As part of CDE Global’s Engineering Insights virtual event, several specialists in the area of construction materials supply and demand convened for a presentation on the growth of global cities.
How microbes survive and thrive in coal seams
A research team has studied the ability for some microbial communities to exist within coal-fired gas vents, turning lethal substances into energy.
Cattle to rehabilitate English quarries
Cattle grazing has been selected as a means of rehabilitating two quarries on the Isle of Wight in England, bringing multiple benefits to a variety of wildlife.
Global Quarry Life Award opens for submissions
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.