Associate Committee Meeting Briony Rowley, CMPA Associate Committee Secretary On Thursday 28th April the CMPA Associate Committee gathered for their first official meeting of 2005. Thanks must go to David Batson for allowing us to use the William Adams facilities at Laverton for the meeting. Following is a summary of the minutes taken at the …
Mary Thompson, CMPA Treasurer, Tylden Quarries On April 14th, Fran Bailey, MP Federal Member for McEwen and Minister for Small Business & Tourism attended a site visit to Tylden Quarries based out of Tylden, near Kyneton. Fran Bailey attended the site visit following a personal invitation by Ms Mary Thompson, Director of Tylden Quarries, to …
Mary Thompson, CMPA Treasurer, Tylden Quarries On 28th April, Mary Thompson was invited to be part of a Customer and Business Partner Panel at Esanda’s national conference held at Southbank. The conference was attended by the Esanda Managing Director, Elizabeth Proust, Senior Esanda Management, and 150 managers from Esanda around the country. Other panel members …
Barry Taylor, ILM Services Lubrication and its importance to production and maintenance levels is often ignored, and in some cases even discarded. As simple as lubrication may seem, it is actually one of the most important issues to be addressed when considering plant performance or production rates. Its effects on maintenance levels are so dramatic …
Andrew Lumb, Nevett Ford Silica has been a topical subject of late. The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission has from 1st January 2005 amended the National Exposure Standards for crystalline silica, and for quartz the standard has been changed from 0.2mg per m3 to 0.1mg per m3, to be measured in accordance with the …
Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer THANKS TO D. BEAUMONT The CMPA would like to express its sincere appreciation towards Donna Beaumont who filled the position of Project Manager whilst Sarah was away. WELCOME BACK SARAH The CMPA would like to welcome back Sarah Andrew, formally Sarah Kerr, from her honeymoon in March/April. We wish Sarah …
Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter The sharp escalation of a Crown Land licence fee has pressured a central Victorian dimensional stone quarry to the brink of closure. Mr Oliver contacted the CMPA both dismayed and at a loss of how to address this issue. Mt Granite quarries, operating on just 1 1/2 hectares of Crown Land …
Wednesday 1st June The CMPA Fixed Plant Hazard and Risk Identification Workshop is fast approaching. To be held in Lilydale on Wednesday 1st June, this Workshop will be in similar style to the very successful Drilling Workshop held in 2004, and the recent Mobile Plant Workshop in March 2005. The Fixed Plant Workshop will focus …