Time to shape up on recruitment
When the brain drain from New Zealand to Australia peaked in the early 1980s, former PM Robert Muldoon quipped that it raised the IQ of...
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Getting real about conservation estate
Facts, not emotive slogans, should be used to determine where mining can take place here, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal. Groups protesting recently kept referencing...
The emergence of Maori ‘tikanga’ in our legal system
Tait Hoby and Louise Ford, Atkins Holm Majurey discuss recent developments in our common law in relation to ‘tikanga Maori’ (Maori customs) in our legal...
Lincom NZ now with Stevens Group
Pictured above: Stevens Group general manager Ken Johnston (left) and Lincom Group chief executive officer Stephen Watterson. Last month the Stevens Group bought the New Zealand...
Featured Nine years of risk and delays to extractive workers
Quarry and alluvial mine workers have faced nine years of risk through delays in new Government regulations, says Wayne Scott, CEO of the Mining Extractive...
A booming export market for decorative aggregate
Southern Stone & Timber was registered by John and Kim Drain (pictured) of Invercargill in 2005 with the vision of providing decorative aggregate products.Peter Owens...
The Caterpillar 245 – Quarry master
Caterpillar was a very late entrant to the hydraulic excavator marketplace, and not all its early attempts were stellar offerings. However, the model 245 was...
How green is my EV?
Alan Titchall looks at what goes into the making of electric powered vehicles. As your electric vehicle (EV) runs on electricity, the source of that...
A natural industry leader
In the third and final IOQ Webster Scholarship profile, Alan Titchall catches up with Jake Rouse, the manager of the Western Hills Quarry operation in...
Regional travel requests
The AQA says the MBIE is receiving a large number of travel exemption requests from the aggregate sector, as well as from contractors who provide...