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Far Northern quarry steps up a notch

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Speciality Metals plans to modernise its Mount Carbine quarry over the next few months as it expands production and explores new products.

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Kevin MacNeill, said the company was planning to incorporate an X-ray Transmission (“XRT”) Sorter into the quarry to extract high grade tungsten material from the crushed aggregate.

Along with this, some new equipment will be purchased to modernise the quarry.

It comes as Mount Carbine Quarrying Operations gears up to fill a $4 million purchase order from Bama Civil for the supply of various quarry materials.

Delivery of the material is scheduled for. . .

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Quarry yields handy income at Mount Carbine

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Mount Carbine Quarrying Operations has received a $4 million purchase order from Bama Civil for the supply of various quarry materials.

Owner Speciality Metals International said delivery of the material was scheduled for the December half, as Bama completed a road construction project on the Peninsula Development Rd in Far North Queensland.

It said the quarry's order intake had improved throughout May and June with the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions and recommencement of construction projects around Far North Queensland.

Preparation of additional quarry material stockpiles has begun with several products produced and ready for dispatch from the. . .

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Rock on a roll as seawall takes shape

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More than 375,000 tonnes of rock has now been supplied to the Port of Townsville to build a sea wall as part of the $193 million Channel Upgrade Project .

This is more than half of the total rock required to build the protective wall that will help reclaim an additional 62ha of land for port operations.

The work is the first phase of a project that will eventually widen the approach channel to the port, allowing ships of up to 300 metres in length to visit Townsville.

Local quarry companies Holcim and HyTec along with Ravenswood Gold mine are. . .

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Wagners to buy Capella’s Shepton Quarry

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Central Highlands Regional Council is selling its Shepton Quarry, near Capella in Central Queensland, to Wagners Quarries.

The council announced it had decided to accept a purchase tender from the Toowoomba-based construction giant.

Central Highlands chief executive officer Scott Mason said the decision was ‘purely economic’.

"After independent analysis of the commercial viability of the quarry to council, and a great deal of internal evaluation, the decision was made to sell the entire operation “as is” via tender," he said.

"A number of factors influenced the decision, among which was a careful consideration of the risk that operating a. . .

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Rock wall contracts roll out for $193m port project

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The Port of Townsville has awarded two contracts with a total value of more than $10 million as its $193 million Channel Upgrade Project advances.

Hall Contracting  will build a 2.2km rock wall, forming a protective bund around a 62ha Port Reclamation Area at the eastern end of the Port.  

HY-TEC’s quarry at Calcium has been contracted to supply 43 thousand tonnes of rock , in addition to Holcim Australia’s contract. . .

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Adani awards $35m-plus quarry contract

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Toowoomba-based company Wagners will build and operate a quarry to supply material required for Carmichael coal mining and rail infrastructure.

Adani Mining today announced Wagners' selection as the lead contractor to deliver the Galilee Basin coal project's $35 million-plus quarry operations package.

The South Back Creek Quarry, to be located about 160km outside Clermont, will supply up to 1.5 million tonnes of quarry materials for the development of roads, camps, pads, dams and mine civil works over a period of up to five years.

Wagners said up to 40 jobs would be created in the quarrying. . .

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Rock stockpile grows in Channel Upgrade Project

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The Port of Townsville’s $193 million Channel Upgrade Project is advancing, with 20 thousand tonnes of rock already delivered from Holcim Australia’s Roseneath quarry west of Townsville.

The rock currently stockpiled on the pad at the eastern end of the port will be part of the core of a rock wall that will protect a 62ha Port Reclamation Area.

The core rock is the smallest of three grades of rock that form the bund wall.

The core rock works with other elements to form a filter. . .

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Mendi adds to Townsville quarrying might

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The Mendi Group has acquired a third quarry in the Townsville area to supply the local construction industry. 

Mendi managing director Jeffrey Doyle said the new CAMM North quarry would be ramping up production to supply raw materials on the northern and southern approaches to Townsville.

“The purchase of the previously-named Wild Boar Quarry is a very strategic step for us and represents a significant local investment by the Mendi Group, ” he said.

“The new CAMM North quarry gives us a supply of raw materials on the northern side of Townsville, meaning our main operating location in the. . .

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