Within bulk materials handling, particularly aggregate processing operations, the importance of minimising downtime can never be underestimated. Every minute, hour, day of unscheduled downtime translates to lost profitability and money down the drain.
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Portable screen provides ‘big’ boost for the Big Boy
What does an operation do when its best saleable products are buried in millions of tonnes of sand and its equipment has to be portable enough to move on a moment’s notice? A daily challenge for one quarrying business has been alleviated by the acquisition of a portable vibrating screen.
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Are your screens running to their optimal capacity?
Screen optimisation is a vital cog in the quarrying process. Darren Toth discusses the three most important aspects of screen performance – and provides advice that can increase an operator’s awareness of just how well their screen plant can run.
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Conveyor supplier expands into APAC
Kinder Australia has recently launched a new international website focused on expanding its business into the Asia Pacific region.
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Grants for innovative road surface projects
Recycled concrete, glass, plastics and even rubber could be used in the future construction of pedestrian walkways and roads.
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New Deere construction dealers appointed
AFGRI Equipment has been appointed to distribute John Deere’s construction and forestry equipment in Western Australia.
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Disruption, supply issues dominate CMIC 18
With its theme of ‘Building Tomorrow’s Australia’, CMIC 18 posed questions about the industry’s ability to deliver quality materials for future building demand – against a climate of rapid change and policy uncertainty. Damian Christie reports.
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Cover up: Dust covers, guards protect people, environment
In an age when quarries are being closely monitored for their dust and noise emissions, and attention to safety, Neil Kinder argues it is only logical that operations should consider dust covers for their conveyors.
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Bruce Harvey: Quarry repurposing and regeneration
While there are international examples of quarries succeeding in their post-working lives, Australia has generally been behind the curve. Bruce Harvey explains how extractive companies, regulators and communities can collaborate on innovative post-closure uses for extractive sites.
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Modular conveyor equipment in multiple configurations
A new modular conveyor equipment range is offering some of the most cost-efficient and effective ways of stockpiling materials.
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