The operator of a major hard rock quarry development has applied to extract granite from a new area after its current target resource yielded disappointing geological results.
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Politics reducing confidence in Aussie infrastructure: ACA
An industry body has claimed that political agendas are eroding confidence in Australian infrastructure projects and affecting the country’s international competitiveness.
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Glass paves way for road base alternative
A local council has started paving its streets with crushed glass sand after successfully developing a way to recycle the material as a road base aggregate.
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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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Quarry machinery ?borrowed? by militants
In an interesting turn of events, quarry machinery is being stolen by militant groups to improve war zone fortifications - and then returned to their owners.
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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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Pin grabber coupler to boost performance
The innovative Caterpillar pin grabber coupler for hydraulic excavators is now available in Australia.
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Upgraded bearings double service life of screens
SKF and original equipment manager WS Tyler, a leading manufacturer of vibrating screens, have joined forces by using Upgraded SKF Explorer bearings to engineer a solution that has doubled the service life of the latter’s F-class screens.
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Screening range aspires to the infinite
Washing plant specialist CDE announced the launch of the new Infinity screening range earlier this year. The lead designer on the range explains the thinking behind some of the innovations.
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