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 in Gippsland. The first member visited was Cuthbertson Quarries at Drouin. Bruce and Adrian met…
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WAYNE HANSON, Marketing Manager for WAM Australia reports on the companies’ new service arm to complement their state of the art range of equipment. WAM Australia has long been known for its market oriented range of equipment for handling powders…
TOM BRUCE, Managing Director, Crushing Equipment reports on their new Mangasafe jaw liner lifting tool. AN innovative new jaw and cone crusher liner lifting tool, Mangasafe, promises to revolutionise the quarrying and mining industry as it quickly and safely lift…
As the nation moves to adopt the Work Health and Safety Act, commencing 1 January 2012, senior management and directors should start to look closely at their responsibilities for all occupational health and safety issues. By JOHN SMITH of VECCI…
PETER MCCLUSKY provides an update on the Victoria Limestone Producers Association. A successful Terang Field Day – Reducing Soil Acidity via Liming. The Commonwealth’s Caring for Our Country program is continuing to provide funding for soil health extension programs involving…
IAN MCLEOD, Acting General Manager, Minerals and Extractive Operations, discusses proposed changes to work plan requirements. THERE are significant changes that are currently being developed to the legislation that is used to regulate mines and quarries in Victoria. Both industries…
BRUCE MCCLURE, reports on the proposed changes to Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2011. WORKING in the hard rock, gravel, sand, masonry, clay, lime, soil, gypsum or recycling; a considerable number of our Members use explosives as part of their method…
This latest safety alert from the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland looks at incidents involving traffic controllers. THE purpose of this alert is to highlight the hazards and risks to workers performing traffic management and…
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…
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…
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…