LOCAL MIX QUARRIES
STEVEN RICHARDSON, Quarry Manager of Local Mix Quarries reports on the diversity of the business.
Local Mix is a family owned business established in 1971 by Trevor Richardson and other partners. In 2006 Trevor became the sole owner of the Company comprising of Local Mix Quarries and Local Mix Concrete.
Trevor Richardson is the Managing Director of the company with family members holding key positions in the organisation. Stuart and Mark are involved with the concrete division, Steven in the quarries and their mother Dianne operates and drives various pieces of mobile equipment.
From an initial concrete plant at Fyansford the Local Mix moved to their current site at Moolap. A second concrete plant was purchased to cater for the north side of Geelong. In the late 1980’s Local Mix got involved in the quarry industry with a basalt quarry at Drysdale and a sand operation at Anglesea and St Leonards. All of these initial operations have been exhausted and new sites secured at Anakie (basalt quarry), Moriac (sand and gravel) and Portarlington (fine sand).
The quarries supplies concrete and decorative aggregates, washed sands, gravels and crushed rocks to local garden supplies and earthmoving contractors. The primary role of the quarries is to supply aggregates and sand to the concrete plants. Projects undertaken include providing bedding sand for new pipelines in the Geelong region, concrete and quarry products to the new ring road and base material for an upgrade to the railway in North Geelong.
With left over concrete to dispose of, Local Mix began recycling concrete in the mid 1990’s. This has led to the purchase of several track mounted mobile crushing units to allow flexibility at their own sites and expand in the mobile crushing business.
The expansion at Local Mix has seen us grow from a purely Geelong District concrete company, to now providing a wide range of quarry products, recycled concrete and mobile crushing services throughout Victoria.
Local Mix Quarries has been a CMPA member since 2000 and thanks it for the benefits membership provides.
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