Quarrying definition

Quarrying means the process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources found on or underneath the surface of public or private land.
Quarrying means the act of obtaining stone from the earth by means of cutting, digging, excavating, or blasting and includes processes used to convert the excavated material into commercial products.
Quarrying means the extraction of stone, sand or other minerals from the ground by manual or mechanical means;

Examples of Quarrying in a sentence

  • Quarrying is expected to take place on 120 hectares of land, with production expected to be 2 million tonnes of aggregate per year.

  • Prior to commencing any commercial bluestone mining, Grantor, at their sole cost, shall submit a Bluestone Extraction Plan following the guidelines described in the City s Water Quality Protection Guidelines for Bluestone Quarrying or such successor standard approved by Grantee.

  • After the third Anniversary Date, and after each Anniversary Date thereafter, Advance Minimum Royalty Payments shall be adjusted to proportionally reflect any net increase or decrease in the Producer Price Index for Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals, Except Fuels, Not Seasonably Adjusted, since the Effective Date and each proceeding Anniversary Date as applicable.

  • Examples are: Communication Skills Occupational Health and Safety Production and Process Product Despatch Quarrying and Transport Materials Handling First Line Minor Maintenance Complete Maintenance Problem Solving/Team Skills Quality Sampling/Testing Instructing and Training Supervision Specialist Skills General Duties Codes used in classification structures refer to the Kandos Quality System eg TP = Training Plan.

  • Sufficient cross-skilling in all facets of quarry work to supervise complex quarry operations, and may include for the purposes of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 competent persons, or, • Operation of a dredge with a power rating in excess of 750 kw and responsibility for vessel.


More Definitions of Quarrying

Quarrying means the current and ongoing surface excavation and development without shafts, drafts, or tunnels, with or without slopes, for the extraction of aggregates for commercial sale from natural deposits occurring in the earth.
Quarrying means the excavation of dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand gravel or slate from the ground in an open-pit mine manner to produce building materials and dimension stone;
Quarrying means a quarrying permit granted under these rules;
Quarrying includes the work defined in clause 1.3.1 of this award.
Quarrying means an operation for obtaining or extracting quarry materials by any method.
Quarrying means the activity of obtaining or extracting or attempting to obtain or extract any rock, stone, gravel, sand, clay or similar material for commercial or industrial use by any mode or method, or any purpose directly or indirectly connected therewith or incidental thereto;
Quarrying means the surface mining of minerals by the