Explosives supplier announces a fall in net full year profit by over a third as its CEO forecasts outsourcing as part of its short term business recovery.
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Specifying manufactured sands for concrete applications
With the diminishing availability of natural sand resources in many regions around the world, quarry engineers and concrete technologists have taken up the challenge in improving the production and selection of quality man-made sands suitable for concrete production.
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Reigniting the fire in Victoria?s belly
As Melbourne in mid-September hosts the joint IQA/CCAA Construction Materials Industry Conference, Damian Christie reviews the health of the Victorian quarrying and extractive industry and contemplates Victoria's challenges as it strives to keep abreast of the other mining boom states.
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Fossils and finds at Lafarge Quarry
Joseph J “PaleoJoe” Kchodl is a US palaeontologist on a mission – to introduce people to palaeontology and if that means taking them to a quarry, that’s all in a day’s work.
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Orica searches for explosive alternative
Orica is seeking an alternative source for ammonium nitrate after the New South Wales State Government closed down its plant in Newcastle after a serious ammonia leak.
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Successful open day for Gold Coast quarry
Close to 600 visitors attended the Nucrush Group?s Community Open Day
on Saturday 29 October, 2011. Now in its sixth year, this free public
event is the annual highlight of the Group?s award-winning Good
Neighbour Program.
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Contracting veteran joins SkillsDMC
Chris White, former CEO of the Civil Contractors Federation (CCF), has begun a new role as the general manager of SkillsDMC, the national industry skills council for the resources and infrastructure industry.
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New chief economist for resources and energy
Professor Quentin Grafton is the inaugural chief economist of the new Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics (BREE), an independent agency within the Federal Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.
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Welsh quarry pioneers topsoil restoration
Lloyds Quarries site near Mold in Wales has started experimenting with low bio-fertiliser and quality compost in trials to restore the land and encourage the growth of plants and trees where no topsoil is available. The project forms part of the Waste & Resources Action Program in Wales (WRAP).
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Carbon tax to hit fuel excise in quarries
Quarries have escaped the new fixed carbon price but will have to grapple with fuel rises and possible competition from imported building products.
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