Waitangi Day 2021 employment obligations
This year, Waitangi Day falls on Saturday 6 February, which means the holiday is moved to the following Monday – 8 February. If an employee...
Author : Quarry Mining Mag
Looking back on Rotowaro
For five years from 2011 the Rotowaro Coalfield and Opencast Mine extraction and overburden removal contract was taken over by Stevenson Mining (for state-owned Solid...
A win for quarry consenting
Simcox Quarry has won a consent to extract more aggregate after a year-long fight with local objections. This fight featured in the April edition of...
Still in action 214 million tonnes and 74,000 hours later
OceanaGold has retired one of its massive Hitachi EX3600-5 excavators from its Macraes Gold Mine in Central Otago, but its lifetime of delivering exceptional reliability...
Losing a respected veteran
The team at Q&M magazine and Contrafed Publishing express their condolences to George Cunningham’s family and friends. George made a significant and very valuable contribution...
An industry rock has fallen
Veteran quarry industry manager and consultant George William Cunningham – Geo – passed away on Wednesday November 25 aged 84 in Matamata. Tributes are flowing...
Leading Kiwi miner opts for Hydraulink
Bathurst Resources has appointed hydraulic maintenance and safety services provider Hydraulink to advance its objectives over its mines producing for the domestic market. Hydraulink is...
Supplying aggregate for Hi-Lab
A Huntly quarry owned by Gleeson and Cox is producing aggregate to meet the special requirements of the Hi-Lab road paving being used on sections...
Farewell to a veteran
Veteran quarryman Russell Vickers, one of the best known and respected quarrymen in the country, passed away back in August aged 84. By Neil Ritchie....
Minerals are essential to the nation
Leading up to the 2020 Minerals Forum in Hamilton this month (October) Straterra has produced Briefing Document: Mining in New Zealand – 2020. “The purpose...