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<blockquote data-quote="Coximus" data-source="post: 8164378" data-attributes="member: 12800"><p>Because grinding machines cost alot and as the older ones break, they dont replace them.</p><p></p><p>Local to me they didnt because it would add £3 a ton to the cost - despite being a softer rock than the quarry 2 miles up the road - it would make their lime £8 a ton... next door selling 5mm down at £4 a ton to shift it - no point as farmers just went to the cheap quarry - so they matched their product for £6 - and still claim its a loss maker, they do it to shift the fines that pile up on the screeners.</p><p></p><p>I do alot of groundworks outside of farming - and Have seen Ag lime being spread over piles of 6"down to get rid of it a couple of 10 tonne scoops over a 200 ton pile, as long as it doesn't push the 6" outside of 6F2 spec - rock fines are a problem for many softer and brittle rock quarries.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Its the same reason yellow building sand is becoming restricted nationwide - many quarries are not grinding it as even at 25 a tonne its just not worth the investment to produce a consistent 1mm-down product when the demand is so high for a 5mm down grit at £20 a tonne.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coximus, post: 8164378, member: 12800"] Because grinding machines cost alot and as the older ones break, they dont replace them. Local to me they didnt because it would add £3 a ton to the cost - despite being a softer rock than the quarry 2 miles up the road - it would make their lime £8 a ton... next door selling 5mm down at £4 a ton to shift it - no point as farmers just went to the cheap quarry - so they matched their product for £6 - and still claim its a loss maker, they do it to shift the fines that pile up on the screeners. I do alot of groundworks outside of farming - and Have seen Ag lime being spread over piles of 6"down to get rid of it a couple of 10 tonne scoops over a 200 ton pile, as long as it doesn't push the 6" outside of 6F2 spec - rock fines are a problem for many softer and brittle rock quarries. Its the same reason yellow building sand is becoming restricted nationwide - many quarries are not grinding it as even at 25 a tonne its just not worth the investment to produce a consistent 1mm-down product when the demand is so high for a 5mm down grit at £20 a tonne. [/QUOTE]
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