Breaking, Drilling & Blasting

The largest aggregates quarry in Norway is going full speed ahead on expansion plans, with its owners investing 'a lot of money' to increase…
New heavyweight breakers may be hitting the headlines but it is the higher power to weight ration that is the real innovation. Claire Symes reports.…
This September the aggregates industry will be heading to Germany for the 2008 Steinexpo to see the latest equipment innovations for the quarrying…
Sandvik has been working on building a new approach to training for drill operators, which it claims benefits the overall production within the…
Advances in drill rig design and automation are helping to improve efficiency of drilling operations in European quarries, but more is yet to come.…
Blasting in European quarries has an excellent safety record thanks to rigorous checks and training and the latest security initiatives are also…
An Austrian system for accurate bench face surveying can help operators cut costs, reports Alan Peterson Substantial savings in drill and blast costs…
One of Poland's leading quarry operators was one of the smallest when it became the country's first Privately owned aggregates business. Claire Symes…
Atlas Copco has acquired Perfora, Italy, a company that manufactures and sells cutting and drilling equipment in the dimensional stone industry.…
Demand for high quality aggregates in the United Arab Emirates remains strong and one drill and blast contractor is investing to improve productivity…