All posts by Gavin Moreira

  • VLPA Update (Issue 53)

    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...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • How to Communicate Workplace Safety Messages

    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...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • Water Tanker Rollover at Haul Road Intersection

    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...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • Elevating Work Platform Overturns

    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...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • CMPA’S NEW GENERAL MANAGER

    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...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • JOINT VENTURE PAVES SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

    A new Australian porphyry stone quarry is delivering more than royalties for traditional owners in far north Queensland. LOCATED near Dimbulah, one and half hours inland from Cairns, Featherstone Quarries development has come about as a result...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • VCEC –Enquiry into Victoria’s Regulatory Framework

    In October 2010 the CMPA made a submission to the VCEC on the need for major changes to Victoria’s regulatory framework. BRUCE MCCLURE, CMPA’s General Manager reports. IN July 2010 the Victorian Treasurer directed the Victorian and...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • E.B.MAWSON & SONS PTY LTD

    JOHN MAWSON, Managing Director of E.B.Mawson & Sons Pty Ltd reports on the history and growth of the business. E. B. (Barney) Mawson started contracting with a horse and dray in Northern Victoria in 1912. Barney was...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS

    Representatives of Engineers Without Borders visit CMPA offices, reports FRANK SANTORO of Orica Quarry Services Victoria. ON the 29th July 2010 three representatives of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), Phil Clark, Madeleine Jenkins and Kristen Wood visited the...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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  • The Effects of Accelerated Blast Timing on Primary Crusher Throughput

    Quarries worldwide have experienced benefits using electronic initiation systems with improved and novel initiation sequencing. Unitronic Electronic Detonator Trial at E.B.Mawson & Sons Pty Ltd – Lake Cooper, reported by FRANK SANTORO and REZA GHAEMI of Orica...

    • Posted October 25, 2010
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