Mining
Second Minerals Forum a roaring success
Quarrying and Mining magazine editor Alan Titchall reports from the second Minerals Forum held in Dunedin recently. Dawn breaks over the Octagon. I don't know it, but I am about to walk into a battle at the Harrop Street entrance to the Dunedin Town Hall conference venue. I didn't get the txt that said show up before 6am to avoid the...
A reprieve for Kiwi Point
Kiwi Point Quarry’s consent to extend the existing area of the quarry highlights a problem all regions now face in this country when it comes to our aggregate resources. Last month Wellington City Council approved recommendations on a District Plan Change to extend Holcim’s Kiwi Point Quarry located close to Wellington city. Original...
The Biscuit Tin
A fictional story by Robert Smith. It is 8am and our house is in an uproar. Today my brother leaves for France. Bob, Charles, Myrtle - shake a bloody leg; the war will be over by the time we get to the railway station. Mum's order barks through the house and returns a volley of protest. Will someone stop the horse eating the geraniums in...
Heart of gold
All stops are being pulled to extend the shelf life of Macraes, our largest gold mine set in the rolling tussock hills of East Otago. DENISE MCNABB visits the mine to meet manager, Matt Hine, whose mandate for a high-achieving and happy team is one for the books. YOU WOULD BE BE HARD-pressed to pick Macraes’ general manager Matt Hine among...
Attitude gets the job
Driving our biggest mining machine Nineteen-year-old Ella didn’t think she stood a chance, when she applied to be a forklift operator at a quarry. Story supplied by AB LIME. ELLA NELSON COMES from a family of farmers and machinery operators and was consciously applying for jobs in agricultural machinery. But all she was getting back was a...
