The quarry, managed by Neil Gamble, produces around 1.7m tonnes of limestone aggregates per year which end up in asphalt production, concrete batching plants and general construction works in the region. The stone is extracted with a pair of CAT 775Gs with the quarry blasts split between two crushing teams. The first team is Wordsworth Crushing, one of the most respected names in the UK contract crushing and earth moving sector. The second team is Breedon's in-house crew who have for the past 6 years fed a static roll crusher and a 700m land conveyor, which conveys the crushed rock up to two large surge piles at the head of the quarry for further processing. "Our decision to stop our own haul trucks having to climb out of the quarry was a sensible one to make. As the hole got deeper, the run out got longer, not only did this have a major impact on cycle times but the added increase in fuel costs and road maintenance made the cost of installing the conveyor system more palatable," says Neil.
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