In 2013, John Wainwright & Co. Ltd's Moons Hill quarry received ￡3.5 million of investment in a secondary aggregate production plant, replacing some of equipment that has been in use since 1963. The new twenty metre high plant is estimated to be 60% more productive, and will utilise some of the most modern, and efficient crushing and screening equipment all manufactured by Sandvik Construction. For over 100 years Wainwright's has been extracting basalt from its Moons Hill Quarry. The aggregate is hard stone basalt (Andesite), with a minimum PSV of 57. Once quarried the extracted aggregate passes through an extensive crushing and screening process, which enables the production of both single sized and blended aggregate. As well as being used extensively for surface dressing throughout the South of England due to its high PSV, the processed material has many other applications, with major usages being in the production of asphalt or concrete, clause 803 (SHW) type 1 sub base, a specialist dust for horse arenas as well as a non-calcareous aggregate for watercourses.
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