The 2011 Annual Dinner
The 2011 Annual Dinner is almost upon us, here is a last minute update by GAVIN MOREIRA, Administration Officer, CMPA. WHO is up for a fun night or an enjoyable weekend away? If the answer is yes, then a reminder…
Features
WORK HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
One of those cliches oft en used is “do you want the good news first or the bad news”. Irrespective of your response the news is just something that you do not want. BRUCE MCCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on…
Monitoring Plant & Equipment’s Condition
PETER VUCINIC, from Computerised Bearing Analysis (Aust.) Pty Ltd reports in a series of articles on the various technologies used in order to determine equipment condition. I would like to impart some of my experiences over the past 25 years…
We are but a cog in a vital part of Worldwide Commerce
What is the volume of stone crushed in the United States of America or Europe? Does Victoria produce more quarry products than either Queensland or New South Wales? WHENEVER you read an extractives industry magazine anywhere in the world, one…
VALE – PETER LEO HOARE
The CMPA wishes to acknowledge the passing of one of Victoria’s most charismatic contributors to the Quarry and Resource Industry in this state. Peter Hoare, taken from our midst at a far too early age. Peter Leo Hoare (PLH) Born…
MEMBERS DAY IN TRARALGON
ADRIAN TOWN, CMPA’s Development Manager reports on the Secretariat’s site visit to Gippsland and the Members Day in Traralgon. ON 23 March 2011 Bruce McClure, CMPA’s General Manager and Adrian Town Development Manager visited several existing and potential CMPA members…
Crushing in the USA
STEPHEN RICHARDS, owner/manager of Richards Quarries & Concrete from the Victorian High Country, recently visited the West Coast of the USA. Here he reports on his visit to a quarry operation at Corona, 75km east of Los Angeles, California. STEPHEN…
Changes to NATA Testing Accreditation
NATA accreditation in Construction Materials Testing (CMT) is currently undergoing change with the new system being implemented over three years. The new system is outlined in NATA Policy Circular 26. At the time of writing, the policy is currently under…
Is this the demise of dimension stone quarrying in Central Victoria?
With operating conditions restricting the re-opening of a productive Victorian granite stone quarry, BRUCE MCCLURE looks at the possible demise of dimension stone quarrying in Central Victoria. THE CMPA was notified late last year by the DPI that the Work…
CARTING QUARRY PRODUCTS
BRUCE MCCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on the use of primary production registered trucks to commercially cart Quarry Products. A number of Members have raised with the CMPA the situation where some vehicles registered for primary production are also being…