GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA’s Administration Officer reports on the development of WorkSafe Victoria’s latest Guidance Note Preventing falls from quarry faces. In March 2011, WorkSafe Victoria released a Guidance Note for Preventing falls from quarry faces with the intention of highlighting…
BRUCE McCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on the management of water around quarries which has been an issue for many quarry owners around Victoria over the last four months. WATER is one of the basic ingredients of life. We personally…
The 7th biennial Australian Construction Equipment Expo (ACE 2011) as reported by GAVIN MOREIRA , CMPA Administration Officer. IT was a fantastic three days, weather wise and a positive feel for CMPA to see both suppliers and construction material processing…
DR MIKE HOLLITT , Executive Director of DPI Earth Resources reviews the Industry. ONE of the inescapable conclusions in reviewing Victoria’s earth resources industries is that the contribution of these industries to economic development has a rather different complexion from…
BRUCE McCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on the recent first quarterly Stakeholder groups meeting held to discuss the second phase of possible changes to the MRSDA’s subordinate legislation. AS Members of the CMPA are aware the former State Government (Bracks/Brumby)…
BRUCE McCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on the change in State Government in Victoria. ON the 27th November 2010 Victorians went to the polling booths to elect the 46th State Government of Victoria. Although results were not conclusively known for…
Are your screens running effectively? Below is an extract from the CMPA’s “Conduct Screening Operations Reference Manual” providing some handy hints on how to effectively operate various screens. THE following checks should be conducted several times during a shift to…
The drought has definitely broken, how will the severe weather affect the stability of our quarries? OVER the last few months we have witnessed unusual weather patterns throughout Victoria. The drought has definitely broken and we have seen unseasonable storms,…
BRUCE McCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on proposed changes by VicRoads to their Section 831 – Aggregate for Sprayed Bituminous Surfacing Specification. VICROADS is proposing a number of changes to their Specification Section 831 – “Aggregate for Sprayed Bituminous Surfacing”.…
Continuing our discussion on statistics produced by the Department of Primary Industries, in this edition the CMPA General Manager, BRUCE McCLURE, comments on the fact that the number of Work Authority applications has decreased significantly over the last twelve years…