BRUCE EDWARDS, General Manager Marketing for William Adams reports on the transformation of Cave Hill Quarry. In a ground-breaking new project, Cave Hill Quarry, Lilydale will be transformed into one of the most spectacular development opportunities ever to be seen in Melbourne. The Kinley vision is set to become Melbourne’s newest eastern suburb, encapsulating a…
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Government communications DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides an update from the regulators. There has been much happening in the Government space that is applicable to the extractive industry. Some of which that has occurred is reported…
Management Committee meeting 2019-1 The 1st Management Committee meeting for 2019 was held on Wednesday 27th February 2019 in Kilmore and was attended by Garry Cranny (Chair), Anthony Bateup, Tim Bird, Jason Comben, John Mawson, Drew Phillips and John Pititto.…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a copy of the CMPA Submission. The Planning Department in DELWP have sought comment on how best to manage the interface between industries and sensitive uses, this is a longstanding planning…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a copy of the CMPA Submission. “The Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) has recently released Planning Practice Note 89 (the Practice Note) to guide the assessment of extractive…
Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) has recently released the 2017/18 statistical review (available at www.earthresources.vic.gov.au). An analysis of the data for the volume of extractive material sold in tonnes demonstrates a continued upturn to near record levels. Of the 881 current…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager for CMPA reports on the successful day recently held in the North East area of Victoria for CMPA members. On 22nd February 2019 the CMPA held two workshops to develop two Templates / Guidelines on…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager reports on the updated CMPA publication – Traffic Management in the Construction Materials Industry. In 2019 several CMPA Publications will be completed and ready for Members to update their libraries. The second of these…
Strategically Yours® assists people (business owners, executives, managers, supervisors) to move from working IN the business, to working ON the business, through coaching in the following core competencies: Planning; Organising; Leading and Controlling These can be supported by facilitated group…
DIANE WILSON, Project Manager Extractive Industries & Industrial Sciences for Box Hill Institute reports on the importance of training. Box Hill Institute is currently taking enrollments in the following courses. RII30115 Certificate III in Surface Extraction Operations RII40115 Certificate IV…
Ray Cox from Landair Surveys offers some advice and general regulatory observations for the use of drones in quarry applications. This article has been condensed from a more comprehensive white paper by Landair Surveys available at; www.landair.com.au/our-solutions/for-quarries Remotely Piloted Aircraft…