While new technologies are making load and haul duties quicker, more efficient and less cumbersome, the challenge to satisfy customer expectations has always remained the same. John Stanton discusses the evolution of earthmoving machinery over the last century.
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Heavy-duty pumps provide relief for gravel quarry
Quarry has previously profiled the performance of Terex Washing Systems’ mobile wash plants at Mawsons’ Whorouly Quarry in northeastern Victoria. While at Whorouly, Damian Christie also had the opportunity to view the quarry’s pump and pipework systems.
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High profile construction contractor to kick-off IQA conference
A high profile construction contractor will deliver the keynote address at the Institute of Quarrying Australia’s national conference this week.
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?Industry first? partnership improves fire safety
In what has been described as an industry first, two suppliers to the quarry industry have partnered to provide mobile equipment with pre-installed vehicle fire suppression systems.
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Customers get hands on with ?intelligent? dozer
The quarry industry has had its first glimpse of Komatsu’s new line of “intelligent” dozers, with the supplier’s customers encouraged to take a hands-on approach to previewing the equipment.
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Construction activity up ? but for how long?
After what could be considered a challenging few years, a performance index of the construction industry has started to show signs of expansion.
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Gloomy year for Yellow Table recipients
Revenues for the world’s 50 largest construction equipment manufacturers fell by 10 per cent last year, according to the Yellow Table for 2013.
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Local strives to save historic quarry face
A local has embarked on a mission to preserve a quarry by highlighting its historical significance within the community.
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Reclaim, grass, plant ? and repeat
A former sand and gravel quarry has been fast-tracked for rehabilitation, promising a swift return to the forest land that once occupied the site before extraction activities began.
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Marine makeover for quarry site
The formal go-ahead has been granted to convert a quarry and its neighbouring industrial estate into a multi-million dollar, state of the art waterfront.
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