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The old Pioneer Hillview Quarry at Arthurs Seat is the only site on Melbourne’s eastern side that meets stringent EPA guidelines for landfill.

Plans submitted for Peninsula landfill

Peninsula Waste Management is submitting plans to transform the former Pioneer Quarries site at Arthurs Seat into a landfill site.
The fibrous seed husks from sunflowers may provide an environmental friendly filler for concrete.

A flowery outlook for concrete

Turkey's sunflower industry, the ninth largest producer in the world of sunflowers per tonne per annum, is exploring how to use its leftovers in concrete.

According to this report, radiation levels in samples taken from NSW quarries may be higher than coal or metal mines.

Radiation results higher for quarries

A recent study into Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) has shown results from quarry product samples were higher than those from metal or coal mines.
Rubislaw Quarry: From water-filled void to office redevelopment?

Office space of over 10,000 square metres

Rubislaw Quarry now has a third vision for its rebirth with the Aberdeen City Council in Scotland recommending a major office development.
Barro Group has been granted permission to convert the Sunshine Kealba Quarry into landfill.

Barro gets okay to landfill Kealba quarry

The Barro Group has been given the go ahead to turn the former Sunshine Kealba quarry, in Victoria’s western suburbs, into landfill. 
Mackay Regional Councillor Laurence Bonaventura favours buffering zones at Boral’s Cedar Creek quarry that are eight metres high.

Cedar Creek quarry requirements under notice

Boral’s Cedar Creek Quarry expansion is before the Mackay Regional Council again, with councillors failing to agree on a buffering zone.

A new study shows that koalas do not necessarily reintegrate into restored floral areas after mining.

Animals “bear” the scars of disturbed landscapes

Restoring a disturbed landscape after mining is not a guarantee that the animals that once lived there will return, according to a new Australian study.

The old Pioneer Hillview Quarry at Arthurs Seat is being proposed as a future landfill site.

Hillview landfill for Peninsula

A Victorian waste management company is proposing to use an old granite quarry site at Arthurs Seat as a landfill and could have it operating within two years.
Melbourne’s Leo Vamvalis was the winner of the 2013 Australian Sand Sculpting Championship on the Gold Coast.

Sand storm for Queensland sculptors

Queensland’s wild weather created a different type of sand storm in February for a number of talented artists on the Gold Coast.
According to an AiG survey, construction companies have estimated that their energy expenditure has risen 14.8 per cent since the introduction of the carbon tax.

Carbon costs measured by Ai Group

The results of a series of surveys by the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) have found manufacturers are reporting a jump in energy costs.
Orica is proposing to build an ammonium nitrate emulsion storage facility in central Queensland.

Explosives supplier wants second Queensland plant

Explosives giant Orica is proposing to build a new plant in central Queensland that will store, distribute and blend ammonium nitrate emulsion and store and distribute ammonium nitrate.

Aaron Stewart collects insects and mound material samples for analysis from an ant mound north of Kalgoorlie, WA. Photo by Nathan Reid.

Ants carry the load on exploration

Australia’s most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold deposits are – and they’re not of the regular two-legged variety, according to the CSIRO.

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