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EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 25 MIN

RICHARD CAMPBELL: The best ideas start with a beer, and turn into a business.

from Digging Deeper with @ The Coalface

It was an accident that Richard Campbell ended up in mining over in New Zealand. He was enrolled to become a mechanial engineer, went to an open day at university and came out signed up for geology instead. From that accident, some mining work in New Zealand, and then working in mines over the ditch in Australia, he was sitting in Bunbury WA with a couple of mates having a beer, and they came up with the name Blackrock, and the rest is history. Blackrock Mining Solutions has now grown to more than 100 employees and is a very successful business in the mining industry. Jess sat down with Richard to talk about his career, starting Blackrock and the coal mining industry. Don't forget to leave a rating and a review!

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