New responsibilities for mine and quarry operators

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has launched its new Employment Guide to help small businesses comply with employment law

Ensuring compliance with the new regulations

Sykes Pumps key to success at Stobswood

National training provider proposes some answers

Celtic Energy reopen dormant opencast site

The route to professional competence

Employee attitude is the key to improved business performance

Aggregate producer achieves 61% energy saving on compressed air at dry silo mortar plant using EnergAir intelligent air-management system

Terex Finlay boost production at Cornish quarry

Fujairah’s Northern Land Reclamation Project

Fujairah’s Northern Land Reclamation Project

MST outline the market trends in bucket repair and refurbishment, and buying new buckets

Taking the remanufacturing approach could help plant operators overcome the current economic crisis

Choosing the most appropriate grease and re-lubrication equipment

Extec/Fintec integration opens up new customer segment for Sandvik

Visitors to Hillhead 2010 will have the opportunity to see one of the largest Tesmec Rock Hawg machines in action – the TRS1475

Carbon Trust blueprint could save the aggregates industry £45 million a year

Report on the Association’s 2009 seminar proceedings

Silo-Weigh solves high-capacity weighing challenge at Castle Hill Quarry

Celebrating the official launch of the MPA

Groundbreaking trial uses quality compost to transform a Scottish quarry

Hanson UK and key conservation bodies work together in the Cambridgeshire Fens to create Britain’s largest reed bed

Tarmac and RSPB create the biggest reed bed in the Midlands

A brighter future for quarrying in the UK

How costs associated with restoration can be reduced without lowering the quality of the scheme

2009 Caernarfon Award winning paper

From working quarry to public conservation area in Ontario’s Greenbelt

Week-long safety event highlights some recent product innovations

Communicating with lone workers in a safety critical industry

A necessary evil or essential piece of plant equipment?

Aggregate Processing Solutions (APS) have secured a sole distribution agreement with Italian centrifuge manufacturers Baioni

DUO Equipment install full washing and water-management plant for Nottinghamshire Recycling Ltd

Advice on how to make classifying tanks work more efficiently

New computer-controlled Linatex sand plant solves lignite problem at Hanson’s Barton Quarry

Increased efficiencies at a Lafarge sand and gravel quarry following the introduction of a turnkey washing plant from CDE Ireland

Details of a new quick-hitch safety-pin warning device

The evolution of the heavy-duty trommel and the recent upsurge of interest generated by quarry operators looking at more sustainable ways of maximizing profits by reworking waste stockpiles

A recent development in the screening of mineral fines

Metso Minerals hosted their traditional Barmac VSI conference in Matamata, New Zealand, from 10–13 November 2008

New £1.8 million facility at Denham

Summerleaze open new sand and gravel operation west of London

Update on the online Diploma project

Introduction to the concept of conservation banking

Preparing for a carbon-constrained world: Measuring carbon emissions along the value chain

Examining the barriers to sustainable supply

Assessing prospects for the quarrying industry

Second instalment of article looking at the role aggregates play in the economy