The author, Bill Rowlandson, is business manager with InTouch Ltd

Examining the design and construction of screening machines

The case for more flexibility in the design and budgeting of a new screening plant

Metso Minerals mark 20 years of the Lokotrack concept with two product launches

Proposed replacement of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994

The benefits of using microwave-based technology for level measurement

How process automation and instrumentation can improve safety and efficiency

Airblast generation, propagation and prediction

Tarmac pave the way for a new generation of dry silo mortars

New legislation that comes into effect at the end of 2005 will have a major impact on UK roadstone producers

Hanson take delivery of bespoke hopper feeder

A study of the impact of stiffness ratio on the fragmentation of sandstone strata in an opencast coal mine

Dynapac help finish the Shanghai Formula 1 racing circuit

Working together to improve the sustainability of flexible pavements

The selection and use of thin surfacings

The author, Ian D. Walsh, is technical director with Babtie Laboratory

Benninghoven asphalt plant airlifted to Afghanistan

A new concept in batch heaters

Some thoughts on the importance of leadership in the management of safety in the quarrying industry

By Prof. Peter McKie CBE

By Roger Lindley, international marketing consultant

Specialist sports sand supplier chooses CDE Multi-Sands plant

Since the inception of rock-on-rock crushing in the late 1960s it has been possible to produce manufactured sand that performs better than natural sand. This has led to the use of Barmac VSIs as the leading crusher for producing high-quality manufactured sand as well as coarse aggregates

New regulations concerning the abstraction and movement of water come into force next year.

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 industries including iron and steel, construction, chemical and water treatment. They have recently invested over £3 million in a state-of-the-art crushing and screening plant for the production of limestone fines, predominantly for the large integrated steel-works owned by Corus in Scunthorpe. Richard Stansfield, production and landfill manager, reports

A report on the proceedings of The Institute of Quarrying's annual conference symposium

Ground-engaging tools (GET) are wearing parts that are the front line of defence for machines, protecting expensive components against damage and helping to enhance productivity.

Major replant boosts product quality and productivity at key Scottish site

Variable-speed drive provides flexibility and halves energy costs

WBB Minerals have taken some major strides over the past 20 months in driving down their energy consumption.

RMC choose Benninghoven for Scottish Borders site

An open-access web site for promoting good environmental practice in the UK minerals industry

As part of this month’s focus on the environment and restoration, we highlight several of the sites singled out for recognition at the Quarry Products Association’s Showcase 2004 event, which

WBB Minerals outline their approach to the environment and restoration

The Mineral Industry Research Organisation (MIRO) has been engaged with research providers in a number of developments concerning the use or incorporation of aggregate fines in commercially

Gallagher invest nearly £2 million in new washing plant and silt-management system

Review of a two-day conference hosted by Sarajevo University on minerals planning, mining and quarrying in the growth sector of Eastern Europe

David Brewer, director general of Coalpro, assesses the markets and production prospects for UK surface and deep-mined coal

A detailed look at how the new Pollution Prevention Control Regulations will affect quarry operators planning to landfill worked-out areas or sites

A tool to assist the management of geotechnical risk in quarry excavations 

It is crucial to the safe and economic operation of a quarry to be able to quantify the risks presented t

UK quarries have now adopted European standards for quarry products and supporting test methods, but are the products still the same?

A brief commercial history of the first 50 years from 1913 to 1963

By Michael J. Arthur

Last-generation concrete reclaimer delivers efficiency and environmental gains for Irish concrete producer

Brett Concrete's role in mix design and plant options on one of Europe's major construction projects

The design, production and use of SCC by Rob Gaimster and Noel Dixon

Fuel-resisting asphalt has been designed for two former military runways at Bristol International Airport, surfaced as part of an ambitious programme to expand aircraft operations. Mike Walter reports.

Marubeni-Komatsu strengthen their commitment to customer support

OTR introduce multi-purpose remoulds that offer new-tyre qualities and characteristics

Tarmac Middle East’s Al Dhahira Quarry in Oman is set to benefit from crushing restrictions in other Gulf States

Lagan Group increase production with CDE washing plant