Summary by Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer Coal and other fossil fuels are the world’s major sources of energy and drive economic and social development. In Victoria, coal produces more than 85% of our electricity. However, fossil fuels are also the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and in Victoria coal contributes around half of …
Andrew Lambing, CMPA Associate Committee Chairperson Below is a full listing of the CMPA’s Associate Members sorted by industry groupings. Please support our Associates wherever possible, as without the support of the Associates the services of the CMPA would not be possible. It is disappointing when feedback reaches the CMPA that our Associates are being …
Summary by Sarah Kerr, CMPA Project Manager The Otway Ranges National Park covers 102,470 ha, linking the existing Otway National Park, and Angahook-Lorne, Carlisle, and Melba Gully State Parks and many state forest areas and smaller reserves. The recommended national park will provide for biodiversity conservation and a range of exciting opportunities for visitors to …
John Mitas, Operations Manger, DPI Following is the transcript of the presentation on ‘Working at Heights,’ as delivered by John Mitas, Operations Manager DPI, at the 15th CMPA General Meeting, continued from Issue 19. …The idea is to stop the incident happening. Stop the rollovers, that’s the priority. However, you need to have controls in …
Andrew Stewart, Kilpatrick & Associates WHAT IS CRYSTALLINE SILICA? Silica (silicon dioxide or SiO2) is one of the most common oxides in the earth’s crust and occurs in both crystalline and noncrystalline (amorphous) forms. Crystalline silica, also known as free silica, is a component of most soil and rock types. Quartz is the most common …
Donna Beaumont, CMPA Fixed Plant Hazard and Risk Identification Workshop The Fixed Plant Workshop, to be held on Wednesday May 25th in the Southern Melbourne Metropolitan area, will be run in the same format as the Drilling and Blasting and Mobile Plant Workshops as previously conducted by the CMPA. Discussions are presently underway with Unimin …
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter The relationship between a quarry operator, or owner of capital, and that of suppliers in any industry has changed significantly in recent decades. Competition in particular has equated to greater customer service systems being implemented by many suppliers in order to maintain business and build reputation. In many respects the ‘modern’ …
Donna Beaumont, CMPA The CMPA successfully ran its first ever Mobile Plant Hazard and Risk Identification Workshop in Bendigo on Wednesday 9th March. This was the second in a series of three Workshops, with the third Workshop, Fixed Plant Hazard and Risk Identification, to be held late in May in Southern Metro Melbourne. The Mobile …