Quarry Management magazine has been the official monthly journal of The Institute of Quarrying since 1918. Each issue contains timely, relevant and topical coverage of all key issues, developments and advances in the aggregates sector.

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This Month - July 2019

Site Report

New Inner-City Asphalt Storage Solution
Parker Plant have recently installed a satellite mixed-material storage system for Tarmac’s Asphalt2Go operation in Gateshead.

Interview

Driving Innovation
Paul Holmes, managing director of Wirtgen Ltd, talks about the company’s customer-driven approach to meeting the demands of an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Sand & Gravel Processing

New CDE plant for D’Arcy Sands
One hundred percent increase in production set to support company in fulfilling new Aviva Stadium contract.

A Perfect Storm
Monk Plant Hire (MPH) use McCloskey modular washing system to turn C&D waste into clean sand and aggregate. Dan Gilkes reports.

Mansfield Sand Meeting their Goals
Four years after installation, McLanahan’s Hydrosizer sand plant and Ultra Fines Recovery system continues to deliver premium-quality sands.

Sand Production Process Control
Mineral Engineering Processes (MEP) explain why quality sand products require specialist process treatments.

Pumps & Pumping Systems

Jet Propelled
Tarmac install new 250 tonnes/h jet-pump transfer system at Eaton Hall Quarry.

Increasing the Life of Wear Parts Threefold
GSM’s Montfrin-Meynes Quarry, in France, overcomes maintenance problems by upgrading to a Metso double-adjustment system that has increased wear life by a factor of three.

IQ Skills Wheel

Smiths Bletchington – Innovation in Action at Gill Mill Quarry
How an independent sand and gravel extractor is leading the way with investment in intelligent plant to deliver measurable improvements in performance.

Spotlight

A Major Milestone 
JCB celebrate half a century of wheel loader production.