Editor's Desk
Quarry to expand, operate for longer
A state government has acknowledged the benefits of allowing a quarry to expand its operation and extend its life by an additional 30 years.
Soap Box
Loaders with more power, less emissions
Terex compact machines with Tier 4i/ EU Stage IIIB compliant engines provide more power, with the TL120 wheel loader increasing in power by approximately 16 per cent and the TW85 wheeled excavator increasing by approximately 11 per cent.
Soap Box
Technology unlocks fuel efficiency
Engineers at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) are developing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) that could reduce fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent in certain applications and increase safety.
Editor's Desk
Are you smarter than a third grader?
This month Bill Langer takes a trip back to the classroom ? and discovers that kids are more perceptive about rocks and minerals than the average adult!
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Enhancing educational initiatives, benefits for the quarrying industry
IQA President <b>Wayne Scott</b> reflects on the Institute's Education Foundation which continues to provide much needed seed funding for members of the quarrying industry to further their professional development and training.
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WA remains the state for workers
Specialty human resources firm Ranstad?s Workmonitor reports maintain that Western Australia?s employment sector is strong with local and overseas interest.
Geology Talk
Revenge of the Gravel Monkeys
<b>Bill Langer</b> explains this issue why he would like to take <i>The Big Bang Theory</i>’s main character, Sheldon Cooper, by the scruff of his neck out into the desert to teach him a thing or two about the importance of geology …
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Engineering supplier increases Illawarra apprentice uptake
In what ranks as a complete antithesis to the generally gloomy forecast for manufacturing in the NSW industrial region of Illawarra, one of its most progressive engineering firms that facilitates the mining sector nationally is actually increasing in 2012 the quota on its annual uptake of apprentices.
Geology Talk
iPhone to convey more information
<div>Superior Industries, a US company and makers of conveying equipment, has launched an iPhone app called ConveyCalc ? and it?s free.</div><div><br></div>
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