News
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First Prismo Colourbright In Ireland
On the 13th and 14th May, our Special Products Team installed the very first Prismo Colourbright™ retro-reflecting material in Ireland on the A24 Belfast to Newcastle Road (around four miles south of Ballynahinch). » more
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Fossil hunters find Quarry
As part of our programme of facilitating educational visits, our Carmean Limeworks hosted a geology field trip from Methodist College Belfast at the end of February. The visitors were guided round the quarry by Angus Kennedy assisted by Michael Black. » more
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Carson Industries Joins Northstone Family
The Carson Industries production facility in Roscommon became the latest addition to the growing Northstone family when CRH plc acquired its parent company earlier this year. » more
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New Tile Plant Commissioning Underway at Toome
The newest, and certainly one of the most impressive production facilities in Northstone can now be found at Creagh Road in Toome. In the past number of weeks the first roof tiles have been produced by what is one of the most sophisicated tile production plants in Europe » more
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New Northstone Acquisition
In September 2007 Northstone (NI) Limited acquired the sand, gravel and block business of T. O’Connell and Sons. » more
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Quarry Product Sector's Health and Safety Awareness day
In collaboration with the Health & Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) and the Quarry Products Association Northern Ireland (QPANI), Northstone’s Quarry & Asphalt Division’s recently hosted a Health and Safety Awareness Day for the Quarry Products Sector at their head office in Croaghan. » more
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Another First for Northstone's Quarry & Asphalt Division
Our Quarry and Asphalt Division are the first to use the new Salmor 'Guardian' goalposts to warn of the presence of overhead power lines and to maintain a safe stand-off distance and prevent line strikes. From an initial idea developed and trialled in-house by the Division, production and marketing of the new goalpost system has been passed to Salmor Industries Limited. » more
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Quarry & Asphalt Division achieves UKAS registration for its Croaghan Laboratory
After a pre-assessment visit in early October, and an intensive two-day scrutiny by two auditors at the end of November last year, our Croaghan quality control test laboratory successfully achieved recommendation for accreditation to ISO IEC 17025 – the standard for the performance of testing and calibration standards. » more
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Falcon Fanatics Flock to Ballymena
In May, Quarry & Asphalt Division hosted a Quarry Visitors’ Day at Ballymena to coincide with IMA European Minerals Day and the launch of the BBC programme Return Of The Raptors, which focuses on Northern Ireland’s peregrine falcon population and includes the role of quarrying in boosting their numbers. » more
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Belfast Geologists' Society's grand day out
On Saturday 26th May, our Quarry & Asphalt Division hosted a visit by the Belfast Geologists' Society to our Croaghan and Carmean quarries. » more
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Quarry & Asphalt Division makes FEMAS accreditation easier to swallow
Quarry & Asphalt Division has recently begun a programme to attract visitors to its locations. However, some of the division’s most loyal ones are now causing a bit of a stir. » more
