Q&M
Logbook prosecutions: the difficulties for employers and operators
A one-month licence suspension for a logbook offence isn’t just an inconvenience for the driver, it’s as bad for their employer and for affected clients that suffer delays. Additionally, a fine of up to $2000 per offence can be levied on the driver and up to $25000 on their employer. According to police records obtained by DT Driver Training,...
WorkSafe advice on silica dust
According to WorkSafe, construction work has a big potential to produce silica dust that can cause serious lung disease and its removal from a worksite, or exposure control, is essential for worker safety. Silica is a natural substance found in materials on construction sites, such as concrete, bricks, rocks, stone, sand and clay. Dust...
A crusher story in two parts
Rodney Aggregates Whangaripo Quarry is located northeast of Warkworth. The site has been quarried on and off since the 1930s, and was revamped into a full-scale operation in 2006 in a JV partnership between Fulton Hogan and GBC Winstone. By ALAN TITCHALL. A word from the distributor Jon McAllister has resided in Matamata for the past 25 years...
A family brand makes public its quarry plans
Fulton Hogan has more than 80 years’ experience in the transport, water, energy, mining, civil construction and land development infrastructure here, in Australia and in the South Pacific. Jules Fulton and Bob Hogan teamed up as partners in 1933 to start a contracting business and to create a future for their families. Today, those same...
Last hurdle for seabed saga
Trans-Tasman Resources has a final legal hurdle to clear before developing this country’s first offshore seabed mining project – and that is gaining court clearance. By NEIL RITCHIE. THE WELLINGTON HIGH COURT is due to hear various appeals this month (April 16-19) against the Environmental Protection Agency granting Trans-Tasman Resources...
WorkSafe quarry visit discussion
MinEx is getting numerous phone calls from quarries that have been visited by WorkSafe, as the agency increasingly enforces the Health and Safety at Work Act that came into effect two years ago. It doesn’t appear that AQA members are among the ‘rogue operators’ presenting the most risk to the extractive sector, but we are keen to hear your...
