The theme of the conference was "The infrastructure boom: Our industry building communities". The conference was held in the newly completed, state of the
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No bootstraps: getting your equipment finance right
Many business owners are blissfully unaware that financing equipment through their current bank usually sees that equipment debt “bootstrapped” to any other
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Countering the pressure in equipment maintenance
Equipment maintenance, or lack of, is a massive cost driver. Maintenance is expensive but failure to follow service programs can result in extraordinarily high
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Heavy-duty pumps provide relief for gravel quarry
As mentioned in another article, Whorouly Quarry’s geology is unusual for a quarry. It is positioned on a parcel of flat agricultural
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Land of Golden Opportunity
Readers of Stone have been told of the wondrous natural resources of mineral wealth which only await development all over Vermont, and … the
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Young member network international study tour to South Africa
The tour was split into two locations with the first leg being held in South Africa’s largest city Johannesburg, and the final leg in
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Crushing stone with stone: Bryan Bartley, Jim Macdonald and the Barmac crusher
{{image2-a:r-w:300}}The Barmac rock crusher has, over the course of nearly 50 years, proved revolutionary. Originally called the Macdonald Impactor, it uses two basic concepts:
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Surveying techniques on show at Gippsland quarries
{{image2-a:r-w:300}}In February, Holcim approached land, engineering and aerial surveying consultancy Landair Surveys to determine volumes at its Tyers quarry and the neighbouring Latrobe Valley
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Quarry offers water security to local community
An opening ceremony was held on 24 September at the New South Wales-based Glen Innes Aggregates Quarry to celebrate the completion of the local
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Quarry to expand, operate for longer
The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment recently approved Oberon Quarries’ application to continue operating its Langley Heights site until the end
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