JOHN MITAS, General Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations, reports on the new mining laws to strengthen earth resources regulation. THE Victorian Coalition Government has introduced amendments to mining laws to strengthen the enforcement powers of the State’s mining and extractive…
PETER MCCLUSKEY provides an update on the Victorian Limestone Producers Association. THE VLPA held its AGM & annual conference in Springvale on the 18th of October 2012. The Chairman Kevin Matthews spoke about projects undertaken during the foregoing year and…
CHRIS PROWSE, Managing Director of C.K. Prowse & Associates Pty Ltd, reports on the development of the business. C.K. Prowse & Associates was ‘born’ in 1989 following from my experiences in the quarrying and minerals industries in most Australian states…
CMPA Honorary Voting Member, TOM MCKENNY recalls his involvement in the quarry industry and the development of his career in journalism. THE quarry industry wasn’t something that I had bargained on becoming involved in when I started my journalism career…
KELVIN WILSON, Sales Manager of TSS Company reports on the new home for the Melbourne based engineering group. TSS Company, and its subsidiary Conveyor Pulleys Australia, have relocated into their new office and manufacturing facility in Carrum Downs, Victoria. Servicing…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. WE’ve had another year of challenges and some more changes at the CMPA. But overall it has been another great year of achievement for our industry. Here…
BRUCE McCLURE, General Manager of the CMPA, comments on the inquiry by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission and subsequent State Government response into streamlining local government regulation. IN August 2009 the Victorian State Labor Government directed the Victorian Competition…
SURVEY DEVELOPMENT GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer. THE main drivers behind developing of the Members Survey were to gain an understanding of the future direction of the industry, to establish Member priorities and to direct the Associations resources accordingly. Development…
BRUCE McCLURE General Manager of the CMPA comments on the recent spate of road pavement failures around Victoria due to wet and cold weather conditions. THROUGHOUT history mankind has used various techniques to improve the condition of the roads that…
CMPA Secretariat provides an update of the latest news and happenings. ANNUAL DINNER PHOTOS Would you like a happy snap of you and your friends all dressed up for the Annual Dinner? Photos from the night are available to be…