The Role of the Environmental Officer Antony Nolan, Environmental Officer, Minerals and Petroleum Regulation Branch, DPI The Minerals and Petroleum Division of the DPI is responsible for the sustainable development of Victoria’s mineral, petroleum and extractive industries. The Minerals &…
Barry Taylor, ILM Services Why are Greases Used? The reason for the use of greases in preference to fluid lubricants is due to the requirement of the lubricant to maintain its original position in a mechanism, especially where opportunities for…
Extractive Industries Development Act Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager The review of the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995 has begun with all those in industry being asked to comment on the recently released ‘Background and Issues Paper’. The Extractive Industries…
Do You Ever Purchase Ammonium Nitrate For Your Quarry? Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager Do you ever purchase Ammonium Nitrate for your quarry? If you answered yes, read on! As any avid reader of this newsletter would know, the rules…
Alex Gondidis, Roylance’s P/L High Intensity Discharge is also known as Gas Discharge. The light is produced by an arc in a small Xenon gas filled quartz tube, as opposed to passing an electric current through a filament to make…
Information session attended by Tony Tamburro, Conundrum Holdings The Chain of Responsibility currently applies under driving hours and dangerous goods regulations. New provisions in the Road Safety Act 1986, mean that as of 30 September 2005 the Chain of Responsibility…
Bobbie Symons, CMPA Management Committee I attended a conference where one of the guest speakers was a lecturer in Industrial Relations, her address was on a University study on the use of mobile phones in the workplace. The lecturer asked…
Mark Pitham, Groeneveld Australia When we talk about maintenance and the associated costs, we look for the most reliable service provider and the most opportune time to carry out that maintenance so as to minimise the effect on the bottom…
Sarah Andrew, CMPA Project Manager The CMPA was given the opportunity to provide comments on the new Guidelines for Assessing Environmental Effects under the Environmental Effects Act 1978. The following are the Association’s comments on the Guidelines. Time limits on…
John Mitas, DPI Manager Minerals and Extractive Operations TRAGIC QUARRY FATALITY—VICTORIA At approximately 10.45 AM on Friday 15th July, a maintenance contractor was fatally injured when the fixed jaw liner of a primary crusher fell on him at the Barro…