Pit & Quarry, October 2015
The combination of the AquaCycle and side beam filter press achieves 90 percent water recycling from the plant and reduces the volume of top up water required to feed the wash plant to 132 gallons per minute port movements on site The CDE Global design also includes integrated plant walkways which facilitate a complete plant walkthrough for essential plant inspection and maintenance These make it easy to walk through the complete processing plant from the feed point to the filter press which reduces the time required for plant maintenance and ensures that production time is maximized Alternative sand source The kind of limestone C O Williams processes is the dominant mineral in Barbados According to estimates from the government limestone reserves are in excess of 30 billion tons However sand is in shorter supply with current extraction focused in the Walkers area of Barbados on the northeast coast The government of Barbados reports that there is only a safe period of about 10 years remaining before adverse effects of the coastline environment occur While sand reserves are available in other areas of the island these are not as easily accessible The sand in these areas is more siliceous and consolidated Taking all of this into account the development of an alternative sand source from the coral limestone C O Williams processes represents a way to reduce pressure on existing sand reserves and provides an alternative sand product for use in construction applications We recognized not only the business opportunity that existed from the more efficient exploitation of our coral limestone reserve but also for the potential that existed to protect long term sand and aggregate supply by introducing the advanced processing technologies offered by CDE Weekes says Sir Charles Williams started C O Williams in 1960 using a single tractor to offer simple earthmoving and agricultural cultivation services Since that time the company has grown to be one of the leading civil engineering MATERIAL WASHING and highway construction companies providing services across the Caribbean from the company headquarters in Barbados as well as regional offices in Antigua and St Lucia P Q Information for this story courtesy of CDE Global www cdeusa com More information about C O Williams is available at www cow bb www pitandquarry com October 2015 PIT QUARRY 33
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