THE ‘cathode nodule catcher’ mightn’t have a snappy name, but it has cleaned up industry’s top gong for innovation.
The device was developed by Xstrata Copper smelter workers, and has eliminated the need for workers to lift 32 kilogram floor plates and shovel 250 kilograms of copper waste underneath them for an hour every week.
When you imagine that happening in a north Queensland summer, you can see why the catcher was invented.
