Holcim is seeking a candidate with strong experience in the aggregates industry to fill a the critical role as General Manager for the aggregates division in NSW/ACT.
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Low hour machines to go under the hammer
Slattery Auctions is putting a range of near new quarry machines up for auction in Queensland, providing an opportunity for extractive producers to make savings on regular purchases.
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Boral implements drone technology for quarries
With social distancing rules and travel bans still prevalent across the country, Boral has deployed a distributed drone network to easily provide stockpile measurements across its Australian quarries.
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Construction index makes scant recovery but still in the red
The Australian Industry Group’s (Ai Group) Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI) has revealed the nation’s construction industry continued to wear thin in May after bearing more damage from COVID-19.
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Southern NSW gravel and sand supplier proposes expansion
A $5.1 million expansion of the Howlong Sand and Gravel Quarry in southern New South Wales has been proposed by Fraser Earthmoving Construction to substantially expand the quarry’s annual extraction rate from 30,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) to 330,000 tpa.
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Road construction emissions could be halved using current technology
An 8km stretch of road in Sweden has been closely analysed by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg to calculate how different factors in its construction impact carbon dioxide emissions.
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Toowoomba mayor appointed new chair of Inland Rail Alliance
Toowoomba Regional Council mayor Paul Antonio has been appointed as the new chair of the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail Alliance (MBIRA), which represents all local governments that will be connected by the Inland Rail route.
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Australian lime market to reach more than $500 billion this decade
There are good signs for Australia’s limestone segment, with the lime market expected to exceed $USD339.5 billion ($AUD510.8 billion) by 2027, according to a report by Coherent Market Insights.
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Boral, ADBRI, other construction heavyweights adapt to post-COVID-19 market
As COVID-19 restrictions slowly ease across Australia, many of the construction industry’s top players, such as Boral, Fletcher Building, James Hardie and ADBRI have recently had to apply a sweep of changes to their business operations.
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Achieving precise accuracy with third party load scales
Over the past four years, Komatsu New Zealand’s product support and technical teams have been working with customers and suppliers to ensure Komatsu wheel loaders achieve high accuracy and consistent results when fitted with third party load scales.
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