To the construction industry, the Gomes name dates back to 70 years. Modern Quarrying visits Gerardus Gomes, and finds a man who has grown up in the sand business, a man who is forthright in what he does and says, and a man who has the same high standards and values as his crushing solutions provider.

The sound of gears constantly changing up and down as a quarry truck tackles an incline out of the pit, should send an immediate message to the listener. Because that's the sound of lost productivity resulting from a poorly constructed and maintained haul road. Barloworld Equipment product manager Mark Senyard talks about the ideal production model.

Based on decades of medium-hard and hard rock experience in the impact crushing sector, Hazemag has developed a new range of hard rock combined secondary and tertiary impactors with reversible rotor and grinding path, able to generate coarse as well as fine products. Modern Quarrying visits Trichardt Crushers to find out more.

On 15 February 1969, the inaugural meeting of the South African branch of the British Institute of Quarrying was held at the Edenroc Hotel in Durban. Modern Quarrying looks back at the many people and events which shaped the Institute into the successful organisation it is today.

Acting IQSA chairman Gert Coffee's report.

A listing of the companies exhibiting at this year's 40th conference.