With a price on carbon due to be set in July, reducing energy costs has become even more important, so energy savings of up to 50 per cent are worth looking into and these can come from a CompAir AirAudit.
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S is for Sunset Crater
Sunset Crater, as Bill Langer relates, is not just an important landmark on the US Interstate 40 – it also brings us to S in his whistle-stop A-Z of quarrying terms.
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Application to dig deeper
Hanson Construction Materials, owner of the Bass Point Quarry in the Illawara region, New South Wales, says that its application to deepen the existing quarry means an efficient, low-impact use of its current resources.
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Clever choices are key to success
Equipment supplier Industrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd has advised Australian companies on making the right choices when choosing design engineers, equipment suppliers and installers or face possible project failure.
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Bronco Johnson: Still sparring for the industry
This is a record of a man who started as an apprentice, progressed to operations manager of a major quarrying company and even a co-owner of concrete and quarry companies. John “Bronco” Johnson has seen it all and is now concerned for quarrying’s prospects.
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Q is for Quartz
Now at Q on his tour of the A-Z of quarrying terms, Bill Langer reflects on his daughter’s initial reaction to quartz and its ice-like, electrical and luminescent properties.
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Manufactured sand: choosing the right equipment
Manufactured sand is often frowned upon by quarry operators because of its variable grade and quality. However, as Steve Mellor contends, you can produce a consistent manufactured sand with the right equipment.
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Synthetic oil improves compressor efficiency
Reducing energy consumption and resisting viscosity increases are said to be the benefits of using synthetic oil in compressors.
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Miner explores driver fatigue
As one of the world?s leaders in base metal mining and exploration, Australian company Perilya has put the spotlight on driver fatigue at its zinc, lead and silver mine in Broken Hill, using driver safety glasses with some intriguing results.
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Caterpillar, Clark donate to flood recovery efforts
A number of companies servicing the quarrying industry are contributing to the flood relief efforts in Queensland.
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