All posts by Gavin Moreira

  • VLPA Update (Issue 52)

    PETER MCCLUSKEY from the Victoria Limestone Producers Association reports on the impacts of the RSPT. THE Resources Super Profit Tax has been defeated as far as our industry is concerned but we must remain vigilant with the...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • DPI Update (Issue 52)

    JOHN MITAS, General Manager Minerals and Extractive Operations reports on changes to regulations for Victoria’s mining industry. THE “Code of Practice for Small Quarries” (the Code) has been made The Mineral Resources Development (Mining) Amendment Regulations 2002...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • Importance of Staff Education

    WAYNE DOUGLAS of E.B.Mawsons & Sons Pty Ltd reports on the importance of keeping your staff educated. CONDUCT CRUSHING AND SCREENING Back in May a Conduct Crushing and Screening Course was held in Bendigo. We felt privileged...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • LOCAL MIX QUARRIES

    STEVEN RICHARDSON, Quarry Manager of Local Mix Quarries reports on the diversity of the business. Local Mix is a family owned business established in 1971 by Trevor Richardson and other partners. In 2006 Trevor became the sole...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • Quarry Firm Fined

    A quarry firm in Taranaki, New Zealand has been fined $30,000 after a worker was hit on the head by a rock the size of a cricket ball. Reported by KELLY LONEY, Taranaki Daily News. AT the...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • Trucks Tipping Over the Edge

    The Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation’s (QLD) latest safety alert looks at the hazards of trucks tipping over the edge. INCIDENT There have been a large number of serious incidents lately involving haul trucks passing...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • CMPA 2010 AGM & DINNER

    Saturday 21st August at RACV Club in Melbourne The CMPA Annual General Meeting and Dinner came to Melbourne, where guests networked with industry peers and were entertained musically and comically. GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer reviews a...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • MARCELLO BARRO

    The industry has lost the last of the old guard with Marc Barro passing on the 16th August 2010. All associated with the CMPA pass on their condolences to the Barro family. MARC was an approachable, interested...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • Safely Lifting Jaw Liners

    Safely Lifting Jaw Liners Two quarries recently trialed alternative lifting methods for jaw faces without welding. Following are reports from, BRIAN CALOVIC from Conundrum Holdings, LEW DILKES from Crushing Equipment, ROSS OUTEN and ANDREW BROCKMAN of Boral....

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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  • NATIONAL HARMONISATIONOF OHS LAWS

    TOM KERR of Conundrum Holding reports on a presentation by BARRY SHERRIFF of Norton Rose Australia during the Safety in Action trade show, 20-22 April 2010 A commitment by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to the...

    • Posted August 24, 2010
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