Category: News

Haul truck collides with grader on active dump – 13 April 2016 (Source: Government of WA – Dept of Mines and Petroleum Resources Safety) Click here for related link.

16.05.16       Associates Committee meeting, at Oli Vibrators, Bayswater 18.05.16       Management Committee meeting, Kilmore  

Several research projects have gotten underway recently which may have future implications for the quarry industry. A batter stability research project has been launched by the Victorian Minister for Energy … Continued

Amendments for multiple Standards within the AS 1141 series – Methods for sampling and testing aggregates have been released. (Source: SAI Global) Click here for link to Standards.

Worker seriously injured in fall from articulated dump truck. A plant operator was preparing to unload a Volvo A30 articulated dump truck that was transported to site on a low … Continued

19.04.16   Site visits with Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources – David Southwick, CMPA Chairperson – Garry Cranny (Dandy Premix) and General Manager CMPA – Dr Elizabeth Gibson. 20-22.04.16 … Continued

It’s just under 5 months until the 2016 Annual Dinner. We need confirmation of your sponsorship commitments ASAP. Key items still available include – 2 Platinum Sponsors ($2000), Name tags / lanyards … Continued

The Secretariat is currently undertaking a project involving photos and aerial videos of old quarry sites which have exhausted their materials and been completely rehabilitated into park lands, farming, housing….etc. We … Continued

A state quarry and mining regulator has broadened its advisory council as part of a raft of reforms aimed at improving industry and community confidence. (Source: Quarry Magazine) Click here … Continued

The report into options for rehabilitating Latrobe Valley coal mines and the rehabilitation bond system was today tabled in Parliament. It is the final of four reports of the Hazelwood … Continued