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03 October 2005 | Site reports
Multi-million pound redevelopment brings dormant quarry back to lifeIn April 2003 Quarry Management reported on progress at Midland Quarry Products’ flagship hard rock operation, near Markfield...
Tagged in: Midland Quarry Products
01 August 2005 | Site reports
High environmental standards bring rewards for Irish quarry operator
Kilsaran Concrete’s Gallstown Quarry is located due north of Drogheda and south-east of Dunleer in Co. Louth, not far from...
01 July 2005 | Site reports
WBB Minerals’ £4.5 million investment in new sand plant boosts output and improves environmental control at Dolomite Quarry
Last year WBB Minerals commissioned a new £4.5...
Tagged in: BJD CrushersWBB Minerals
01 February 2005 | Site reports
Tarmac pave the way for a new generation of dry silo mortars
The production of ‘dry mortar’ on an industrial basis has been common practice on the Continent for over 20 years but is...
Tagged in: Tarmac
01 December 2004 | Site reports
Specialist sports sand supplier chooses CDE Multi-Sands plant
Whitemoss are leading suppliers of specialist sports sands for applications ranging from the equestrian market to their mainstay of...
01 December 2004 | Site reports
Singleton Birch Ltd, based at Melton Ross in North Lincolnshire, are the UK’s largest independent lime producers. The company supply quick lime, hydrated lime and chalk products to a range of...
Tagged in: limestoneSingleton Birch
01 November 2004 | Site reports
Major replant boosts product quality and productivity at key Scottish site
Last year Cairneyhill Quarry, near Caldecruix, in Scotland’s central belt, underwent a major programme of...
01 October 2004 | Site reports
RMC choose Benninghoven for Scottish Borders site
According to its operators, the newly installed Benninghoven coating plant at RMC Scotland & North East’s Cowieslinn hard rock quarry...
Tagged in: Benninghovencoating plantRMC
01 September 2004 | Site reports
Gallagher invest nearly £2 million in new washing plant and silt-management system
Hermitage Quarry, near Maidstone, one of only two remaining sources of Kentish ragstone, has recently...
01 June 2004 | Site reports
Lagan Group increase production with CDE washing plant
More than 200,000 tonnes of material have passed through the CDE washing plant at Irish Asphalt’s Duleek Quarry, in Co. Meath, since...
03 May 2004 | Site reports
New processing plant and new owners for Lincolnshire operator
For the last 70 years Woodhall Spa Sand & Gravel Ltd (WSSG) have operated as an independent family-run aggregates business,...
Tagged in: Weir Minerals
01 March 2004 | Site reports
Major investment improves operational flexibility and boosts output at Ennstone Breedon’s largest quarry
Ennstone Breedon Ltd’s flagship Cloud Hill Quarry is situated just a mile...
01 January 2004 | Site reports
New asphalt plant redresses the balance at Lafarge Aggregates’ flagship Midlands quarry
Last year Lafarge Aggregates made a significant adjustment to the balance of coated stone...
Tagged in: KVMLafargeKVMMountsorrel Quarrygranite
01 December 2003 | Site reports
Quarry replant boosts output and improves health and safetyStraddling the river Lossie about two miles south of Elgin in Scotland lies Cloddach Quarry, one of Tarmac Northern’s northernmost...
03 November 2003 | Site reports
Lochaline Silica Sand Mine — Tarmac’s only underground mine
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Scotland is a unique and unusual mineral operation that has been in production since 1940...