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Quarry design aids safety, appearance, environment and future useIssues such as safety, visual appearance, environmental protection and future use will be incorporated into a quarry design before plans are submitted. Designs for quarries, and the plans for their...
Safety campaign to keep youngsters out of quarriesOver the years European quarry operators have vastly improved the safety of their employees and their quarries. However, with the summer school breaks just around the corner, a new problem arises:...
Turkey's aggregates industry boosted by infrastructure developmentTurkey's bid to join the EU has seen a big investment in infrastructure and is a boost to its aggregates industry. A geologically diverse country, Turkey boasts most kinds of rock among its outcrops...
Biodiversity: a natural assetBiodiversity is the variety of all life and natural processes on earth, including diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. But studies suggest that global biodiversity is in grave...
LNS use Caterpillar 775G trucks at Austertana quarry, NorwayThe quartzite quarry in Austertana in Finnmark, Norway's northernmost county, is one of the world's largest. At some 350m above sea level, the quarry is imposing, and it is necessary to carry the...
Frances's first Case 1121F wheeled loader on rail workFrench contractor and quarry operator Trézence TP has taken delivery of the first Case 1121F wheeled loader sold in France. And it is claimed that the equipment supplied by Case Construction will...
Italian quarry's Perlini trucks with Allison transmissions feed crushersJust above Milan, Italy, on the first hill beyond the Padana Plain is the Colle Pedrino limestone quarry. Operated by Italcementi, the world's fifth largest cement producer, the quarry in the commune...
Marocca Quarry, Italy, invests in new Metso mobile crushing systemAs up to one million people gather in Rome for Pope Francis' inauguration mass we head out of the city. The move is not to avoid the crowds, but to drive to a quarry near Anagni, a small and historic...