Dewatering sand: The fundamentals

The purpose of a dewatering screen is to form a bed and retain all material possible, while releasing the water through vibration. Jim Hankins provides an overview of the dewatering screen and explains why it is still useful in modern quarrying operations.
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Blasting close to infrastructure at Bli Bli Quarry

The Bli Bli hard rock quarry, on Queensland?s Sunshine Coast, is within 2.7km of the city of Nambour and surrounded by the Parklands Forest Reserve. How does a quarry like this plan and design a non-standard blast without disrupting local fauna and flora, the neighbouring community and its own critical infrastructure?
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