The New South Wales Resources Regulator is bringing quarry operators and managers together at the 2022 Small Mines Roadshow from February to April.
Cloud-based program offers more productivity on-site
An earthmoving OEM’s telematics and machine data system has made its mark on the global quarrying landscape, and is being increasingly taken up in Australia. Caterpillar’s Kit Kyarsgaard tells Quarry all about Cat Productivity.
Boral takes the lead on emissions reductions
Boral has had its emissions reductions targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), aligning it with the Paris Agreement as a first of its kind.
Remote comms service solution
Active Weighing Solutions now offers a remote service solution allowing it to monitor and service its customers’ weigh control instruments without coming to site.
‘Magnificent’ service attracts customers – and metals
Magnetic separation keeps product clean and prevents tramp metals from causing damage and breakdowns in crushers and screens. As Eriez Australia’s Ezio Viti explains, quarry operations have numerous options to combat unwanted tramp metals, contaminants and downtime.
Fabricating failure: Genuine parts for vibratory plant
One of the ways operation managers naturally presume to increase profits in a mining or aggregates operation is to cut costs. Parts are often an area that production managers eye as a way to save money, but, as Duncan High explains, it’s important to look beyond the price and understand the part that a component is playing in the performance of a vibrating screen and long term productivity.
Sand pumping pipeline pending as summer begins
The consultation period has now closed for a sand pumping pipeline between Adelaide’s Semaphore South and West Beach, with 100,000 cubic metres of sand in the balance.
RIMEX makes its mark in tyre monitoring
RIMEX has evolved from a wheel manufacturer in Canada in the 1970s into a leading global supplier of the off-the-road (OTR) tyre pressure monitoring and maintenance system TyreSense.
Self-healing concrete no longer a pipe dream
A team from Purdue University in Indiana, United States has developed “smart concrete” to reduce repair works on roads while implementing condition monitoring.
Effective, friendlier solutions for dust suppression
A key supplier to the extractive industries in the prevention of airborne dust emissions from quarrying processes is undertaking a research project to determine the most effective solution with the least amount of effort for quarry producers.