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Latest articles published in Quarry Management magazine covering the quarry, asphalt, cement, concrete and aggregate recycling industries

23/03/2011 14:54 | Health & Safety

Personal Commitment Drives Zero Harm Culture

Tarmac CEO's mission to achieve 'zero harm' performance
23/03/2011 14:46 | Health & Safety

High-pressure Grease Incident

A graphic personal account of a traumatic mishap
23/03/2011 14:40 | Education & Training

Training For Competence

Delivering a fully competence-assured industry within the new Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF)
23/03/2011 14:29 | Automation & Control

Quantum Leap For Sensing Systems

New monitoring and sensing system from Trolex
14/02/2011 14:48 | Drilling & Blasting

Track And Trace

The identification and traceability of civil explosives in Europe
14/02/2011 14:30 | Drilling & Blasting

Limiting Blast-induced Damage On Final Pit Walls

Design methods for controlled blasts to limit final wall damage in quarries and hard rock mines
14/02/2011 14:05 | Drilling & Blasting

Measure While Drilling

How optimizing drilling and blasting techniques can have far-reaching benefits for the industry
14/02/2011 13:52 | Drilling & Blasting

A Digital Surface Remote Blasting System

The advantages of using SURBS in quarries
14/02/2011 13:41 | Loading & Hauling

Ships Of The Desert

Volvo articulated haulers working at El Mhir Quarry help develop Algeria’s growing infrastructure
14/02/2011 13:35 | Ancillary Equipment

Power Through The Cold Snap

Contingency planning for adverse weather conditions with robust generators
14/02/2011 13:16 | Materials Processing

Water Watch

Water recycling tops the agenda for washing plant operators
12/01/2011 13:53 | Site reports

Glendinning Complete Major Quarry Upgrade

New Benninghoven asphalt plant for Linhay Hill Quarry
12/01/2011 13:33 | Asphalt

Bituminous Binders – Ageing Profile Test

A study on the ageing of bituminous binders
12/01/2011 13:18 | Asphalt

Driving Down Carbon On Recycled Roads

Delivering long-lasting roads and reducing environmental impacts
12/01/2011 13:00 | Asphalt

A Greener Shade Of Black

Tayset – a sustainable asphalt developed for Scotland
12/01/2011 12:55 | Asphalt

A New Age Of Asphalt Production

Hanson develop and lay low-energy asphalt
12/01/2011 10:52 | Asphalt

New-generation Asphalt Mixes And Plants

Developments in warm-mix production
12/01/2011 10:42 | Asphalt

Low-temperature Asphalt

Another step towards ‘green roads’
12/01/2011 10:21 | Asphalt

Rational Design Approach

Calculating the residual life of pavements
12/01/2011 10:15 | Asphalt

Modular Machine Design Pays Dividends

Vögele InLine Pave train used in construction of new Federal highway in Germany
12/01/2011 09:25 | Maintenance & Repair

Certified Second Life

Finning engineers rebuild Cat 775B dumptruck for Hanson Aggregates’ Whatley Quarry
21/12/2010 15:29 | Education & Training

A Highlight Of 2010

The 16th Extractive Industry Geology Conference, Portsmouth
13/12/2010 10:34 | Site reports

Moving Ahead

New York quarry completes upgrades to meet production growth
13/12/2010 09:42 | Concrete

Advances In Concrete Technology

Using Advances in Concrete Technology to Enhance Readymix Solutions
13/12/2010 09:20 | Concrete

Metering Screw Feeding

Controlling the flow of powders in concrete production
13/12/2010 09:07 | Marine Aggregates

A Sea Change For The Marine Aggregate Sector

Challenges and opportunities for marine aggregate producers going forward
13/12/2010 08:39 | Ancillary Equipment

Taking The Fretting Out Of Direct-mounted Gearboxes

SEW-Eurodrive explain what fretting corrosion is, what causes it, why it is a problem, and what can be done to mitigate its effects
13/12/2010 08:31 | Ancillary Equipment

Improving Conveyor Performance With AC Drives

The benefits of low-voltage AC drives
13/12/2010 08:23 | Recycling & Waste

A Winter’s Tale of Greater Resilience

Why under-used materials could be utilized strategically to make salt stocks go further during the winter months
13/12/2010 08:16 | Education & Training

New Developments In Education For The Aggregates Industry

Update on education and training for the industry

By Julian Smallshaw, IQ education and training manager
22/11/2010 08:39 | Geotechnics & Hydrogeology

Safe And Sound

Rock and soil slope stabilization and protection
22/11/2010 08:20 | Geotechnics & Hydrogeology

Analysing The Hazards

Does your geotechnical assessment really provide the right information?
22/11/2010 08:14 | Geotechnics & Hydrogeology

The Design Of Quarry Faces And Slopes

Meeting the safety objectives of the Regulator while satisfying the excavation objectives of the operator
17/11/2010 14:40 | Ancillary Equipment

Focusing On The Flow

CEMEX adopt nationwide monitoring solution to meet new EPR/MCERTS regulations
17/11/2010 14:18 | Environment & Restoration

Translocation Success

A report on 10 years of monitoring following translocation of part of a species-rich neutral grassland to a receptor site at Tarmac’s Durnford Quarry
17/11/2010 14:07 | Health & Safety

Setting The Standard

HSE praises impressive progress of quarrying industry at recent joint IQ Conference/MPA Health and Safety Awards
17/11/2010 13:53 | Maintenance & Repair

Effective Maintenance

Parker Hannifin highlight the importance of effective hydraulic oil and diesel filtration for extremely demanding quarrying applications
15/10/2010 15:21 | Maintenance & Repair

Restoring Heavy Machinery By Welding

A look at some of the welding techniques for creating wear-resistant parts
15/10/2010 15:09 | Maintenance & Repair

No Wear To Be Seen

Creusabro 8000 exceeds expectations in Liebherr abrasion test programme
15/10/2010 14:50 | Maintenance & Repair

Maintenance Matters

A holistic approach to maintenance can pay dividends in business performance for quarry operators
15/10/2010 14:35 | Materials Processing

The Right Screen For The Job

A guide to determining the correct screen for the application
15/10/2010 14:28 | Materials Processing

Automation In Crushing

Automated systems offer greatly improved levels of plant control and support but such systems must themselves receive proper attention and maintenance
12/10/2010 16:10 | Site reports

The Bray Triangle

Ingenious conveyor solution opens up new reserves for Summerleaze
12/10/2010 14:42 | Environment & Restoration

The Coldstones Cut

A major piece of public art that aims to reveal, inspire, challenge and interpret
12/10/2010 14:31 | Health & Safety

Safety First

Glendinning receive British Aggregates Association (BAA) Site Assessment Certificate for the highest standards in health and safety
12/10/2010 14:27 | Weighing

Rock And Roll

Precia-Molen install a fully automated loading and weighing system for RockTron
12/10/2010 14:27 | Weighing

Rock And Roll

Precia-Molen install a fully automated loading and weighing system for RockTron
12/10/2010 14:07 | Weighing

A Question Of Standards

Why choosing the correct software for weighbridges is just as critical as specifying the system

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