Five towns in Victoria will each receive $350,000 to undertake arts projects, one of which is the conversion of a former quarry into an arts venue.
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Revamped, redesigned crusher
The new Mobicat 110 EVO series has been redesigned from scratch.
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Study shows training a major part of mining expenditure
Australia?s first comprehensive study of the sector's contribution to vocational education shows that training is on the agenda to cover shortages of labour in the industry.
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Optimism in gender participation
With gender politics having been at the heart of political debate in the last month, Damian Christie considers the argument that traditional male industries - such as quarrying and mining - are not doing enough to recruit more women to the workforce.
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Australian mines, quarries missing out on potential profits
Australian quarries are missing out on potential profits by not taking
advantage of technology to maximise production, according to Soeren
Schramm, product manager for Loadrite.
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Sobering health, safety findings for Queensland quarries
According to the findings of the recent Queensland Mines and Quarries - Safety Performance and Health Report 2011-12, the Queensland quarry sector has some navel gazing to do.
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Modest increase to construction starts
BCI Media Group, a construction information services company, has issued
a short term forecast for the Australian construction market.
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Belt scraper with more
The design of the Select Transmission and Motors Australia belt scraper
has taken into account several key factors including low cost, ease of
installation and minimal moving parts.
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The debate we simply must have
CMIC12 has come and gone for yet another year. Damian Christie briefly discusses some of the event's highlights - and the challenges industry believes it faces in the years ahead. This includes the not so palatable dilemma that governments, business and broader society will inevitably have to debate.
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New tool for hard rock miners
Hard rock mining operations have been given a new tool developed by a team of environmental professionals - and the tool, aimed at open cut mines, will also be applicable to hard rock quarries.
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