Literature On Quarry Site

Recent publications include collaborative analyses focussed on quarry sources of stone used to build the UN World Heritage Site of Stonehenge, whilst two major studies of prehistoric and post-medieval sarsen stone exploitation will …

The name of the quarry site is Kunlun Construction Company Limited located around Onigambari forest reserve Oyo state, Nigeria. Quarry activities were started in this area about 13 years ago (Table 1). Sampling Two sites were mapped out for the sampling and a control site, and the distance between the two sites is 0.028 km (Fig. 1).

2.1. Description of the study area. Hakim Gara is situated between 9.284° N and 9.286° N and between 42.102° E and 42.118° E in the Eastern part of Ethiopia, near the ancient UN registered Harar (Jugel) town, the capital of Harari region, shown in Fig. 1, which is about 520 km from Addis Ababa and the selected quarry activity sites are located about 5 km …

truck/dumper/ tractor (24%) and use of dynamite in blasting operation in quarry (22%). About 40% respondent complained about the impact of dust pollution on agriculture. The availability of water resources in the study area varied from site to site. Many health impacts like bodily pain, eye infection, sleepless nights, headache, cough and chest ...

With samples from Akure, the study examined the variation of the satisfaction of the people living around quarry site with distance away from the location of the site. 180 questionnaires were ...

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The proposed model was calibrated by nonlinear fits to 35 bench blasts in different sites from Sungun copper mine, Akdaglar quarry and Mrica quarry. In order to validate the proposed model, its results were compared to data obtained from six blast sites in Chadormalu iron ore mine and one in Porgera gold mine.

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Distribution of quarry worker with health issues -Kenya. Source: Eshiwani, 2014. ... reviewing literature s was the main approach that had b een adopted in this paper. In .

the quarries at Obsidian Cliffs remain undescribed in the literature. Quarry sites are often described as locations where early-stage lithic reduction, particularly biface preparation, occurred. The presence of previously investigated sites in the vicinity which represent various site types offers an opportunity to test whether this reduction

and the highest population. Further, extant literature has not examined the spatial distribution of quarry stones mining sites. The studies have failed to determine the socioeconomic impacts of quarry stones; for instance, Tropek et al. (2020) investigated the technical reclamations of post-mining sites in black coal spoil dumps.

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sustainability in the industry, the Kenyan industry faces innumerable quarry-related disasters and stakeholders' complaints on safety, environmental and socio-economic concerns. The …

The second lesson of Pit & Quarry University focuses on site selection and plant design for your aggregates operation. ... be mindful of the potential for these minerals as occurrences could be localized and not previously documented in the literature. In addition, exploratory drilling may encounter zones of asbestiform minerals in the ...

Hassan [3] studied metals distribution in the water bodies around a quarry site and found that the water resources in surrounding localities were polluted with cadmium, nickel and iron.Okafor and Njoku [12] in their study revealed that the concentration of lead, cadmium and iron were high in water resources within 0–50 m from quarry site and proposed that quarry …

Like all quarry sites, there is a great deal of waste granite in massive dumps. Partially processed granite blocks are scattered around the site. ... In the early days, according to the literature, a driller could earn $1.75 a day while a first-class stonecutter earned $2.00 a day. Some "old timers" (Babe Pennett and Henry Gagnon) who ...

The results shows that dust concentration at the quarry site was quite high on the average 51.56 mg/m 3, when compared with the limit 10 mg/m 3 and the study revealed that the crushing plant had ...

Current work aimed at nominating the Old Kingdom quarry site of Widan el-Faras in the Northern Faiyum (Egypt) for inclusion on the World Heritage List raises fundamental questions. ... The first step in creating a NHR-SMR is a literature survey to gather the accumulated knowledge on the sites already surveyed and excavated. The next step is a ...

A giant mining company is pressing ahead with plans to create a granite quarry in a 900-acre tract just north of Athens in Jackson County. The site off U.S. Highway 441, near its intersection with Georgia Highway 334 and Old Commerce Road, is about two miles west of the Sandy Creek Park wetlands, and part is adjacent to the North Oconee River, one of Athens …

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Using the resource curse theory as a philosophical lens, this study qualitatively analysed the effects of the stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana. Using the case study...

Our exploratory analysis of new quarry sites uses community-center site locations coupled with a site suitability analysis (a Linear Scale Transformation of geological attributes) …

26.6 million m3 of dredged sand and 3.45 million m3 of quarry materials for the reclamation and construction of coastal structures. The main objective of the present study is to assess and …

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Geotechnical site investigations, in general, are usually performed by either Civil Engineers (Geotechnical) or Engineering Geologists. Their main purpose is to determine the ground (soil and rock ...

The project is the first of its kind in the Liverpool City Region and will see the 35-acre former Weston Quarry site in Runcorn turned into a green habitat, with 2.5km of new native species hedgerow being planted, along with enhanced areas of scrub and ponds stretching from the site to the adjacent local nature reserve at Runcorn Hill Park.

Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river, such as vibrations, land degradation, land subsidence and landslides, water pollution, occupational...

summarises the main literature on the topic and identifies a number of key issues to be addressed in the future. The publication is beautifully presented and incorporates over 600 illustrations, …

impact on road. The study area is only the quarry site within the neighbourhood which is the ZERBERCED. The distance within the residents and quarry site and the level of noise and the air pollutant variables are considered. LITERATURE REVIEW Industrial activities such as quarry sites and block industries has been activities that generate

quarry site restoration and making the sites fit for multipurpose use after restoration. The research aims to ... This master's thesis contributes to the stakeholder and ecological restoration literature by introducing further comprehensive understanding on the importance and methods of stakeholder engagement in quarry site restoration. In ...