Two years after a New South Wales operator applied to increase production by an additional 167 per cent, a court-sanctioned conciliation has granted consent to the operation.
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High tech investment boosts plant safety, efficiency
Located in the Adelaide suburb of Seacliff Park, Boral’s Linwood Quarry is within one of South Australia’s most important sources of hard rock. Quarrying
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Passion for continuous improvement: The Mount Bundey crushing project
The Metso Excellence in Crushing and Screening Award was offered in 2016 to IQA members for the implementation of a process change to a
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Tourist garden with clout endangers quarry expansion
A NSW operator has been left waiting ‘indefinitely’ for an outcome to its development application (DA), despite local council and government agency indications that
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Iconic sandstone quarries on the market
One of the quarries is based in a renowned sandstone extraction region at the foothills of Queensland’s Great Dividing Range and close to Toowoomba.
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Construction industry ‘on road to recovery’
The latest Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) outlook report, released in conjunction with the Australian Constructors Association (ACA), showed that after three years of
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Excavator makes big screen appearance
Earthmoving supplier Caterpillar has continued its trend of featuring its heavy equipment on the big screen, with ‘attentive’ audiences able to spot a Caterpillar
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Aggregate and the environment
Breakfast table talk with my wife Pam recently included a discussion of topics for future Quarry articles.
Pam had just finished reading an article about
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The risks hidden in plain sight
Everyone in the quarrying industry knows it’s a risky business. Quarry insurance is one of those expenses that we accept as part of our
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Assessing the ?value at risk? of a quarry operation
In some cases, a quarry operation can be the highest and best use of a real property. In the valuation of a quarry, the
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