BRENDAN GELLION, Belmont Diesel General Manager reports on maintenance required for mobile plant. Belmont Diesel commenced operations in 1992, and until recently operated from a small workshop facility in Belmont, Geelong. In May this year the business moved to a…
It’s the most modern Midas touch story – turning solid rock into gold. Maranoa Regional Council is sitting on a reserve of basalt which will see the south west Queensland shire flourish, following a cutting-edge deal with the nation’s leading…
JOHN MAWSON, Managing Director of E.B.Mawson & Sons Pty Ltd reports on the history and growth of the business. E. B. (Barney) Mawson started contracting with a horse and dray in Northern Victoria in 1912. Barney was an enterprising man,…
ALBERT TOAL, Lincom Group General Manager reports on the growth of the Lincom Group. LINCOM Pacific Equipment Pty Ltd and Powerscreen Australasia Pty Ltd were formed in 1998 to supply crushing and screening equipment to the extractive and recycling industries…
Many millions of dollars are spent each year on new excavators and wheel loaders trying to get more reliability, economy and low maintenance. But, the machine may not necessarily be the problem reports ADRIAN MASON of EI Engineering Pty Ltd.…
Leading bulk materials handling product supplier, Kinder & Co has added to the 25th anniversary celebrations in style with the opening of a new factory and office complex. Report by CHRISTINE KINDER LOCATED in Braeside in Melbourne’s south-east, the new…
STEVEN RICHARDSON, Quarry Manager of Local Mix Quarries reports on the diversity of the business. Local Mix is a family owned business established in 1971 by Trevor Richardson and other partners. In 2006 Trevor became the sole owner of the…
Finlay Screening & Crushing launch the new Terex Finlay Mobile Jaw Crusher with independent Pre Screen, reports HAN ALAM, Area Sales Manager Vic/SA/Tas. FINLAY Screening & Crushing Systems have launched the new Terex Finlay mobile jaw crusher into the Victorian…
Landair Surveys, ERIC BIRZULIS discusses how to determine the volume of stockpiles MANY quarries request surveys at six monthly intervals to determine the volume of stockpiles. They request this information for auditing, stockpile management or valuation purposes. Auditors can use…
For any quarry business, the purchase of a new haul truck warrants significant evaluation – and that’s just what Victorian independent operation, Northern Quarries undertook. By SHAYNE MORRALL at Victorian Construction Equipment Pty Ltd. IN any major capital equipment purchase…