DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA discusses the Extractive Industry Priority List. The following information was taken from www.earthresources.vic.gov.au The initial Priority List (Hot List was published in the 2018 Joint Ministerial Statement – Extractive Resources. Being on the…
KATHY MAC INNES, Associate Director for Ricardo Energy, Environment and Planning provides an overview on the approvals process for quarries. The changes to requirements for compliance and approvals for quarries has accelerated in recent years such that it seems that…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA AGM. On 10th September 2020, the CMPA Annual General Meeting was held for the first time electronically on Microsoft Teams. The online event was hosted by Dr Elizabeth…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Garry Cranny Following is a summary of the Chairperson’s report by Garry Cranny prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson. The most important set of…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager reports on the development of the latest CMPA publication – Slimes Management Guideline. In the 2020-21 financial year several CMPA Publications will be completed ready for Members to update their libraries. The first of…
With a fractured COVID-19 affected economy across our nation what is the current lending environment like and how do the weeks and months ahead look? Pre-COVID-19 the economy was moving along nicely and for many their businesses and outlook were…
A new section of Sand & Stone created to communicate to readers: job opportunities that are available in both member quarries and supplier businesses.
CJD Equipment (Associate Member since 2004) reports on the fleet of Volvo machines at Matthew’s Quarries (founding Member of the CMPA) Back in the mid-1970s, Matthews Quarries bought its first Volvo machines and immediately saw a 50% reduction in fuel…
Questions asked by members to the Secretariat to improve communication with readers. What is Victoria’s current path to COVID Normal? Information extracted from https://www.vic.gov.au/coronaviruscovid-19-restrictionsroadmaps Summary of Steps towards COVID Normal First Step – Metro Melbourne (11:59pm 13 September) – Expanded…
Update – COVID-19 DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA provides a COVID-19 update. I hope all is travelling well with everyone. It appears that COVID-19 is going to be with us for a while and so we need to…