EQ Resources has appointed industry veteran Craig Bradshaw as Managing Director, effective October 1.

Bradshaw is an experienced global tungsten industry executive and was a former

CEO of Masan High-Tech Materials, the operator of the Nui Phao tungsten mine and processing complex in Vietnam and Managing Director of H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders GmbH, a global producer of Tungsten chemicals, powders, carbides, and specialty carbides with operations in Germany, China and Canada, prior to its sale to Mitsubishi Materials Group in December 2024. 

He started his mining career with Mt Isa Mines and held senior management roles with MMG Limited and with Toll Holdings. 

Bradshaw holds a Business Degree and is a qualified CPA as well as a member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and AusIMM.

“I am very pleased that Craig has agreed to take on the Managing Director role having initially joined us as a Non-Executive Director,” Executive Chairman Oliver Kleinhempel said in a news release.  

“EQ Resources is now the largest independent producer of tungsten concentrate outside China, and our future development is core to meeting global demand for secure supply of this critical and strategic mineral,” Kleinhempel said. 

“Craig’s passion for operational excellence and strategic thinking will bring benefit to the entire leadership team and will assist in ensuring we are well placed to capitalise on market opportunities as they present over the next few years.”