More than 20 years ago Luck Stone Corporation, one of the largest family-owned and operated aggregates companies in the USA and one of the
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Manufacturing sand for a low carbon era
The Welsh Assembly government has identified a need for an effective method of dealing with the growing stockpiles of waste crusher dust in local
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Rethinking our approach to risk management
In this, my last editorial for 2012, I have decided to revisit a topic that generated a lot of feedback and discussion when I
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Pike River a timely lesson for Xmas
As we head into Christmas (wow, what happened to 2012!?!), everyone focuses on the festive times ahead. Of course, in the quarrying industry, looking
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Volvo slowdown won?t affect Aussie customers
Pressure on third quarter sales and earnings at Volvo Construction Equipment has led to the company slowing the rate of production in its factories
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Community focus is quarry?s answer
It?s a ?win-win-win? as people living near Burton upon Trent, in Staffordshire, will benefit from a community fund if planning permission is given for
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Skills initiative to assist pipeline employers
AMMA has partnered with the Australian Government, other industry bodies and organisations to facilitate AMMA Skills Connect ? an initiative to deliver specialised training
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Young South Australians at the quarry face
In South Australia, this was recently done through the IQA South Australian Young Members Network (SA YMN) together with a number of willing companies
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Two strike policy puts Penrice board up for grabs
At the Penrice annual general meeting (AGM) held on 30 October, shareholders unhappy with the lack of perceived performance of the battling company forced
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Revenge of the Gravel Monkeys
Bill Langer explains why he would like to take The Big Bang Theory’s main character, Sheldon Cooper, by the scruff of his neck out into the desert to teach him a thing or two about the importance of geology.
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