Issue Paper into Public Infrastructure Dr Elizabeth Gibson, reports on the recently released Productivity Commission’s Issue Paper. THE Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission (the Commission) to undertake a broadranging inquiry into public infrastructure,comprising two broad streams of work:…
Identifying extractive resources Dr Elizabeth Gibson reports on the recent Minerals Development Victoria (MDV) meeting. ELIZABETH Gibson met with Anthony Hurst (Executive Director, Earth Resources Development), Adrian Panow and Fiona Clarke of Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (DSDBI)…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA, provides a summary on the Guarding Workshop. THE CMPA Guarding Workshop was held at William Adams on Thursday, 13 February, 2014. CMPA Secretariat reports on the successful Workshop recently held in Laverton for CMPA…
Site Visits – Northern Victoria ELIZABETH Gibson and Adrian Town (Development Manager) undertook site visits in a very hot Northern Victoria over 3 days in early February 2014. The site visits included voting members as well as potential voting and…
THE DONOHUE FAMILY, celebrated over 60 years in the industry in 2013. IN THE early 1950’s William [Bill] Donohue won a contract to supply beach sand to a company cleaning corroding cast iron water pipelines. This sand was sourced from…
Meeting with Chief of Staff Con Allimonos DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, reports on the meeting with the Chief of Staff, Con Allimonos. A MEETING in February was held in Melbourne with the Chief of Staff to the Minister for Energy and…
TEREW Washing Systems (TWS) officially launched the Aggresand modular aggregate and sand washing plant in September 2013. The modular wash plant brings together aggregate and sand washing on one modular chassis, producing three aggregates and two sands on one machine.…
Issue 73 of Sand and Stone provided an insightful article by John Pititto on Debtor Management. Australian Reliance as an Associate Member of the CMPA felt to complement the process of Debtor Management an overview of an insurance product which…
GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager CMPA provides a summary of upcoming changes to superannuation reporting. SUPERSTREAM forms part of the government’s Stronger Super reforms and aims to streamline the ‘back office’ administration of super. It includes proposals to: Improve data…
SEAN KINDER, Sales Engineer for Kinder & Co. reports on optimising productivity rather than fixing breakdowns. DISCUSSIONS of improvements to correct conveyor belt cleaning is becoming more of a necessity in the mining industry. Incorrect practice in material discharge and…