ADRIAN TOWN, CMPA’s Development Manager reports on the Secretariat’s site visit to Gippsland and the Members Day in Traralgon. ON 23 March 2011 Bruce McClure, CMPA’s General Manager and Adrian Town Development Manager visited several existing and potential CMPA members in Gippsland. The first member visited was Cuthbertson Quarries at Drouin. Bruce and Adrian met …
WAYNE HANSON, Marketing Manager for WAM Australia reports on the companies’ new service arm to complement their state of the art range of equipment. WAM Australia has long been known for its market oriented range of equipment for handling powders and granular materials in the Quarrying and Cement and Concrete industries. To complement our state …
TOM BRUCE, Managing Director, Crushing Equipment reports on their new Mangasafe jaw liner lifting tool. AN innovative new jaw and cone crusher liner lifting tool, Mangasafe, promises to revolutionise the quarrying and mining industry as it quickly and safely lift s manganese liners saving valuable crane time and removing the need to weld lugs. The …
As the nation moves to adopt the Work Health and Safety Act, commencing 1 January 2012, senior management and directors should start to look closely at their responsibilities for all occupational health and safety issues. By JOHN SMITH of VECCI and SEAN MILLARD of CCI Lawyers. THE new legislation will broaden the primary duty of …
PETER MCCLUSKY provides an update on the Victoria Limestone Producers Association. A successful Terang Field Day – Reducing Soil Acidity via Liming. The Commonwealth’s Caring for Our Country program is continuing to provide funding for soil health extension programs involving use of lime to combat acidic soils. VLPA has been involved with several Catchment Management …
IAN MCLEOD, Acting General Manager, Minerals and Extractive Operations, discusses proposed changes to work plan requirements. THERE are significant changes that are currently being developed to the legislation that is used to regulate mines and quarries in Victoria. Both industries are now regulated under the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990. Industry specific requirements are …
BRUCE MCCLURE, reports on the proposed changes to Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2011. WORKING in the hard rock, gravel, sand, masonry, clay, lime, soil, gypsum or recycling; a considerable number of our Members use explosives as part of their method of extracting material from their Work Authorities and/or to fracture the material down to a …
This latest safety alert from the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland looks at incidents involving traffic controllers. THE purpose of this alert is to highlight the hazards and risks to workers performing traffic management and road construction work on roadways, following two recent fatalities. The information provided is designed to …
STEPHEN RICHARDS, owner/manager of Richards Quarries & Concrete from the Victorian High Country, recently visited the West Coast of the USA. Here he reports on his visit to a quarry operation at Corona, 75km east of Los Angeles, California. STEPHEN had arranged to visit several quarries in the area with Tim O’Brien a geologist with …
NATA accreditation in Construction Materials Testing (CMT) is currently undergoing change with the new system being implemented over three years. The new system is outlined in NATA Policy Circular 26. At the time of writing, the policy is currently under review and will shortly be reissued as Annex 3.5 of the ISO/IEC 17025 Field Application …