· Dust is an environmental issue at many quarries and crushing is the most significant source of it [1, 2].According to Sairanen and Selonen [] drilling is the most dust producing activity in natural stone production is reported to generate mainly coarse (PM 10 or larger) particles [4, 5], whereas the majority of the dust generated during the drilling is PM 10 [].
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