January 5, 2015
Stage 1 of the Plant Upgrade project at our Western Australian processing and manufacturing plant has been completed. Aimed at maximizing plant efficiencies whilst ensuring stringent product quality management, the first stage has included a plant-wide electrical upgrade as well as the introduction of new fans and an additional automated batching plant. The construction of […]
January 5, 2015
On 26 March 2011, Aquacrete will join hundreds of millions of people across the planet in support of Earth Hour, the internationally recognized climate change awareness initiative. Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007 and has become a worldwide event across 128 countries and over 4600 cities, with people and businesses switching off their electricity […]
January 5, 2015
Aquacrete is set for further growth in the mining and civil sectors following the completion of a significant stage in the improvement project at its Western Australian manufacturing plant. Aimed at maximising plant efficiencies whilst ensuring stringent product quality management, the project has included a plant-wide electrical upgrade as well as the introduction of new […]
January 5, 2015
Recent incidents of water inrush at underground mines in Queensland and New South Wales have underscored the role of engineered water-retaining bulkheads and dam walls as part of a water management plan. As underground mines across Australia recover from the impact of recent rainfall and subsequent flood levels, safety authorities are now warning mine operators […]
January 5, 2015
M Salu Parsons Brinkerhoff ABSTRACT: While hazards resulting from spontaneous heating, gas migration, explosions and flooding remain a major threat to the safety and productivity of underground mines, specific research into overpressure ratings and integrity testing of ventilation control devices (VCDs), bulkheads and dams remains relatively limited. Given the difficulty to conduct field tests in […]
January 5, 2015
Greg Kay Aquacrete, Newcastle, NSW, Australia Michael Salu Parsons Brinckerhoff, Brisbane, QLD, Australia ABSTRACT: As underground mines increasingly face the challenge of maximising production without losing focus on safety excellence, the ability to predict the effectiveness and identify defects in mine seals and stoppings plays an increasingly important role in mine ventilation management. While technologies […]
January 5, 2015
Aquacrete, the Australian owned and operated ventilation control specialist, has developed in-situ testing technology that will allow underground mine operators to non-destructively verify the thickness and therefore overpressure rating compliance of ventilation control devices (VCDs). Launched at the Australian Mine Ventilation Conference at the University of New South Wales on 6 September, the Aquacrete Thickness […]
January 5, 2015
With twenty years of innovation under our belt, Aquacrete’s commitment to leading the field in ventilation and strata control solutions is as strong as ever. Having led the field with full-scale explosion testing of gypsum-based shotblast products as early as 1998, Aquacrete devices have been specified in more than 80% of underground coal mines and […]
January 5, 2015
With the high level of risk associated with the design and construction of dam walls and bulkheads, we selected a New South Wales client where a combination of bulkheads and dam walls were constructed with Aquacrete Wet-Repel TM. Our observations and experiences in designing water-retaining structures with Wet-RepelTM confirmed that the most significant factors influencing […]
January 5, 2015
Finding safe and efficient solutions in underground mining is not for the faint-hearted. As our technology and innovation team can verify, trialling new processes relies on a complex combination of engineering, practicality and complete confidence in products. Recently, Aquacrete played a small but pivotal role in an interesting project involving the construction of structural barricades […]
