Peter was born in 1946 in Kew, Melbourne, not long after his father returned home from war service. His first memory of a family
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Premier industry conference comes full circle
Melbourne hosted the first of the joint CCAA/IQA conferences back in October 2006. The biennial conference has provided an important platform for policy debate
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Why properties can be less taxing for quarry owners
At the end of each financial year, quarry owners/operators can unlock their cash flow potential through depreciation. This often results in thousands of additional
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Are we on an uphill road to approvals in the 21st century?
For proponents, obtaining extractive industry approvals in the past 10 years has become a game of cat and mouse around the interpretation of the
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Sustaining environmental management through training
The role of the modern quarry manager has grown in the past decade. Gone are the days where only the plant and equipment demand
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Demystifying sustainability for business improvement
“Sustainability? is a word that has been used within Australian government and business circles for over 20 years. However, many organisations find its business
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Tanker pump offers dust solution for haul roads
As a reaction to increasingly tough environmental controls in mine, quarry and construction sites, a major Australian pump builder has developed a new range
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Dust is busted at West Burleigh Quarry
Although best known for supplying dust solutions to some of the world?s biggest mining houses, Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) also busts dust on a
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Alternative to mobile plant
For many years US-based Astec Industries has offered its customers the facility to completely customise their modular aggregate plants.
Now with its feet firmly
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Distributor enjoys first six months of success
The partnership that saw Tutt Bryant Equipment (TBE) become the exclusive national distributor for Metso Lokotrack products in April has proven to be a
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