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Surface Mining: The UEA Experience - Vermeer July 2012 Newsletter

9 July 2012

If your ore body is thin, complex, environmentally sensitive to drill and blast, requires low capital start up or you're looking at expansion beyond crusher capacities for bypass product, then surface mining is worth consideration.
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The Mardi-Mangrove Link Pipeline Commemorative Booklet

9 July 2012

Originally posted on www.environment.gov.au This commemorative booklet provides an historic record of construction of the Mardi-Mangrove Link Pipeline. UEA was contracted by John Holland to complete the installation of 1200mm SDR11 PN16 HDPE water main using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD).
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Turtle Coup - Trenchless World

25 June 2012

Abrasive rock formations, plus the constraints of an impending turtle breeding season made the HDD installation of an undersea outfall a tricky operation.
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HDD record set on Mardi-Mangrove Link Project

14 October 2011

UEA recently completed the first installation of a 1,200mm diameter SDR11 PN16 HDPE water main in Australia using a horizontal directional drill.
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The rock eater just got bigger - Contractor Magazine

11 October 2011

The first production Vermeer T1655 Terrain Leveler in the world recently commenced work in Western Australia. In terms of size this was not a step up from the previous model – it was a giant leap.
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