Staying safe is a team effort
BRUCE MCCLURE General Manager of the CMPA comments on the topic that the health and safety of employees at each works site depends on each and every one of us. The life of a quarry manager in our modern society…
Issue 57 – June/July 2011
The 2011 Annual Dinner
The 2011 Annual Dinner is almost upon us, here is a last minute update by GAVIN MOREIRA, Administration Officer, CMPA. WHO is up for a fun night or an enjoyable weekend away? If the answer is yes, then a reminder…
WORK HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
One of those cliches oft en used is “do you want the good news first or the bad news”. Irrespective of your response the news is just something that you do not want. BRUCE MCCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports on…
Monitoring Plant & Equipment’s Condition
PETER VUCINIC, from Computerised Bearing Analysis (Aust.) Pty Ltd reports in a series of articles on the various technologies used in order to determine equipment condition. I would like to impart some of my experiences over the past 25 years…
We are but a cog in a vital part of Worldwide Commerce
What is the volume of stone crushed in the United States of America or Europe? Does Victoria produce more quarry products than either Queensland or New South Wales? WHENEVER you read an extractives industry magazine anywhere in the world, one…
VALE – PETER LEO HOARE
The CMPA wishes to acknowledge the passing of one of Victoria’s most charismatic contributors to the Quarry and Resource Industry in this state. Peter Hoare, taken from our midst at a far too early age. Peter Leo Hoare (PLH) Born…
CMPA NEWS (Issue 57)
CMPA Secretariat provides an update of the latest news and happenings. WORKSAFE GUIDELINES At the recent Earth Resources Tripartite Safety forum held in July 2011, Michael Leahy from Energy Safe Victoria commented on the current Guidance For Electrical Safety In…
Mount Granite Quarries
VIN OLIVER, reports on the history and development of Mount Granite Quarries. MOUNT Granite Quarries is a dimensional stone quarry situated on Mount Alexander Harcourt, it’s a small family business run by Vin Oliver, wife Val, son Brett who is…
FROM THE CMPA SECRETARIAT (Issue 57)
Working Towards A Better Future CMPA Honorary CEO, RON KERR considers the impact of the MRSDA Review on our industry. THE aim of the CMPA has always been to ensure that market entry is not restricted and that regulatory burdens…