BRENDAN TIPPLE, Sales & Account Manager for Lima South Quarry reports on the quarries expansion. Recently the LS Quarry Group obtained approval to expand their extraction area at Lima South Quarry under an approved Work Plan by the Department of…
DARREN TOTH, Director of ToThink Engineering reports on the importance of having efficient screens. Most vibrating screens and feeders in service are likely to be costing you in lost income or through excessive down-time and repairs. For many screens, both…
From: Bell, Cochrane and Associates Extractive Industries To: BCA Consulting Earth Resources. In recent times Bell Cochrane and Associates has had a bit of a makeover. We are pleased to announce that we have undergone a name change and a…
TEJ PANESAR, Director of Operations – TSP Group of Companies provides a report on the technology of cutting edges. The humble inefficient Cutting Edge has not had much change over many decades…why? Did we just give in to what was…
LEANNE MARNELL, Secretary of the Australian Autoglass Industry Alliance (AAIA) reports on how it grew out of industry circumstances where independent autoglass businesses did not have an industry voice. In many ways the industry circumstances which drove the establishment of…
MICHAEL BETTS, Director for Betts Blasting Pty Ltd provides an insight into the growth of the family business. In 2010, a call from a quarry manager in South Gippsland requesting the services of a shot firer saw the beginning of…
First Hitachi ZW370-5 Wheel Loader in Australia delivered to Hillview Quarries. Hillview Quarries is an independently owned and operated quarry located in Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria. This business has recently taken delivery of a new Hitachi ZX370-5…
CHRISTINE KINDER, Marketing Manager for Kinder Australia Pty Ltd provides a report on Capotex Belt Conveyor Covers. Idle conveyors which have no shelter are more at risk of increased belt damage caused by surface cracking than conveyors that are running.…
BOB FERGUSON, Quarry Manager for Moree Quarries provides an insight into the history of the site. Moree Quarries was established in 1946 by the then Associated Quarries [SA], they operated for a short time before selling to Mr Jack Kennedy.…
SHAUN DEN-BAKKER, Tutt Bryant Equipment’s (TBE) Metso Account Manager for Vic/SA/TAS reports on the hard rock of Lima South Quarry. Lima South (LS) Quarry is a family owned quarry business with significant contract crushing and screening capability located in North…