Safely Lifting Jaw Liners Two quarries recently trialed alternative lifting methods for jaw faces without welding. Following are reports from, BRIAN CALOVIC from Conundrum Holdings, LEW DILKES from Crushing Equipment, ROSS OUTEN and ANDREW BROCKMAN of Boral. ON Thursday, January…
TOM KERR of Conundrum Holding reports on a presentation by BARRY SHERRIFF of Norton Rose Australia during the Safety in Action trade show, 20-22 April 2010 A commitment by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to the harmonisation of work…
A Victory to Commonsense With the Resources Super Profit Tax (RSPT) behind us, following is a history of the events which occurred during May and June 2010 focusing on the Bendigo Rally and a selection of personal observations. The result…
CMPA SECRETARIAT, Ken Norris, reports on the Environmental Effects Statement Process in Victoria. THE ‘Inquiry into the Environmental Effects Statement (EES) Process in Victoria’ is run by the Parliamentary Environment and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by the Hon. John Pandazopoulos,…
Caterpillar reports on its involvement with Habitat for Humanity IN a backstreet of rural Yea in central Victoria, a quiet transformation is underway. Habitat for Humanity – a worldwide organisation dedicated to assisting the needy and families affected by natural…
The Department of Sustainability and Environment’s ‘Groundwater Licensing and Trading in Victoria’ fact sheet is now available. THE Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) oversees the monitoring and management of Victoria’s groundwater resources. A DSE fact sheet for all operators…
THE CMPA Innovation Award is a new idea to recognise and reward an innovative development in Victoria’s construction material processing industry. The award is open to any CMPA member or their employees that includes any genuine innovative development in the…
The CMPA has now produced 50 issues of its publication! The magazine publication Sand & Stone (which is also supplied as an emag on the CMPA website) has provided eleven Voting Members over the past two years with the opportunity…
IAN HAMM, Executive Director Aboriginal Affairs Victoria provides an overview of how to deal with Aboriginal heritage issues. VICTORIA has been a great place to live for many thousands of years. The result of this is physical remnants of earlier…
The CMPA SECRETARIAT attempts to clarify some of the issues that commonly occur in applying the Native Vegetation Framework to extractive industry projects. VICTORIA’S Native Vegetation Management: A Framework for Action (the Framework) was released in 2002. The primary goal…