DAVID BURNS, Marketing Executive for Kinder & Co reports on the businesses latest environmental initiative. KINDER & Co, one of Australia’s leading suppliers to the mining and manufacturing industry, has again broken new ground in recycling – this time with the conversion of their customer’s used polymer conveyor rollers into shipping pallets. This cradle-to-cradle initiative …
CRAIG BATTEN, National Manager Mining Services at Vermeer reports on the excavation of the new Hunter Expressway. A Vermeer Terrain Leveler is assisting with rock excavation on the $1.7 billion Hunter Expressway project that will cut travel times between Newcastle and Branxton by half an hour, and relieve congestion by taking up to 30,000 vehicles …
LAWRIE HURLEY, State Manager for Roylances provides an insight into the family owned business. ROYLANCES is a family owned company based in Victoria and New South Wales, supplying automotive, industrial and wear parts to the mining, quarrying and construction industries. Roylance’s was founded in 1955 by Jim Roylance, and to this day remains a proud …
VECCI’s sustainability consultants are providing Carbon Tax Briefings across Victoria to inform about the risks & opportunities. WITH the Federal Government’s “Clean Energy Future” package coming into force on 1 July 2012, it’s crucial that employers are prepared for the impacts the new carbon tax legislation will have on their business operations. Small and medium-sized …
PETER MCCLUSKY provides an update on the Victorian Limestone Producers Association. ACID SOILS FIELD DAYS A further field day entitled, “Reducing soil acidification through lime and nutrient best practice” is to be held this time in Koroit on Tuesday 3rd April 2012. VLPA is once again working with the organizing body WestVic Dairy through Project …
COLIN THORNTON, Acting General Manager Minerals & Extractive Operations, reports on the DPI Targeted Audit Program & RRAM. AUDIT PROGRAM Invasive plants and pest animals are an ongoing problem throughout the Victorian Earth Resources Industry requiring impacted sites to commit resources each year in combating the problems created. In the second half of 2011 the …
The latest guidance note from Worksafe Victoria, provides advice on preventing falls from earthmoving equipment during on-site inspections, maintenance and repairs. BACKGROUND Falls from earthmoving equipment may result in death or serious injury such as fractures, spinal cord injuries, concussions and brain damage. Plant operators and service personnel may be at risk of falls from …
SEAN KINDER, Documentation Officer CMPA reports on his updating of the CMPA Reference Manuals and the future extractive industries support materials to be developed. IN the Oct/Nov 2011 issue of Sand & Stone I reported on the updated versions of the Work Safely and Cut, Weld and Bend reference manuals. More recently the CMPA has …
GAVIN MOREIRA , Administration Officer of the CMPA provides an overview of the recently developed blasting checklists. THE CMPA has recently developed two new blasting checklists – Shotfirer’s Book and Magazine Management Safety Checklist which are now available to purchase at a cost of $25 for Members and $45 for Non-members. The need for new …
For many quarries electricity is a major operating cost. Crushers, screeners and other plant and equipment consume significant amounts of electricity. Short of shutting down its operations, the quarry operator appears to have little control over the cost. Recently however several innovative quarries have taken advantage of a new way of purchasing electricity and reduced …