Meet the Miners

Meet the Miners is a collection of stories featuring BASF ANZ Mining Solutions colleagues from all walks of life and their experiences since relocating to Australia BASF.

At BASF ANZ, we take pride in fostering an inclusive environment for all especially in the field of diversity and inclusion.

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Meet the Miners: Nathalia Gaviria Salinas from Colombia

Young, brave, and adventurous Nathalia Gaviria Salinas made perhaps her boldest life decision when she moved to Australia, a thousand miles away from her country, Colombia, in 2013. Nathalia, who now works as a Sales and Technical Account Manager (PAM) in the BASF ANZ Mining Solutions team, has squeezed a lot of learning into the past ten years, and in this story, she shares some of her highlights.

Meet the Miners: Elie Mitshiabo from DR Congo

As one of the world’s leading chemical companies with a footprint in almost every country in the world, BASF offers its employees many unique development opportunities. An opportunity came knocking at Elie Mitshiabo’s door when his manager presented him with an opportunity to exchange his role as Technical Sales Account Manager at BASF South Africa, for a temporary role with BASF Australia.

Meet the Miners: Dmitriy Kan from Kazakhstan

If you could pick only one word to describe Dmitriy Kan, it would definitely be 'optimistic'. The glass is always half full, and there is always a new corner of the earth to explore, with Australia as his latest destination. Dmitriy and his family arrived in Melbourne about four months ago from Moscow, Russia, where he was previously working as a Senior Mining Tech Specialist for BASF Russia.