Owned by Lehigh Southwest Cement, the Permanente Quarry is a limestone and aggregate mining operation and cement plant in the foothills above Cupertino. It Read more
Nucrush quarry opens gates to public
On 29 October, from 1pm to 4pm, locals will get the chance to peek behind the scenes at the company?s hard rock quarry and Read more
Deister heavy-duty horizontal screen
Billed as ?highly portable?, the Deister portable heavy-duty horizontal screening plant with feed conveyor comes in 6? x 20? and 8? x 20? models.
Using Read more
Locals protest beach sand delivery
The Department was forced to suspend work on the project, already in full swing, ordering an investigation into the public?s concerns.
As part of an Read more
LA artist moves largest stone since ancient times
Once completed, the artwork, entitled Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer, will see visitors walk through a declining trench, passing below the boulder, making it Read more
Australia, Chile make pledge on mine safety
Martin Ferguson AM MP, the Federal Minister for Resources and Energy, and His Excellency Hern?n de Solminihac, the Chilean Minister of Mining, signed the Read more
Major project announced by Sandvik, Boral
The value of the contract is close to $70 million and the project is expected to start during the third quarter of 2012 and Read more
O is for Obsidian
Nana Langer (my father’s stepmother and one of my favorite relatives) gave me an obsidian arrowhead when I was a boy. It was my Read more
Quarrying and CSR: The South East Asian experience
Established in 1965, Kukusan Quarry occupies 65ha of forestry land in Tawau, Sabah, East Malaysia and produces around 100,000 tonnes per month of high Read more
Company records of carbon inventories inefficient
Australian third party certification body NCS International (NCSI) has concluded that companies are struggling with efficient levels of disclosure of their carbon footprints after Read more