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Quarry News
Latest news from the quarry, asphalt, cement, concrete and aggregate recycling industries
DESPITE having one of the best health and safety records in the world, every year some 400 people in Britain are killed in accidents at work and up to 25 million working days are lost through work...
Staff at Aggregate Industries' Croft Quarry in Leicestershire are helping to create a new woodland wildlife habitat with the planting of 2,000 trees.
A marketing agreement between ASCO Joucomatic Ltd and the new Dust Collector Cleaning Consortium (comprising Hilson Controls, Meridian Controls, and Sequence Controls) has resulted in the...
ON 14 June geology took centre stage in the House of Commons at the inaugural meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Earth Sciences.
Tarmac and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have launched the Bird Challenge for Business 2000, a year-long campaign aimed at recognizing the conservation achievements of British businesses...
The new 416 Super High Lift from JCB has been developed from the 416 and joins JCB's other High Lift models, the 411 and 436.
Working closely with the British Drilling Association, Klemm and Ingersoll-Rand drilling equipment distributors Skelair have designed a new 'trip wire' emergency cut-off system for second-hand...
Patersons of Greenoakhill, one of Scotland's largest independent building materials and landfill specialists, have invested heavily in new mobile plant over the last 18 months.
ETR Ltd have launched four new low-cost gas detectors under the brand name GasAlert.
SALES volumes of sand and gravel aggregates increased by 5% and crushed rock aggregates by 1% in the first quarter of 2000, according to the latest figures issued by the Quarry Products...
An Ingersoll-Rand P600 portable compressor purchased by Burlington has helped to quarry stone for the new Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk in London.
ROTHERHAM Sand and Gravel, one of the Quarry Products Association's smaller members, recently achieved ISO 14001 accreditation.
Hausherr UK Ltd have recently exported drilling machines to the country where they originated.
DETR has published new mineral planning guidance on stability in surface mineral workings and tips which aims to assist mineral planning authorities and minerals developers in considering...