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Quarry’s top stories of 2012

To finish a very busy year we?ve compiled the top 10 most popular stories of 2012, news items and products based on the number of times they were viewed and read online.
 
As we come to the end of another year, everyone at Quarry extends our thanks to IQA members, suppliers and other members of the broader quarrying industry for their support in 2012.
 
Please note that the Quarry editorial office will be closed for the Christmas and New Year break from Friday, 21 December to Monday 7, January, 2013.
 
The first Quarry newsletter in the new year will be emailed on Monday 14 January.
 
Best wishes for the season and we look forward to keeping you informed and entertained in 2013!
 

product focus

{{image2-a:l-w:100}} DUSTBOSS MASTERS DUST WITH INVISIBLE RING

A new dust suppression system has been unveiled by Dust Control Technologies that claims to create ?a virtual curtain? around material flows for effective particle containment.

{{image3-a:l-w:100}} IMPROVED OUTPUT, LOWER OPERATING COSTS FOR NEW WARRIOR

Powerscreen, a provider of mobile crushing and screening equipment, has launched its new Warrior 1400X screen.

{{image4-a:l-w:100}} PNEUMATIC TANKS FOR POWDERED GOODS

In-house engineers at Australia?s SCF Group have developed a next generation pneumatic tank to reduce long term maintenance costs and risks associated with powdered goods transportation.

News

{{image5-a:l-w:100}} JOB CUTS, PLANT CLOSURES AT HOLCIM

Although Holcim has announced plans to lay off 150 staff and mothball 30 facilities in Australia, it has growth plans for the Philippines and Indonesia.

{{image6-a:l-w:100}} TWO STRIKE POLICY PUTS PENRICE BOARD UP FOR GRABS

Penrice Soda Holdings has become the first company in Australia to fall under the ?two strikes? vote that effectively forces a spill of directors.

{{image7-a:l-w:100}} LAWFUL QUARRY CLOSES TO AVOID LEGAL ACTION

A Murwillumbah quarry in New South Wales has been closed by its owners after a dispute cost the business hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees.

feature stories

{{image8-a:l-w:100}} ALL THE RIVERS RUN

The last two years have been recognised as some of the worst on record for natural disasters across the globe, not least flooding in Australia. Jim Hankins looks at a regional sand producer that braved the impact of a flood disaster and rebounded back to business.

{{image9-a:l-w:100}} CONVERTING TO MODULAR SCREENS

Long used in mining, the case for poly and rubber modular screen media is gathering pace in quarries.

{{image10-a:l-w:100}} MARULAN QUARRY CONDUCTS TRIAL WITH MOBILE SCREEN

A triple-deck screening unit passes the grade with Boral quarry operation.

{{image11-a:l-w:100}} ARE OUR QUARRIES RUNNING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE?

As safety, environmental and sustainability pressures continue to be exerted on quarries, quarry optimisation is becoming an imperative, argues Michael van Koeverden.

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