Moving up a gear
Competitive sport has taught Mimico general manager Chris Gray some important lessons about life and business. By ABI KIBBLE. WITH YEARS OF MOTORCYCLE racing under...
Author : Gill Prentice
Q&M magazine (December 2017 – January 2018)
On the cover: Crushing game – KB Contracting & Quarries upgrades with new equipment from Porter Group Coverlines: Industry perspective – AQA chair Brian Roche provides an overview … Man...
Digitalisation in the aggregates industry
An interview with Giuseppe Campenelli, global vice president life cycle services at Metso. Article supplied by Metso. THE MAIN CHALLENGE facing our clients in today’s...
Foamed bitumen pavements thwart Cyclone Debbie
Amid the devastation caused by tropical Cyclone Debbie in Australia, March 2017, Queensland’s foamed bitumen stabilised pavements have emerged unscathed. Originally published in the July-August...
The first and last Kiwi submarine
PETER OWENS explains why a 19th century submarine is sitting far inland at Middlemarch in Central Otago. BEFORE GABRIEL READ found gold near Lawrence in...
Why we desperately need Chatham Rise phosphate
Potential seabed mining in this country has come at a critical time. BY PETER OWENS. THE FARMING INDUSTRY has been the backbone of this country...
In support of cleaner coal
While some young Kiwis are screaming ‘Armageddon’ at the mention of coal, private New Zealand company Mokau South Resources is hoping to develop one of...
Aggregate – a call for better planning
The Engineers for Social Responsibility invited DR DOUG WILSON, formerly of Auckland University, and professor PHILIPPA BLACK to talk at a presentation on aggregate sustainability....
Hazardous substance safety
This month (December) the new Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017 come into force and apply to all workplaces that manufacture, use,...
The industry in perspective
At the AQA AGM, held during the combined AQA and IOQ 49th industry conference, the association chair summed up the situation for the industry. By...