Introduction

This theme focuses on the steps required in planning and operating a quarry for the optimum use of the mineral resource and its contribution to the built environment. The ALSF has contributed to research and demonstration in three main areas:

• Sustainable provision of aggregates: assessment and planning
  The research varies considerably in scope and content, with projects applicable to various phases of the quarry life-cycle (planning and design, operational and post-closure phases). Because of the broad range of issues, the review used three topic areas arranged in a hierarchy from national, through regional and local, to site level.
• Optimising the efficiency of primary aggregate production
  The UK quarrying industry is under increasing pressure to improve the sustainability of its operations. Ways in which this can be achieved include reductions in quarry fines production and reductions in energy and water consumption.
• Sustainable utilisation of quarry by-products
  The focus of this review is quarry fines and dusts, which are often taken to be material less than 6mm and can form an integral part of many aggregate products. However, they are sometimes produced in excess quantities that do not match market demand. Where a production/market imbalance exists, aggregate producers need to identify alternative utilisation routes.

Reviews

Title			Format	Size
Sustainable provision of aggregates: assessment and planning			PDF	2.8MB
British Geological Survey and AEA Technology
Optimising the efficiency of primary aggregate production			PDF	2.4MB
University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester
Sustainable utilisation of quarry by-products			PDF	1.7MB
Scott Wilson Limited
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Project Reports

Title			Format	Size
SEA and future aggregate extraction in the East Midlands			PDF	2.2MB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	MA/1/1/002
Environmental and economic information for future aggregates planning			PDF	1.3MB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	MA/4/1/001
Developing an objective birdstrike risk assessment model for hazardous birds attracted to mineral extraction sites – an aid for environmental assessment policy			PDF	3.4MB
Central Science Laboratory	Project No.	SAMP/2/29
Techniques for effective strategic environmental assessment for local aggregates planning			PDF	3.8MB
Centre 4 Sustainability at TRL	Project No.	MA/2/1/004
Integrated Sustainable Resource Use Assessment of Aggregates Supply Options			PDF	2.0MB
Centre 4 Sustainability at TRL	Project No.	SAMP/1/010
Improving Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Aggregates Planning – Practitioners Network			PDF	334KB
Centre 4 Sustainability at TRL	Project No.	SAMP/3/B/5
Streamlining Environmental Impact Assessments for Aggregates Sites through Better Scoping.			PDF
Centre 4 Sustainability at TRL	Project No.	SAMP/2/21	2 Items
	Final Report	701KB
	Appendices	1.2MB
CPD Training Modules for Use by Mineral Planner, Regulators, Operators and Consultants in the Aggregate Industry			PDF	2.5MB
University of Leeds	Project No.	SAMP/2/40
Aggregates Supply and Demand for Sustainable Communities: A Practical Approach to Problem Solving.			PDF
British Geological Survey	Project No.	SAMP/2/12	3 Items
	Full Report	4.3MB
	Exec Sum	9.5MB
	Appendices	30.0MB
Safeguarding Aggregates and the Environment: Best Practice for the Definition of Mineral Consultation Areas for Aggregates			PDF	5.0MB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	SAMP/3/B/3
Training and information for sustainable aggregates provision			PDF	3.1MB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	SAMP/2/13
Feasibility study for application of new integrated technology to the detection, delineation and characterisation of archaeological sites with potential for mineral development			PDF	3.0MB
University of Leicester	Project No.	MA/3/1/001
The Sustainable Use of High Specification Aggregates in England			PDF	11.0MB
Capita Symonds Limited	Project No.	SAMP/1/039
Waterless Fines Removal			PDF	125KB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	MA/4/5/002
Quarry Fines Minimisation			PDF	165KB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	MA/4/5/003
Aggregate Grading in an Ultrasonically maintained suspension			PDF	1.1MB
NRS Technologies Limited	Project No.	MA/2/1/005
Management and Re-use of Quarry Assets			PDF	1.2MB
Tarmac Group	Project No.	MA/4/2/019
(AGSIM) - Aggregate Specification simulation to optimise waste utilisation			PDF	22.0MB
University of Leicester	Project No.	MA/3/2/001
(ADICT) - Aggregate deposit drilling 4 improved characterisation and testing			PDF	5.5MB
University of Leicester	Project No.	MA/3/2/002
WARM-IT   Waste minimisation by the application of integrated technology			PDF	12.2MB
University of Leicester	Project No.	MA/4/2/002
Cleaner Quarries (2) - optimising environmental performance			PDF	3.0MB
University of Nottingham	Project No.	MA/4/1/002
Cleaner Quarries (1) - optimising environmental performance			PDF	3.0MB
University of Nottingham	Project No.	MA/2/3/007
China Clay Secondary Aggregates Feasibility and Demonstration Programme			PDF	2.2MB
Imerys Minerals Limited	Project No.	MA/4/5/009
Combination of basaltic quarry fines with organic process residues for the development of novel growing media			PDF	3.0MB
Mineral Solutions Limited	Project No.	MA/1/3/003
Development of an interactive database to enhance the exploitation of quarry fines			PDF	0.6MB
Mineral Solutions Limited	Project No.	MA/2/4/003
A generic model for the formulation of growing media from composts and quarry fines			PDF	0.6MB
Mineral Solutions Limited	Project No.	MA/3/1/003
The use of quarry dusts in hydraulically bound mixtures for construction applications			PDF
Scott Wilson Limited	Project No.	MA/6/4/003	2 Items
Technical Report		942KB
Guidance Document		422KB
Using microwave technology to produce lightweight aggregate from quarry wastes			PDF	0.8MB
University of Nottingham	Project No.	MA/6/4/006
Monitoring of remediated acidic sites using quarry wastes			PDF	0.4MB
University of Birmingham	Project No.	MA/6/4/012
Determining Reserves of Aggregates by Non-invasive Electrical Tomography (DRAGNET)			PDF	3.4MB
British Geological Survey	Project No.	MA/6/1/008
The need for non-energy indigenous mineral production in England			PDF
British Geological Survey	Project No.	SAMP/4/01	2 Items
Final Report		1.1MB
A complimentary report 'The need for indigenous fluorspar production in England' has been produced, please visit the BGS website for more details.		0.6MB
Aggregate resource alternative: Options for future aggregate minerals supply in England			PDF
British Geological Survey	Project No.	SAMP/4/02	2 Items
Final Report		2.8MB
Maps	East England	4.1MB
	East Midlands	3.0MB
	West Midlands	2.9MB
	North East	1.8MB
	North West	3.7MB
	South East London	7.0MB
	South West	3.2MB
	Yorkshire & Humber	3.3MB
Reasons for the Decline in Aggregate Reserves			PDF	8.0MB
Capita Symonds Limited	Project No.	SAMP/4/03
Verney Report – still relevant after 30 years? ... beyond “the way ahead”			PDF	4.7MB
National Stone Centre	Project No.	SAMP/4/04
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