All posts by Gavin Moreira

  • WHAT IS GEOSEQUESTRATION?

    Summary by Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer Coal and other fossil fuels are the world’s major sources of energy and drive economic and social development. In Victoria, coal produces more than 85% of our electricity. However, fossil...

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • SUPPORTING OUR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

    Andrew Lambing, CMPA Associate Committee Chairperson Below is a full listing of the CMPA’s Associate Members sorted by industry groupings. Please support our Associates wherever possible, as without the support of the Associates the services of the...

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • ANGAHOOK-OTWAY INVESTIGATION

    Summary by Sarah Kerr, CMPA Project Manager The Otway Ranges National Park covers 102,470 ha, linking the existing Otway National Park, and Angahook-Lorne, Carlisle, and Melba Gully State Parks and many state forest areas and smaller reserves....

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • WORKING AT HEIGHTS

    John Mitas, Operations Manger, DPI Following is the transcript of the presentation on ‘Working at Heights,’ as delivered by John Mitas, Operations Manager DPI, at the 15th CMPA General Meeting, continued from Issue 19. …The idea is...

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • CRYSTALLINE SILICA

    Andrew Stewart, Kilpatrick & Associates WHAT IS CRYSTALLINE SILICA? Silica (silicon dioxide or SiO2) is one of the most common oxides in the earth’s crust and occurs in both crystalline and noncrystalline (amorphous) forms. Crystalline silica, also...

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • VITAL CMPA UPDATES (Issue 20)

    Donna Beaumont, CMPA Fixed Plant Hazard and Risk Identification Workshop The Fixed Plant Workshop, to be held on Wednesday May 25th in the Southern Melbourne Metropolitan area, will be run in the same format as the Drilling...

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • PRODUCT SUPPORT

    Tom McKenny, Roving Reporter The relationship between a quarry operator, or owner of capital, and that of suppliers in any industry has changed significantly in recent decades. Competition in particular has equated to greater customer service systems...

    • Posted March 8, 2005
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  • MOBILE PLANT WORKSHOP

    Donna Beaumont, CMPA The CMPA successfully ran its first ever Mobile Plant Hazard and Risk Identification Workshop in Bendigo on Wednesday 9th March. This was the second in a series of three Workshops, with the third Workshop,...

    • Posted March 7, 2005
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  • BAD VIBRATIONS

    Briony Rowley, CMPA Administration Officer Vibration refers to oscillatory motions of solid bodies. In this instance we are referring to whole-body (WBV) – where the vibration is transmitted to the body as a whole by its supporting...

    • Posted February 17, 2005
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  • SHEETING & UNSHEETING OF DUMP TRUCKS

    www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/information/sheeting.htm The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published on its website new information with regard to safe driving and the sheeting and unsheeting of dump trucks. According to the HSE, 44% of falls from dump...

    • Posted February 17, 2005
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