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The Australian Business Journal
Liberty Industrial: Defining the Demand for Demolition

By offering both consultancy and contracting services, specialist demolition firm Liberty Industrial is providing Australia’s heavy industries with the tools and solutions the big player require to get the job done. As owners of Australia’s largest custom-built demolition excavator and the exclusive Australian agent to an exciting state-of-the-art 3D structural modelling and analysis technology under its company ASI Australia, demolition expert Liberty Industrial is blowing its competitors out of the water. Read the full story (PDF 4.2 MB).

Genesis
Idled Australian Plant Meets its Fate

A cutting edge development at the time, the Boodarie Iron plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia turned fines from the iron ore process into hot-briquetted feedstock for electric arc furnaces. What was once little more than a waste product suddenly had value, albeit a lesser value than lump iron ore, and for five years that new product, called Boodarie Iron, was successfully processed. More than 1.03 million tonnes of briquettes were produced in the first half of 2003 alone and consumed domestically as well as shipped to Asian markets. A combination of rising iron ore costs and reduced demand, however, led to the facility being shut down in 2004 and eventually slated for demolition. Today, New South Wales-based Liberty Industrial is heading up what is being touted as one of the largest, most challenging demo projects in the southern hemisphere, and thanks in large part to a veritable arsenal of Genesis mobile shears, is well on track to meeting a challenging timeline. Read the full story.

Demolition & Recycling International
Idled Australian Plant Meets its Fate

Logistics and technology have been combined to keep the massive Boodarie Iron closure project on schedule. Larry Trojak reports for D&Ri. Read the full story.

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