Resource industry employer group AMMA has launched a new government
backed initiative aimed at up-skilling Australians to work on the
nation?s skills-strapped mining, oil and gas projects.
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Wireless revolution for crushing plants
A basic function of automation is to eliminate the burden of repetitive, unsafe work. Aggregates production is an area where automation and wireless technologies can provide significant benefits for customers. Antti Jaatinen explains.
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Best practice tyre management saves time and money
Replacing truck tyres is a major expense for quarry operations, so
taking practical measures to prolong their useful life makes good sense.
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Tutt Bryant new distributor for Metso mobile plant
Metso has announced Tutt Bryant Equipment (TBE), formerly BT Equipment, as its exclusive national distributor of the Lokotrack range of mobile crushers and screens.
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Bell ADT?s new engines
Bell Equipment?s D series articulated dump truck (ADT) has undergone regular upgrades to keep the range competitive.
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Former quarry is hemisphere’s largest tip
The largest rubbish dump in the southern hemisphere is set to open in a pioneer quarry site outside of Sydney.
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Locals protest beach sand delivery
Efforts to ?protect? a Port Philip Bay beach have been met with furious opposition from locals after the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) dumped 13,500 tonnes of quarried sand onto Half Moon Bay.
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Roads that don?t lead to Rome?
An archaeological discovery at a UK quarry has thrown into doubt the belief that the Romans introduced roads to Britain.
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Pike River mine inquiry begins
The Royal Commission into the fatal Pike River mine tragedy had a preliminary hearing in Greymouth, on New Zealand?s South Island, in early April. The hearing preceded a 15 week inquiry which begins on 23 May.
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A seachange for IQA conference
The IQA?s 54th annual conference was hosted this year in the surrounds of Hunter Valley wine country from 12 to 15 October, 2011. Damian Christie reports.
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