Category: News

A man has died at Papua New Guinea’s Ok Tedi mine, forcing operations to be suspended less than two weeks after they were restarted. (Source: ABC News Australia) Click here … Continued

Seminar with The Hon Jacinta Allan, Minister for Transport and the Victorian Civil Construction Industry Alliance, Melbourne, Elizabeth Gibson in attendance.

Site visits to were conducted to Voting Members in the Geelong area by Elizabeth Gibson and Gavin Moreira.

Members Day / Dust Management workshop in Corio including a site visit to Local Mix Quarries in Anakie.

A quarry worker was standing in an elevated pugmill (see photos below) preparing to clean the additive spray bar nozzles at the head of the pugmill. A co-worker on the … Continued

An electrician was performing a low voltage (415 V AC) switching operation on a switchboard. There were problems isolating an individual switch (rated for 4,000 A). The worker attempted to … Continued

A haul truck operator was hauling raw material from the extraction area downhill towards the primary plant, on a 5 percent grade haul road. The truck operator did not maintain … Continued

Draft Stakeholder Engagement Strategy 2016–2018 open for public comment. This is your chance to help shape a strategy that balances the stakeholder engagement needs and expectations of all stakeholders. Submissions … Continued

Women in Energy and Resources – International Women’s Day Breakfast Event with Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, Melbourne, Attended by Dr Elizabeth Gibson.

A new resource has been released to help employers in male-dominated resource industries such as quarrying increase gender diversity within their workforces. The Australian Women in Resources Alliance (AWRA) launched … Continued