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Conveyor upgrade at Tarmac’s Blashford Quarry
- 5th February 2008
- Quarrying
Tarmac has upgraded the 2.5 km conveyor at Blashford Quarry system to harmonise the drives on the 14 conveyors and to increase the handling capacity from 150 to 350 tph, with the additional benefits of improved reliability and reduced maintenance costs....
Read Full ArticleFintec Unveils New Track-Mounted Impactor
- 4th February 2008
- Quarrying
Fintec Crushers and Screens Ltd has announced the introduction of its first new model since it was acquired last year by the Sandvik Group of Companies. Appropriately, the new unit combines Fintec's expertise in the design of track-mounted...
Read Full ArticleOmagh firm plants £2m into growth.
- 1st February 2008
- Quarrying
Omagh-based company Terex Finlay has just completed a £2.1m investment in plant processes and facilities to help in its continued growth. Part of this investment has seen over £1.2m being spent on a new paint shop. The new facility comprises two larger...
Read Full ArticleAccurate screening and feeding
- 28th January 2008
- Quarrying
Fairport Engineering recently designed and built a new limestone powder and granular materials plant for a major customer in Derbyshire. The company included Mogensen high-accuracy vibratory screens and a special spreader-feeder in the design. The two...
Read Full ArticleCommitment to health and safety underlined at toughest QPA Awards yet
- 22nd January 2008
- Quarrying
UK quarry operators battled it out to take home the industry's top health and safety accolades at the QPA Health and Safety Best Practice Awards in London in October. The event welcomed keynote speaker Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair of the Health and Safety...
Read Full ArticleTarmac maintains its number one position in UK aggregates
- 20th January 2008
- Quarrying
Tarmac remains as the largest aggregates company in Great Britain with an estimated share of 22%. It is the largest producer in the midlands, Yorkshire, northern England and Wales. These are some of the conclusions of the annual report published in October...
Read Full ArticleThird SD report offers snapshot of modern quarrying industry
- 17th January 2008
- Quarrying
In 2006, 229 million tonnes of primary aggregates were used in the UK construction industry. According to the third sustainable development (SD) report launched by the Quarry Products Association in October. Another 26 million tonnes were used for a variety...
Read Full ArticleCornish mining school develops safety system for UK quarries
- 15th January 2008
- Quarrying
The University of Exeter's Camborne School of Mines (CSM) has developed a new health and safety management system for the quarrying sector. ‘Quarrysafe' is the result of extensive academic field research, with the support of industrial minerals...
Read Full ArticleFlex-Mat® 3 reaches 15,000 plus applications worldwide.
- 14th January 2008
- Quarrying
Candiac, Québec, Canada - Flex-Mat® 3 High-Performance, Self-Cleaning Screen Media, manufactured by Montreal-based Major Wire Industries Limited, has increased screening efficiency in more than 15,000 applications worldwide. Introduced in 1996,...
Read Full ArticleCDE scoop Northern Ireland Exporter of the Year Award
- 12th January 2008
- Quarrying
CDE have been announced as the 2007 winners of the Northern Ireland Award for Export Achievement. The County Tyrone based Engineering Company, which specialises in the design and manufacture of equipment for the quarrying industry, has been recognized...
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