Impact of the pandemic on Associate Members. JASON RUDGE, Manager of Major Accounts Quarry and Aggregates for William Adams (founding Associate Member of the CMPA). This financial year has not been without its challenges. It has been encouraging to see that despite the obvious, the extractive industry has maintained reasonable demand which in turn has …
Founding CMPA members; E. B. Mawson & Sons Pty Ltd have switched 100 percent of their mains electricity supply over to renewables. Mawsons have made the switch to a combination of solar, wind and hydro power as part of their broader sustainability strategy. The strategy is designed to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the …
Membership Renewals All Members have received their renewals for 2020/21. We have had a fantastic response to date, for those who have not responded as, yet it would be greatly appreciated if the application form can be completed and sent back via email, fax, or post. We do require the form to be completed for …
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA comments on the VAGO report. Small to medium quarries distributed throughout Victoria provide for quality, choice and competitive pricing of construction materials for the Victorian consumer (including governments). The founding of the CMPA was in a large part driven by the previous Auditor General of Victoria, Report on …
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of CMPA discusses the Extractive Industry Priority List. The following information was taken from www.earthresources.vic.gov.au The initial Priority List (Hot List was published in the 2018 Joint Ministerial Statement – Extractive Resources. Being on the Priority List helps ensure a quarry expansion project is monitored and prioritised by the lead …
KATHY MAC INNES, Associate Director for Ricardo Energy, Environment and Planning provides an overview on the approvals process for quarries. The changes to requirements for compliance and approvals for quarries has accelerated in recent years such that it seems that the way a site is operated is now everybody’s business. Dealing with multiple regulators, a …
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA AGM. On 10th September 2020, the CMPA Annual General Meeting was held for the first time electronically on Microsoft Teams. The online event was hosted by Dr Elizabeth Gibson, General Manager of the CMPA and was attended by about 30 members and observers. …
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Garry Cranny Following is a summary of the Chairperson’s report by Garry Cranny prepared by Dr Elizabeth Gibson. The most important set of issues confronting the Extractive Industries sector remains those pertaining to the identification, security and certainty …
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager reports on the development of the latest CMPA publication – Slimes Management Guideline. In the 2020-21 financial year several CMPA Publications will be completed ready for Members to update their libraries. The first of these is Issue 1 – Slimes Management Guideline. A Slimes Management Workshop was held back …
With a fractured COVID-19 affected economy across our nation what is the current lending environment like and how do the weeks and months ahead look? Pre-COVID-19 the economy was moving along nicely and for many their businesses and outlook were about stability and growth, amazing how less than 6 months later we are where we …