New Minister for Energy and Resources. DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA provides information on the newly elected State Government election platform. Yes, we have a new State Government with the Premier, Daniel Andrews and Ministers busily settling in.…
TOM ROSS, Business Line Manager, Surface Drilling Equipment from Atlas Copco Mining and Rock Excavation Australia reports on the growth and improvements to Local Mix Quarries in Anakie. When family-owned concrete and quarry company Local Mix wanted to increase productivity…
CHRISTINE KINDER, Marketing Manager for Kinder & Co reports on the new K-Smartscraper Primary Belt Cleaner. The K-Smartscraper Primary Belt Cleaner is a new and highly effective concept in belt cleaning. It is lightweight in construction (weighing only 9kg) and…
1 DECEMBER 2014, Sydney – Arthur J. Gallagher has expanded its presence in Australia through the rebranding of OAMPS Insurance Brokers, following its acquisition of OAMPS in June this year “From today we can provide Australian clients with a genuine…
NOEL PICKERING, Training Consultant Extractive Industries for Box Hill Institute provides an insight into Extractive Industry training in 2015. On the back of a very successful year in 2014, Box Hill Institute (BHI) is looking to strengthen training options for…
CHRIS WALSHOTS, Acting Group Leader in the VWA’s Earth Resources team explains the upcoming limited Quarry Oversight (OHS) project. “As discussed at the October 2014 Earth Resources Tripartite Safety Forum, inspectors from the VWA’s Earth Resources team will be undertaking…
Huge increase in fees – Cost Recovery in State Government DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA provides a report on the new fees for lodging a work plan. The good news is that after successful lobbying by the CMPA…
Meet Jacinta Gall JACINTA GALL, a brief histroy and introduction to CMPA’s new ASO. I started my career at the age of 17, a small town girl, fresh out of school and straight into the Army where I was a…
Voting Members Survey Results 2013/14 PREPARED by the Secretariat with comments from Tej Panesar, Associate Chairperson The main drivers behind continuing with the survey (which is in its third year) were to gain an understanding of how the associates view…
VicRoads and CMPA Technical committee meeting DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA reports on the CMPA Technical committee meeting with VicRoads. A meeting was held between VicRoads (Graeme Newman and Sven Scheppokat) and the CMPA technical committee (Craig James, E.…