Gill Prentice

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A family brand 
makes public its quarry plans Quarrying

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...
Last hurdle for seabed saga Mining

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...
Crusher modelling Profile

Crusher modelling

Peter Fraser is best known for his modified Kumbee Hammermill design, but his perfectly scaled crusher models are works of art. BACK IN THE 1970s and 1980s Peter and his father Jock were well known industry identities in the Hastings area where they operated a contracting and transport business, John Fraser and Sons Contractors, plus an...
The battle of
 Dawsons Road quarry Quarrying

The battle of
 Dawsons Road quarry

Christchurch’s raucous NIMBY (not in my backyard) voices are in full cry as Fulton Hogan battles for a long-designated new quarry site. HUGH DE LACY reports. MIKE HIGGINS BLAMES the planners for the mounting supply problems in aggregate-rich Christchurch that are reflected in the bitter opposition to Fulton Hogan opening a new quarry...
The power of three: Kleemann crushers On The Cover

The power of three: Kleemann crushers

Fulton Hogan’s Canterbury quarrying operation has been given a lift in productivity and efficiency with the addition of three new crushers from Kleemann. By MARY SEARLE BELL. FULTON HOGAN HAS been in the quarry industry for more than 80 years and processes rock and aggregates at around 45 different sites throughout New Zealand and...
More Aussie lessons 
in technology Quarrying

More Aussie lessons 
in technology

A few years ago a large quarrying site in South Australia needed a major crushing and screening plant equipment upgrade and its management decided to invest in the latest technology to meet a growing demand for its product. LOCATED IN THE ADELAIDE suburb of Seacliff Park, Boral’s Quarries' hard rock Linwood quarry started operating...
Rare earth mineral bonus Mining

Rare earth mineral bonus

Already planning to mine phosphate deposits on the Chatham Rise, Chatham Rock Phosphate has also identified lucrative rare earth minerals on the Chatham Rise seafloor, and is studying a commercial procedure for separating them from the sand in which they are embedded. By PETER OWENS. ON CURRENT MARKET values, the rare earth minerals...
TTR readies for seabed mining Mining

TTR readies for seabed mining

Trans-Tasman Resources is still confident about its plans to extract and export ironsands dredged from the Taranaki seabed. By NEIL RITCHIE. TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES chairman Alan Eggers believes Environmental Protection Agency approval last August was the final regulatory hurdle the company needed to clear before starting building,...
Belmont Quarry: It's got lovely bones Quarrying

Belmont Quarry: It's got lovely bones

Belmont Quarry is certainly one of the oldest and probably one of the largest in the region. It’s had several owners and been the site for a number of ‘colourful’ activities besides quarrying. RICHARD SILCOCK profiles its current operation. It may not have the glitz of a Hollywood sound stage but the Belmont Quarry was used as one...
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