A unique quarry experience
Image: Jack spent a summer in Antarctica through Fulton Hogan, operating the Grey Chutes Quarry for the United States Antarctic Programme. Q&M magazine talks to...
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AQA submission on new Resource Management Bills
The AQA submission on the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill stresses that a National Environment Standard (NES) for quarrying is essential to provide a...
Planning and Natural Environment Bills too risk-averse
The NZ Minerals Council calls for more “innovation” and flexibility for mining and less environmental fretting in its submission to the Government’s proposed planning and...
Lessons from the UK
Aggregate and Quarry Association CEO Wayne Scott says the bipartisan consensus emerging in Britain around the need for infrastructure investment should be adopted by both...
Always looking forward
Q&M talks again with Zak Reilly who was a recipient of a 2022 Q&M Tomorrow’s Leader Award when he was with J Swap Contractors’ Taotaoroa...
Forging a path in mining
A winner of the Extractives Industry Trailblazer Award was Kirsty Hollis, a woman with many ‘firsts’ in the industry, all of which are simply the...
Caterpillar’s foray into hydraulic excavators
Image: A very early Caterpillar 5130 rigged as a backhoe and fitted with the long 5.2-metre stick. This particular machine appears to be equipped with...