HeidelbergCement has launched the fifth edition of its Quarry Life Award which aims to promote sustainable quarry management through a global competition with prizes up to €30,000 ($AUD47,160).
Rare opportunity to acquire a Mudgee-based Dolomite and Limestone quarry
Well known to the quarrying industry, the highly regarded Mudgee-based Mudgee Dolomite & Lime (MDL) is up for sale for the first time in 26 years. Read more
Belgian monks protect beer from quarry expansion
A Belgian chalk quarry has been denied the chance to expand its footprint after a group of Trappist monks insisted doing so would risk contaminating the spring water they use in producing a rare beer.
Geologists bat for volcanic features as quarry begins remediation plans
A deteriorating wall in a 70-year-old quarry in south-western Victoria is currently the subject of some debate between the quarry owner and Victorian geologists. Read more
Expansion proposal added to project priority list
Victoria’s Earth Resources Regulator has approved a work plan variation for the expansion of a basalt quarry in the Mount Alexander Shire, 130 kilometres northwest of Melbourne.
Bacteria the key to sustainable copper
A team of researchers from both Texas and Brazil have collaborated on a paper called Copper Mining Bacteria: Converting toxic copper ions into a stable single atom copper.
Pumice the answer to seabird death mystery
The mysterious deaths of up to three million seabirds in a horrific discovery dating back to 2013 have been partially answered in research by the CSIRO.
Quarry which built ancient city of Smyrna found
A 2000-year-old Turkish stone quarry has been discovered in the Aegean province of Izmir, thanks to some four-year surface research.
Quarry discovery defies previous beliefs on ancient species
A team of researchers have shared the secrets of a 93-million-year-old fossil, uncovered just nine years ago in a Mexican quarry.
Geologic tests shed light on the age of megalithic jars
Australian researchers have uncovered the age of the mysteriously noted megalithic jars in Laos.