A concrete cleaning product was amongst the winners of the 8th annual Safe Work Australia Awards in Canberra at the end of April.

The last five years has seen the development across the quarrying and mining industries of safe lifting tools for crusher liners. Lew Dilkes explains why these lifting tools are becoming an integral part of the safety regime and reducing previously dangerous practices with liner fittings.

Boral Ltd has found that having a dedicated field serviceman, familiar with site conditions and equipment, satisfies the need for maximum machine uptime.

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has introduced its full line of new generation lubricants in Australia, providing customers with engine, transmission, hydraulic and axle oils perfectly tailored to their needs.

There is no one lining material that is suitable for each and every wear application. Most wear liners that perform well in heavy impact applications will generally perform poorly in an abrasive environment.

Robert Caprile outlines how ALCAMiE, a customised set of asset management systems and processes, can transform the way quarrying and mining companies manage the whole life cycle of their assets.

Consideration of the “total systems efficiency” of a drive solution allows quarry operators and OEMs to save energy and maintenance costs while improving site safety.

ThyssenKrupp is deploying Bonfiglioli alignment-free drives engineered for optimum reliability and cost-efficiency at a major gold mine expanding production in Papua New Guinea.

Rockwell Automation has introduced its compact Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 525 AC drive to help machine builders and end users simplify equipment design and operation, and speed installation and configuration.

Equipment operators working within a one metre line-of-sight of a hydraulic system know the potential for personal injury, fluid burns, injection, fires, explosions, electrical shock and mechanical failure.

A huge boulder measuring 20 feet in diameter has crashed into illegally built houses after rock blasting at Hap Seng Building Materials’ Kukusan Quarry, in Sabah province in Malaysia.

Quarry workers recently took to the limelight when shooting started for a video to raise awareness of safe work, good posture and ergonomics.