In 2015, Komatsu is celebrating 50 years of providing Australia with earthmoving, mining, construction and utility equipment.
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Professional activities offer acknowledgements to sponsors
As the industry prepares to convene in Adelaide for the IQA's 58th annual conference, John Stanton discusses the exciting program that lies ahead and the important role that suppliers have in the delivery of IQA events and programs.
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Asteroid mining not that far away: Sandvik
A major quarry equipment supplier has suggested that the idea of mining resources in space may not be as far off or fantastical as we once thought.
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Abrasion-resistant rubber hosing
In addition to distributing FLSmidth Krebs’ line of pumps and cyclones, Rivergum Industries is now supplying the company’s rubber hosing.
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Quarry operator receives top honours in EHS Awards
A quarry operator and cement business have emerged as state winners of an award program that focuses on improving environmental performance and health and safety within the heavy construction materials industry.
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From the quarry to the grave
Inspecting gravestones might seem like a creepy thing to do on a field trip but, as Bill Langer explains, what better outdoor laboratory could there be for inspecting the weathering of different types of rocks?
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New remote control option for drill rigs
Sandvik has added a new radio remote control option to its Ranger series of surface top hammer drill rigs.
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Grand theft earthmover: Protecting earthmoving plant
With theft of earthmoving plant and equipment now more prominent than car theft, and on the rise, investment in monitoring performance programs is providing owners with a degree of extra security, as one supplier can attest.
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Load-sensing system tips the balance for sand operation
Fulton Hogan, the contractor for a new 23km highway development near Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island, required more than two million cubic metres of imported fill. It approached Tauranga quarry operator Paengaroa Sands to supply fill for the project.
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Bill to reinstate construction watchdog rejected
Efforts by the Federal Government to reinstate the abolished construction watchdog have been quashed after a tied parliamentary vote.
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