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...
Author : Quarry Mining Mag
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...
The Euclid R-15 – Quarry Stalwart
Reliability in what can be a very harsh environment – the Euclid R-15 delivered this in spades along with extremely rugged construction and basic ease...
Court removes overburden constraint
A recent decision by the Environment Court has affirmed that the Brookby and Drury quarries – Auckland’s two biggest suppliers – don’t need to avoid...
An opportunity to share with Australia
Kylie Fahey, chief executive at The Institute Of Quarrying Australia, and its president Shane Braddy, spoke online to the 2021 QuarryNZ conference. This is a precis...
Welcomed wins for quarries and common-sense
There have been three significant resource wins for the quarry sector, each of which AQA CEO Wayne Scott says provide wider benefits for the industry....