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Safety and environmental requirements mean that quarry operators are turning to drill rigs and breakers as an alternative to explosives. Liam McLoughlin and Partha Pratim Basistha report

In a quarry in the southern Italian region of Apulia, an Indeco HP 18000 FS (fuel saving) hydraulic breaker is proving to be an effective alternative to drilling and blasting. The Pozzelle quarry is located a few kilometres from Canosa di Puglia in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. Active since the late 1980s, it is

Government investment in infrastructure projects is driving aggregates consumption, but a rush to strict new environmental quarrying standards has led to shortfalls in supply. Liam McLoughlin reports

Demand for aggregates in China remains very high and the trend is towards a further increase this year.
General aggregates consumption in the country was approximately 20 billion tonnes in 2018, according to the Chinese Aggregates Association (CAA). The association adds that, with three months of 2019 still

Four TOMRA sorting machines are improving the quality of a Turkish mining company’s quartz rock products, while also reducing operating costs. Guy Woodford reports
A highly respected producer of mined and processed quartz since 1991, Turkish company Mikroman Maden A.Ş (Mikroman) set itself the targets of improving product quality and increasing capacity at the firm’s three processing plants. Both goals are said to have been achieved, along with other gains, thanks to the installation of four TOMRA Sorting