Success Hill, Australia
Don heads the COLUMBUS Group Innovation R&D operation in a wide and diverse range of mining, road rail and sea transport, communications, low cost shelter, renewable energy, living city designs, smart water systems and defence pursuits, that are developed in a team environment depending on the challenges of the tasks. Awards include multiple wins including the IT SECRETS Awards (2003) in commercial & business software, Innovative PV powered footpath lights (Spain 2010), Australian Mining Prospect Award (2014) in Innovative Mining Solutions and a second Australian Mining Prospect Award (2015) in Minerals Processing of the Year.

Personally, he holds degrees in Applied Science and Communication Engineering plus qualifications in Renewable Energy balanced up with experience in industrial advertising, creating a series of community model boat racing and dabbling in local government.


Submissions

Boots - with safety stuff TM by It's a BOOT thing

Develop an industry-wide "Safe-Stop" PPE device for autonomous systems

Adopt Innovation & WIN! by COLUMBUS Group

Reduce the impact of rock bridges at our Telfer crusher

Hi Mate by Hi Mate

Improving Safety for Forklift Operations

Active small tessellated surface elements clean the scale away .... remotely, autonomously! by Columbus Group innovators

Improve the descaling process at Alcoa’s Wagerup Alumina Refinery

A bit more of Nature please! by A bit more of nature please

Improving Fatigue Management

Using history and today's winning technology to uncover a great financial future by COLUMBUS Group

The Future of Mining has many directions to follow by Donald YATES

Unearthing Startups for the Future

Donald YATES's Submission by Donald YATES

Waste to Value

Making more of the onsite water resources while supporting all aspects of the living environment by Donald YATES

H2O Opportunity

Dust to success! by Donald YATES

Change H2OW We Explore 2022

Big ball better chutes - for smart ore movement & automated maintenance by Donald YATES

Material Movement

Zero Mining is blowin' in the wind by Donald YATES

Pitching Towards Zero

Optimised open cut operations by Donald YATES

Open House

The Z solution can pay in many ways by Donald YATES

CH4 No More

Double layer conveyor carries more, saves energy and sucks away greenhouse gases including methane by Donald YATES

VentSafe Challenge

High pressure garnet enriched jetting cuts rock down to size by Donald YATES

Preconditioning Rock

Using HSI to look again at already processed ores by Donald YATES

Critical Minerals Extraction

Sequested carbon buries the issue for a long long time by Donald YATES

Carbon Economy

Donald YATES's Submission by Donald YATES

Fines to Fortune

Getting it all down to size! by Donald YATES

Open House Comminution

Air cutting and carving to resize and dry potash deposits by Donald YATES

Open House Potash Drying

Mine the Best. Leave the Rest. by Donald YATES

Creative Copper Recovery

Simple PV powered zeolite filtering & beds of seagrass capture greenhouse gases for recycling nitrous oxide by Donald YATES

Open House Nitrous Lockxide