BRENDAN GELLION, Belmont Diesel General Manager reports on maintenance required for mobile plant. Belmont Diesel commenced operations in 1992, and until recently operated from a small workshop facility in Belmont, Geelong. In May this year the business moved to a much larger, more modern premises in Nobility St, Moolap. Services include, in shop powertrain component …
It’s the most modern Midas touch story – turning solid rock into gold. Maranoa Regional Council is sitting on a reserve of basalt which will see the south west Queensland shire flourish, following a cutting-edge deal with the nation’s leading asphalt technology producer’s ASTEC Australia. IT’S a warm western Wednesday morning, and on the outside, …
All Directors and officers can be personally liable for claims made against them for any actual or alleged mismanagement of the company. This is the case whether the company is private or public. Reported by JIM MALADY of Australian Reliance Pty Ltd. IT is true that one of the most common sources of claims is …
JOHN MITAS, General Manager Minerals and Extractive Operations reports on the Temporary Loss of Native Vegetation ONE of the areas that causes most confusion in understanding Victoria’s Native Vegetation Management – A Framework for Action (NRE 2002) is what constitutes temporary loss in native vegetation? Put simply, if a landform is being reinstated back to …
Every year the Department of Primary Industries publishes an annual statistical review for the previous 12 months. Over the next few editions of the Sand & Stone the Secretariat will discuss some of the trends this information highlights. In this edition CMPA General Manager, BRUCE MCCLURE, comments on how unit rates across different rock types …
PETER MCCLUSKY provides an update on the Victorian Limestone Producers Association. THE MRSDA (Act for mines and quarries) is being revised along with regulations with a view to implementation in 2012; along with other kindred associations we are involved in the consultation phase. One potentially useful proposal is to introduce a Retention Licence (RL) whereby …
Getting safety training messages to stick can be tricky. Discover the key factors behind successful workplace safety communication and how to implement them. Reported by MARIE-CLAIRE ROSS. EFFECTIVE communication is vital to get staff and contractors aligned and working towards a positive safety culture. Yet, just providing training to work safely is not always enough. …
The Department of Primary Industry (NSW ) Mine Safety Operations Branch, Industry & Investment’s latest safety alert looks at safety on haul roads. INCIDENT A water tanker failed to negotiate a left hand turn at a 90 degree T-intersection of two haul roads and rolled over to its right through 270 degrees coming to rest …
Worksafe Victoria has put out an Alert that highlights the precautions that need to be taken when working with elevating work platforms on construction sites. BACKGROUND In a recent incident, a construction worker died when the boom type elevating work platform (EWP) he was working on rolled down an embankment as it was travelling around …
As announced in the last issue of Sand & Stone, the CMPA is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce McClure to the position of General Manager. MR McClure has significant career experience as a civil engineer both with VicRoads and also with the family company, Bendigo based earthmoving contractor, McClure Earthmoving. Much of his …