Recycled aggregate operations face unique challenges in processing, especially protecting equipment in the most efficient, economical way.
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Fuel efficiency: how to make additional savings
Keeping fuel costs low has never been easier. With optimised engines and hydraulic systems, “smart” drill rigs can already reduce fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent. However, thanks to adjustable functions for hole flushing, dust collection and dust binding with water mist, operators can potentially save an extra 20 per cent reduction on fuel.
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Community expresses road concerns over approved quarry
Two years after its application, a proposed shale quarry has been given the go ahead, despite numerous public consultations and objections from local residents.
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Extended nozzle for superior dust solutions
Spraying Solutions’ offering includes a retractable wash system capable of cleaning the centre of a chute.
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Cast polyurethane in materials handling
Metal, steel and rubber have traditionally been the sources of wear parts in various quarrying applications, including in conveyor belts and crusher and chute linings. Sean Kinder outlines why polyurethane would make a viable alternative for wear parts, especially in abrasive applications.
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Engineering towards the future
A southern New South Wales quarry has turned around major struggles with its gearbox set-up, and is confidently striding towards the future with a well-prepared plan to optimise its plant and equipment.
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The maintenance legacy of Century Mine
At its peak, it was Australia’s largest open cut zinc mine. Throughout its 16-year lifespan, one supplier’s products and services played a major role in the success of MMG’s Century Mine in north-western Queensland. Indeed, the service and maintenance contracts introduced at the mine in 1999 became the basis for Komatsu Australia’s customer support offerings today.
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Boral weathers industry ?period of transition?
New South Wales’ strong residential building market has helped lift Boral’s first half profits, despite the Australian construction materials sector being in a “period of transition”.
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Reduction, control of operating costs in the mining, extractive industries
It is incumbent on every extractive operation today to stay productive and deliver quality service, while exploring ways of reducing overheads and downtime. Randall Edson discusses how technologically adaptable solutions and accurate payload measurement technology can significantly reduce operating costs.
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Blasting of Tasmanian spillway dam wall meets vibration limits
Gradco, the specialist mining, civil construction, environmental and heavy haulage services supplier, contracted blasting solutions provider Maxam in July 2015 to provide full blast design, support and loading services to create a tailings dam spillway in the MMG-owned Rosebery mine in Tasmania.
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