Q&M
Minerals lab being built on West Coast
The New Zealand Institute for Minerals to Materials Research is building a new specialist minerals laboratory on the West Coast. The institute was given $11 million by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and the new laboratory project is also backed by Development West Coast. The move is in line with the current coalition...
TTR not giving up on mining STB
Towards the end of last year TransTasman Resources noticed the Court of Appeal to Seek Leave to Appeal Marine Consent High Court Judgment of 28 August 2018, regarding its marine consents for the STB iron sands project. The court has overturned an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) consent solely over the correct legal meaning of “adaptive...
Minerals sector and our well-being
Straterra has cautiously welcomed the government’s resource strategy that recognises the importance of minerals to our society and shows a willingness to work with the sector to achieve positive outcomes for our country. “While the strategy does not rescind support for the No New Mines on Conservation Land proposition, it does set a positive...
Lee Valley Quarry revisited
Pictured above: The newly commissioned McCloskey crusher in action at the Lee Valley Quarry face was keeping a CAT loader and Moxy very busy. The Lee Valley Quarry near Nelson is the largest quarry owned and operated by Taylors Contracting. Richard Silcock called in to update our last visit to the quarry two years ago. Family owned Taylors...
First quarry pinged over lack of CoC
The first charges were laid against a quarry under regulations 16 and 21 of the Health and Safety at Work Act (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016 back in September. McPherson Contractors found itself in the Hamilton District Court and fined $11,250 following a WorkSafe inspection in 2018 that found its quarry manager on...
Born in a quarry - The history behind Real Steel
Pictured above: Rock from Owhiro Bay Quarry heading to Wellington Airport. Alex Mathieson, founder of family-owned business Real Steel explains how the company was originally a spin-off of his specialised quarry contracting company. I began working in the quarry industry in 1975 at Owhiro Bay Quarry that was run by the Carey family. I started...
