With sand an in-demand commodity for infrastructure projects, but also subject to rigorous extractive rules, particularly around water usage, producers are increasingly seeking processing plants that can provide productive, yet efficient solutions.
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Academia puts ?legacy? challenge to industry
An independent Australian organisation has concluded a conference on the environmental legacy of the mining industry, and discussed how the sector can ‘step up’ the management of abandoned mines.
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The ‘science’ of sand castles
The past few articles from Bill Langer have been about environmentally friendly applications of sand and gravel. While Bill says this article is not about an environmental application of sand, it certainly is a friendly one!
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Loader with improved handling capacity
Liebherr will be showing off one of its new XPower series of wheel loaders at Hillhead 2016.
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Working model quarry delights young and old
A working model of a quarry will be exhibited next month, providing the general public with an accessible way to understand the extractive industries.
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Court backs quarry application
A quarry development application that was initially rejected at local government level can now proceed after surviving a second round of court appeals.
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Significant improvement to plant capacity
Metso rock breaker solutions are complete functional packages for rock breaking in the primary crushing stage. The breaker booms and hammers are engineered to meet the requirements of rough primary crushing applications.
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The ?old timers? of Barre
In the modern age, quarry operators and workers are spoiled for choice in terms of the plant and equipment they can use to extract aggregate. Spare a thought then for Barre’s “old timers”, who, Bill Langer says, had to painstakingly extract granite by hand, sometimes with a little help from nature …
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Selecting the best screening equipment
One of the most basic and fundamental mysteries in the material processing industries is selecting the best screen design. Which do you choose? Incline? Horizontal? A combo screen?
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Slowdown in construction activity tipped until 2016
The decline in mining-related projects is expected to continue impacting construction activity in 2016, according to a recent joint industry group report.
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