Over the past two years Midlands-based Fork Truck Control Ltd (FTC), specialists in innovative health and safety solutions, have been working on a project to tackle accidents involving workplace tr

Life after the Hard Target

By Helen Turner, HSE Manufacturing Sector – Quarries Group

Where are future quarry managers going to come from?

Volvo introduce new heavyweight HB Series hammers

Atlas Copco to launch silenced drill rig for noise-sensitive sites

With a little forward planning, quarry operators can help protect Britain’s sand martin population

by Grahame Madge, RSPB media officer

DustFoam — a solution to the problems associated with fugitive dust

Addressing the impacts of quarrying

Although relatively new, synthetic aggregates hold the potential to become a true competitor in certain applications

By Tom Kuennen, contributing editor

An environmentally sustainable solution that fits the requirements of SUDS

By Dr Mike Nunn, TRL Ltd, and Dr Howard Robinson, Tarmac Ltd

BP lift bitumen industry standards to new heights

The progress achieved so far and the challenges and changes that lie ahead for this industry partnership

What has SUDS got to do with it?

An overview by independent consulting engineers BT Bell

PSWS plant expands markets for West Midlands recycling company

This article outlines the key issues regarding the demonstration of competence, as required under the Quarries Regulations 1999, and lists the current national vocational qualifications tha

Nordberg Travelling Scholarship report examining current dredging methods

The advantages of continuous fluid-bed drying over alternative sand-drying techniques

Moisture reduction system solves stockpile drainage problem for Lough Neagh sand producer

Non-contact mass flow measurement for screw, drag, bucket and belt conveyors

Turnkey Instruments discuss the use of continual dust monitors

The dangers associated with conveyors, the standards that relate to guarding and the best approach for adequately and cost-effectively safeguarding conveyors without affecting productivity<

The first step in dust control and suppression

By Prof. Geoffrey Walton and Hugh Datson, DustScan Ltd

The consequences of inadequate dust control and the options available

The application and benefits of attrition crushing principles using high-performance cone crushers

Three decades after its publication, Nigel Jackson reflects on how the seminal Verney Report helped to shape today’s aggregates industry and contemplates the challenges facing the industry

The implications of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 for the quarrying industry

Today’s off-highway transmissions, featuring state-of-the-art electronic control systems and advanced diagnostics capabilities, deliver levels of performance, efficiency and reliability tha

The high cost of plant downtime combined with the varying price of motors and a host of new methods for detecting and fixing faults has made the decision of whether to repair or replace an