Debbie MacDonald is the National Business Development Manager of Polo Citrus. She outlines how the company has worked closely with quarries to improve their dust emissions and water management.
Reducing emissions, improving quarry sustainability
Sustainability improvement is no longer an option for any aggregates company – it is more a case of when, not if, these initiatives are wholeheartedly embraced by the industry. Steve Franklin, principal of Cement & Aggregate Consulting, explains.
Maintenance, manufacturing expertise vital to driving industry forward
John Flynn is the Australian and New Zealand business manager for Terex Jaques, the local arm of Terex MPS. He talks about the importance of plant and equipment maintenance skills and expertise as the industry navigates its way through the post-COVID-19 era.
Charting the data points to transform the quarrying sector
Dan Barry is the General Manager of SmartTech Australia, the largest Trimble LOADRITE distributor for
on-board weighing technology globally. SmartTech offers software, wireless and hardware solutions for a range of applications in the extractive industries. Dan discusses the value added solutions Trimble and SmartTech are developing – and how it can benefit quarries.
Uluru just the tip of the iceberg
Researchers from Monash University have explored the 550-million-year formation of an Indigenous sacred site – Uluru – in the Northern Territory. Their findings uncovered a history of mountain ranges, tectonic movement, an inland ocean and a supercontinent.
The quarrying history beneath Victorian icons
The Victorian Government has produced The New Lives of Old Quarries to recognise the quarrying history behind some of the state’s best-known public spaces.
Proactive approach, communication key to post-pandemic recovery
Jimmy Murphy is the Sandvik Product Specialist for national construction and hire company Porter Group. He summarises how Sandvik mobile products fared in 2021 and advises that forward planning will be critical to the industry’s post-pandemic recovery.
National sales and hire business partners with local software automation experts
John Andersen is the co-owner of Crusher Screens Sales & Hire, based in Yatala, Queensland, but whose service is nationwide. He discusses the products and services unique to his business, including Australian designed and manufactured software and automation systems for local conditions.
The mission is ensuring the customer’s success
Greg Mumford is the Sales, Service and Marketing Manager for the ANZP division of Caterpillar Global Construction and Infrastructure. He briefs Quarry on how Caterpillar has fared over the course of the global pandemic, and how the company is promoting new technologies to reduce carbon emissions, further customers’ success, and overcome the industry’s impending challenges.
Using machine safety solutions to keep workers safe
Safety is a massive priority in the quarrying sector, and justifiably so. Ensuring that all on-site workers get home at the end of the day is critical, and there are a variety of safety systems and methods used by sites throughout Australia. Many of the options still rely on person-to-person communication or expensive, complex hardware setups, which can be subject to human error or blow the budget for many quarry businesses.