SHE News & Articles
THREE courses in England and Wales have been announced for contractors wishing to obtain a Contractor Safety Passport.
FOLLOWING two separate incidents at Hillhead ’99, where two people sustained serious injuries during the post-show ‘break-down’ period, visitors and exhibitors attending this year’s show will have...
HANSON Bath & Portland Stone are close to completing the most comprehensive environmental survey ever undertaken on the Isle of Portland.
ENVIRONMENTALLY responsible companies throughout the UK, including a large number of quarrying firms, have received top honours at an awards ceremony aimed at highlighting the best business sites...
Larger-than-life conservationist Professor David Bellamy took time out of his busy schedule to help launch Lafarge Aggregates’ new quarry restoration brochure entitled ‘From Working Quarry to...
The British Aggregates Association, which represents the interests of 65 independent member companies operating over 100 sites, has been invited to join the Quarries National Joint Advisory...
TARMAC Western Ltd have teamed up with schools in Mid Glamorgan in a bid to warn children to steer clear of quarry sites as part of a nationwide safety initiative.
Representatives from Lancashire County Council gathered at Back Lane Quarry, near Carnforth, recently to be presented with copies of ‘Natural Quarry’, new a publication commissioned by Aggregate...
PLANS to restore Hanson Aggregates’ Needingworth sand and gravel quarry, in Cambridgeshire, to a 700ha reed-bed wetland over the next 30 years have been given a top award by the Royal Town...
OVER the coming months quarry managers across the UK will be spearheading a major ‘Play Safe....Stay Safe’ campaign designed to warn children about the dangers of using quarries as playgrounds.
THE Health and Safety Commission has launched a consultation document on its proposal to introduce a compulsory duty for all companies and organizations to investigate all reportable work-related...
THE results of this year’s Quarry Products Association’s annual Environmental awards Scheme have revealed the best overall standard since the scheme began six years ago.
This year’s QPA Restoration Awards were presented by Robert Sturdey, MEP for the Eastern Region presented, at a ceremony held in London on 7 March.
RMC are donating land and, through the RMC Environment Fund, a cash grant in a move that will see the creation of one of the most extensive, best equipped and most ecologically diverse wildlife...
Part of Hanson Bath & Portland Stone's Broadcroft Quarry on Portland has become a wetland reserve after clay was extracted from the quarry floor, exposing the natural water source and creating...