Plant & Equipment

Plant & Equipment

It?s infrastructure, stupid!

With the federal election date now confirmed, Damian Christie argues that the next six months offer the quarrying industry a fantastic opportunity to make it known to politicians of all persuasions that infrastructure matters and that it will be needed to accommodate an influx of workers flowing out of the mining industry ...
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Reducing piles through better blasting

All too often blasting is undertaken with little regard for the geological conditions and the wrong type of explosives are used, resulting in blast piles higher than the actual face. Ian Thomas explains why a more scientific ? and efficient - approach is needed in the blasting process.
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CMIC12 call for abstracts

The Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA) and Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) are hosting the Construction Materials Industry Conference in 2012 (CMIC12) at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 19 to 22 September. Abstract submissions will be accepted until late March.
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