PETER HEYWOOD provides an overview of the family business that has been supplying sand to the Latrobe Valley region for over 50 years. Maryvale Sand started operation in 1957 as a partnership between Bruce Heywood and Albert Bicknell. In 1958…
The CMPA published the An Unsustainable Future: The prohibitive costs of securing access to construction material resources in Victoria report in late 2009. The summary of this report was published in Sand & Stone Edition 47. This is an important…
Factoring Interruption into Your Budget Honorary CEO, RON KERR, reflects on the impact to budgets that the breaking of the drought and financial stability brings. HAVING an affinity with both quarrying and farming, one can presently reflect that 2010 is…
A new entrant in a well established and extremely competitive market, Astec Australia, reports CRAIG BATTEN. ALLSTONE Quarries recently installed a Johnson Crushers International (“JCI”) Kodiak K400+ cone crusher at its Newbridge quarry site in central Victoria, replacing a smaller…
Management of lockout tags and associated systems can be frustrating for employers and staff, reports PAUL TAYLOR of Super Signs. LOCKOUT procedures provide workers in potentially hazardous environments with protection from accidents caused by inadvertent or unauthorized operation of machinery…
A broad cross section of industry participants recently came together to discuss the key issues around dust control at quarry operations. CMPA Executive Director ROGER BUCKLEY reports on the outcomes of the workshop. OVER 20 people from CMPA Member and…
The CMPA and Box Hill TAFE conducted two training and assessment days in November last year, see below for comments from ADAM GORDON one of the trainers. I think a major advantage of anyone attending a CMPA refresher course is…
JOHN MITAS, Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations reports on the new regulatory framework for Victoria’s extractive industries. ON 1 January 2010, the Extractive Industries Development Act 1995 (EIDA) will be repealed and the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (MRSDA)…
PETER MCCLUSKEY from the Victorian Lime Producers Association reports on the latest happenings of the VLPA. THE VLPA held its AGM and annual conference at the Warrnambool Bowls Club in late November with an associated fi eld trip to inspect…
There are two burning issues which if not clearly understood can seriously affect any business. It is imperative that OAMPS, as insurance and risk advisers, do not turn a blind eye to potential exposures simply because an underwriter’s costing at…