Denis Wagner, managing director of Toowoomba-based construction and logistics company Wagners, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA) Read more
?Industry first? partnership improves fire safety
The partnership involved the signing of a national supply agreement between fire protection specialist Wormald and heavy machinery supplier Komatsu Australia.
Under the agreement, Wormald Read more
Customers get hands on with ?intelligent? dozer
The first model in the new Komatsu range, the D61EXi/PXi-23, debuted at a “Boots On” event held in late November at the Hunter Plant Read more
Construction activity up ? but for how long?
In recent years, the construction industry has experienced a downturn; however, the latest Australian Performance of Construction Index (PCI) released by the Australian Industry Read more
Gloomy year for Yellow Table recipients
The Yellow Table is compiled by UK based KHL Group, a provider of construction information. Since 2003 the company has been recording sales of Read more
Local strives to save historic quarry face
According to a report by ABC News, June Scott is lobbying for the community in Donnybrook, 210km south of Perth, to work with the Read more
Reclaim, grass, plant ? and repeat
The Newcrete quarry site between Foxtrap and St John’s, in Newfoundland, Canada, has been exhausted of its sand and gravel reserves. Since June this Read more
Marine makeover for quarry site
The Sydney West division of the New South Wales Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) has approved a development application by construction materials producer Benedict Read more
Conservationists excited by new buzz in quarries
The UK-based Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) has a memorandum of understanding with the Mineral Products Association (MPA) – the trade body for the UK’s Read more
Quarrymen become movie stars
New South Wales quarry workers tried their hands at acting as part of an ergonomics and communication project to lift the profile of musculoskeletal Read more