WE’RE LETTING YOU IN ON A SECRET

Get the popcorn ready — you now have access to “The Secret Life of Quarries” film series. Just click below to start watching this groundbreaking, behind-the-scenes look at the hidden side of quarrying.

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EPISODE 1


The stone we need lies buried beneath thousands of tons of soil and spoil.


How do we reach the first and clear the second? Is there a perfect plan for overburden removal?

These are the secrets of overburden removal, and they're yours to learn.

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EPISODE 2


The overburden is gone, the stone is exposed and the crusher is hungry.


Do we pick wheel loader or excavator?
What size?

Which equipment, operators and techniques?

These are the secrets of extraction, and they're waiting for you.

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EPISODE 3


Hauling is anything but simple.

How do we prepare the road?
Which trucks, using which tires at which pressure?

Is there an ideal idling time?
How far is too far, and how fast is too fast?

These are the secrets of hauling, and they're ready to be discovered.

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EPISODE 4


Before stone can be sold it must pass in through the crusher and out through the yard.

But where should the crusher sit?

How should it be used?

How should a yard with a dozen different customers be organized?

Learn the secrets of the yard today.

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EPISODE 5


Maintenance is the art of fixing things before they break.


But how does that work in a quarry where every minute a machine misses impacts production?

How often should tools and tires be changed? When does keeping going become counterproductive?

Find out by learning the secrets of maintenance.

 

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EPISODE 6


There's no future for quarries that harm the environment.

New fuels, new tools and novel ways of working are making every part of the quarrying process kinder to the earth.

Understand these advances and make them work for you, with the secrets of sustainability.

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