CRAIG BATTEN, National Manager Mining Services at Vermeer reports on the excavation of the new Hunter Expressway. A Vermeer Terrain Leveler is assisting with rock excavation on the $1.7 billion Hunter Expressway project that will cut travel times between Newcastle…
LAWRIE HURLEY, State Manager for Roylances provides an insight into the family owned business. ROYLANCES is a family owned company based in Victoria and New South Wales, supplying automotive, industrial and wear parts to the mining, quarrying and construction industries.…
VECCI’s sustainability consultants are providing Carbon Tax Briefings across Victoria to inform about the risks & opportunities. WITH the Federal Government’s “Clean Energy Future” package coming into force on 1 July 2012, it’s crucial that employers are prepared for the…
PETER MCCLUSKY provides an update on the Victorian Limestone Producers Association. ACID SOILS FIELD DAYS A further field day entitled, “Reducing soil acidification through lime and nutrient best practice” is to be held this time in Koroit on Tuesday 3rd…
COLIN THORNTON, Acting General Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations, reports on the DPI Targeted Audit Program & RRAM. AUDIT PROGRAM Invasive plants and pest animals are an ongoing problem throughout the Victorian Earth Resources Industry requiring impacted sites to commit…
The latest guidance note from Worksafe Victoria, provides advice on preventing falls from earthmoving equipment during on-site inspections, maintenance and repairs. BACKGROUND Falls from earthmoving equipment may result in death or serious injury such as fractures, spinal cord injuries, concussions…
SEAN KINDER, Documentation Officer CMPA reports on his updating of the CMPA Reference Manuals and the future extractive industries support materials to be developed. IN the Oct/Nov 2011 issue of Sand & Stone I reported on the updated versions of…
GAVIN MOREIRA , Administration Officer of the CMPA provides an overview of the recently developed blasting checklists. THE CMPA has recently developed two new blasting checklists – Shotfirer’s Book and Magazine Management Safety Checklist which are now available to purchase…
For many quarries electricity is a major operating cost. Crushers, screeners and other plant and equipment consume significant amounts of electricity. Short of shutting down its operations, the quarry operator appears to have little control over the cost. Recently however…
PAUL TIMONEY, Sales & Marketing Manager for Indeco Australia Pty Ltd reports on the benefits of its Secondary Breaking Boom Systems THE J H Cuthbertson quarry at Jindivick has grown from humble beginnings a quarter of a century ago to…