Fine material washers – ROCK STARS or RECALCITRANTS?
Lessons from across the Ditch. The fine material washer – also known as a sand screw – is historically one of the most maligned of...
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A crusher story in two parts
Rodney Aggregates Whangaripo Quarry is located northeast of Warkworth. The site has been quarried on and off since the 1930s, and was revamped into a...
Digitalisation in the aggregates industry
An interview with Giuseppe Campenelli, global vice president life cycle services at Metso. Article supplied by Metso. THE MAIN CHALLENGE facing our clients in today’s...
A case for LiDAR in extraction
Automation is one of the key trends breaking ground in almost all business sectors across the globe but extraction is often an industry behind in...
Industry 4.0 and aggregates
The Industrial Internet of Things is being hailed as the next ‘industrial revolution’. SOREN SCHRAMM, regional product application manager for aggregates at Trimble, discusses the...
Kiwi innovation cuts mining costs in NSW
Last year Aeris Resources’ Tritton copper mine operation in Nyngan NSW took a leap of faith and became the first underground mining company in Australia...
High expectations for Hi-Lab
With the specification of a new pavement system on parts of the Waikato Expressway, the NZTA is aiming for a stronger pavement with a longer...
Sharp eyes on the road
This article first appeared in Q&M‘s February-March issue. SCRIM trucks were back on our highways over the past summer and this pavement management system and...
Technology-saturated markets Why throwing tech at a project doesn’t future-proof it
This post originally appeared on Aurecon’s ‘Just Imagine’ blog and was republished in Q&M‘s December-January issue. This glimpse of the future was crafted by
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East Otago geological map
A new geological map and illustrated text covering 864 square kilometres of East Otago has been published by GNS Science. GNS Science says the area encompassing...