BRUCE MCCLURE, General Manager CMPA comments on the recent visit by Chris Brooks from DPI to members sites. ON Friday 19th April 2013 Chris Brooks Executive Director of the Earth Resources Development Branch Department of Primary Industries (DPI) visited two…
ADRIAN MASON, Director of eiengineering Pty Ltd reports on the benefits of well designed attachments. YOU decide to purchase a new excavator and look at all the various makes and models and select one due to a certain set of…
MARK WAGNER, Commercial Manager for Conundrum Holdings Pty Ltd and CRAIG JAMES, General Manager – Technical Concrete and Quarries for E B Mawson & Sons Pty Ltd provide and update on Stacksite and Supply Issues. EARLY this year the CMPA…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager for CMPA reports on the meeting held with the Red Tape Commissioner. A meeting was held with the Red Tape Commissioner at Kilmore with CMPA’s Ron Kerr and Dr Elizabeth Gibson in attendance. THE FOLLOWING…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA comments on the development of a Work Plan Template. CMPA arranged a meeting on 7 August 2013 at Northern Quarries (Conundrum Holdings) with John Mitas General Manager Minerals and Extractive Operations, Department State Development…
BRUCE McCLURE General Manager CMPA comments on recently released draft guidelines for recommended separation distances for industrial residual emissions. IN October 2012 the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA), released a draft guide to separation distances intended to provide protection from…
BRUCE McCLURE General Manager CMPA comments on a recent address by the Hon Kim Wells MP Treasurer of Victoria on the financial state of Victoria. A T the recent Civil Construction Alliance meeting held late in November 2012 the Hon…
BRUCE McCLURE, General Manager CMPA comments on the Department of Sustainability and Environment and the Department of Primary Industries proposal to investigate a Water Accounting system applicable to the extractive industries and mining in Victoria. INDUSTRY stakeholders including the CMPA…
JOHN ROBERTS, Business Development Manager of Leadership Management Australasia looks at the development of our emerging business leaders. LEADERSHIP Management Australia has long held the view that many organisations set-up their emerging first time leaders for failure. It is the…
The CMPA wishes to acknowledge the passing of an icon in the quarry industry. Written by Max’s son DON RIGBY in conjuction with the Rigby family. Maxwell John Rigby ( Jumbo)Born 10th January 1935Passed away 1st November 2012 MAX spent…