EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES IN LATE ROMAN QUARRIES NEAR ADZBA VILLAGE IN MIDDLE EGYPT : Antique quarries at Akoris I

Preventing eye injuries in quarries

Eye injuries often occur in the workplace in low and middle-income countries, particularly in the construction, agricultural, mining, and manufacturing industries. Even if there are safety regulations in these industries, their enforcement is often unsatisfactory, and owners are not required to provide safety equipment. In 2005, Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, conducted a pilot stu...

Application of geostatistical techniques to exploitation planning in slate quarries

When planning workings of slate extraction by mechanical means, it is important to know the quality of the rock mass to optimize the results of the cuttings in the extraction bank, because techniques to be used depend on relative percent of first quality or second quality slate. In this paper, a methodology for quality evaluation applied to slate extraction is developed in three phases, as a to...

A Short-term Production Planning Model for Dimension Stone Quarries

In this paper, problem of short-term production planning for dimension stone quarries was mathematically modeled using a binary integer programming. The model includes an objective function, which was founded as the minimization of the costs due to the total cutting planes of the blocks. This objective may cause to maximization of the net present value (NPV) in dimension stone quarries. During ...

The Pleistocene Glacial Record at Two Quarries in Decatur County, Iowa

Antimicrobial Attributes of Rare Actinobacteria Detected from Limestone Quarries

Rare actinobacterial isolates belonging to the genera Micromonospora, Nonomuraea, Kribbella, Lechevalieria, Saccharotherix and commonly occurring Streptomyces were isolated from Limestone quarry a unique and geographical area and harsh habitat. pH – 9.0, temperature – 45 C and sodium chloride concentration – 3% were found to be optimum for the maximum growth and physiological ability of the tes...