s lithium miners to benefit from surge in electric vehicle demand in China.’
• 2020 Online/Digital –  Jarrod Lucas, ABC News for the article ‘There’s got to be a better way’: Exploration company pushes to reduce plastic bag
• 2020 Print – Peter Ker, Australian Financial Review for the article End of the lifestyle company as fewer explorers deliver more drilling
• 2019 Online/Digital – Jarrod Lucas, ABC Online for the article Golden girls of Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit represent changing face of Australian mining
• 2019 Print – Stuart McKinnon, The Weekend West for the article Not a plaint and simple call
• 2018 Online/Digital- Jarrod Lucas, Report, ABC Online for the article “Australia’s major gold miners digging deeper underground in hunt for major discoveries”
• 2018 Print – Mark Andrews, Deputy Editor, Paydirt Media for A downstream flood: Can Australia build a battery industry?
• 2017 Online/Digital – Kristie Batten, Miningnews.net for her article on Lithium
• 2017 Print – Dominic Piper, Paydirt Media for his article in the Gold Mining Journal titled “Collaboration, innovation and the future of exploration”
• 2016 Online/Digital – Angela Kean, Senior Reporter, S&P Global for her article titled “FIFO jobs tighten on mining slump, large-scale projects coming online”
• 2016 Print – Ron Berryman, Freelance Journalist, for The West Australian, Diggers & Dealers Gold Rush feature
• 2015 Online/Digital – Angela Kean, Senior Reporter, SNL Metals & Mining for her article titled “FIFO jobs tighten on mining slump, large-scale projects coming online”
• 2015 Print – Jasmine Bamford, Chief of Staff and Resources Reporter, Kalgoorlie Miner for the series of articles on shire rate notices for exploration licenses
• 2014 Online/Digital – Kathryn Diss, ABC Reporter for the nomination: Mining Automation, aired on the ABC TV 730 WA program 2014
• 2024 Print – Dominic Piper, Paydirt Media Editor for the nomination: Out of the gloom, published in Australia’s Paydirt magazine, July 2013
• 2013 Print Newspaper – Luke Forrestal of the Australian Financial Review for his article “Sirius’ star may be super-Nova” the Australian Financial Review on 2 January 2013. An honorary mention goes to Jarrod Lucas of the Kalgoorlie Miner for his article “Mining boss laments loss of productivity” in the May 2013 Kalgoorlie Miner.
• 2013 Print Magazine – Ron Berryman for his series on Australian Mining Towns published in the April, May and June 2013 editions of Australia’s Mining Monthly magazine.
• 2013 Electronic – Kristie Batten of Aspermont for a series of online articles published on miningnewpremium.net: “Iron ore’s fall from grace” published 18 December 2012; “New normal for gold reporting” published 16 January 2013; “Sirius the dazzling star of 2012” published 20 December 2012
• 2013 Joe Keeling Award –Nick Sas of The West Australian, for a series of articles – “Nuclear pull is debatable” featured in The West Australian on 14 January 2013, and “Hopes rest on heavily discounted raising” featured in The West Australian on 20 February 2013.