Binduli North gold project in Kalgoorlie opens

Transport company leverages new Australian sanitisation solution to keep its business moving

Shane Tucker, SRC Manager Ron Finemore Transport

After nearly two and a half years of the pandemic, most people have an appreciation of the importance of maintaining supply chains across Australia.

Keeping goods flowing to those who need them and protecting the drivers and staff who facilitate the process is an essential link of the supply chain says Shane Tucker, Safety, Operational Risk and Compliance Manager at Ron Finemore Transport.

Ron Finemore Transport provides a range of transport and logistic solutions to help their customers meet their supply chain demands.

“With a fleet of 289 prime movers travelling over 1.3 million kilometres every week and 900+ staff, we take every opportunity to provide the safest possible work environment, and this includes the safety of our customers and the public,” says Tucker.

“We deliver essential food and fuel products to major retailers such as Ampol, Woolworths and Aldi, so any impact on our staff like COVID-19 or the flu creates a significant knock-on effect to our customers and can result in significant disruption to supply chains and availability of product.

“At the start of 2022, I discovered ViroCLEAR which was the perfect solution for rapidly cleaning the interiors of our trucks. Their fogger dispenses a fine mist of anti-microbial sanitiser that provides a quick and effective clean that saves us valuable time, money and manpower without any compromise to quality.”

The company now fits out all its trucks with ViroCLEAR products including sanitiser/protectant fogger, disinfectant and hand sanitiser.

Independent TGA testing

Tucker says the surface disinfectant in particular has helped them maintain a strong safety culture supported by industry best practice compliance accreditation.

“The ViroCLEAR surface disinfectant is listed with the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods so we know it has passed all the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) independent safety standards,” says Tucker. “It is laboratory proven to kill COVID-19, SARs (a contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness) and Rhinovirus (the main culprit behind the common cold) within 90 seconds. It also kills Candida albicans within 60 seconds which causes tinea, athlete’s foot and fungal infections, plus 99.99 per cent of germs and bacteria.”

As the surface disinfectant is noncorrosive, it can be safely used on all surfaces and metals (including your clothes), plus it is non-flammable and has a pleasant, refreshing smell.

A leader in best in class OH&S standards

Ron Finemore Transport is a leader in the transport industry when it comes to safety and it takes pride in ensuring a safe and healthy work environment by utilising the latest work processes and safety systems, training, fatigue management, accident prevention and effective communication.

“Early on in the pandemic we implemented an extensive COVID-19 response plan including onsite pathologists to conduct PCR tests with quick turnaround times, plus we established our own vaccination hub, undertook daily temperature checks and provided contactless delivery processes,” says Tucker.

“At the time, some people thought

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Binduli North gold project in Kalgoorlie officially opens

TThe WA State Government has congratulated Norton Gold Fields for officially opening its $278 million Binduli North heap leach project.

Located around 10 kilometres west of Kalgoorlie, the project created 300 jobs during construction and will employ 200 workers during production.

Binduli North will consist of four open pits, including the cut back of the existing Janet Ivy, Fort Scott and Fort William open pits and the commencement of the Karen Louise open pit.

With known Mineral Resources, Binduli North is expected to complete mining in 2029. However, Norton continues to successfully explore the project.

Historically, ore from the Janet Ivy mine pit and other pits south of Great Eastern Highway has been trucked to Norton’s