Quarry explosion under investigation

An investigation has been launched to find the cause of an explosion that injured two people at Tarmac’s Stancombe Quarry near Bristol, UK on Monday this week. Local media reports suggest that a lorry carrying gas cylinders was at the centre of the incident, which caused first degree burns to one man and third degree burns to another.

April 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min

An investigation has been launched to find the cause of an explosion that injured two people at 868 Tarmac’s Stancombe Quarry near Bristol, UK on Monday this week.

Local media reports suggest that a lorry carrying gas cylinders was at the centre of the incident, which caused first degree burns to one man and third degree burns to another.

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Investigation underway into fatality at Mountsorrel Quarry, UK

Police and HSE have launched an investigation into the death of a contractor at Europe’s largest granite quarry.
The man who died at Mountsorrel Quarry, in Leicestershire, England, yesterday (21 June) was a contractor working at the site, quarry owner and operator Tarmac has confirmed.

February 10, 2017

University of Derby students honoured with top IQ Awards

The Institute of Quarrying (IQ) in the UK has honoured the highest achieving students from the University of Derby Higher Education programmes through the partnership with the Mineral Products Centre, with a series of awards presented at a ceremony on Wednesday night (8 February).

Martin Riley, IQ deputy chairman, presented six awards to the highest performing students from a variety of industry recognised Higher Education qualifications, which are delivered by the University of Derby in partnership