Crusher technician always in demand
Nathan Stearns is a 30-year-old welder and Service Technician at Sanland Equipment. Originally from Canada, he has collected over 10 years’ experience in heavy industries,...
Author : QM Mag
Let road builders build roads
We spend nearly six per cent of GDP on public infrastructure investments – the highest in the developed world – but get some of the...
A born leader
Image: Morgan receiving his Tomorrow’s Leader Award at the TDX-sponsored QuarryNZ conference award dinner in Hamilton this year. Morgan Ringrose has worked at Winstone’s Whitehall...
A veteran coal miner and West Coast gentleman
Image: Henry Walter Bell and Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae at Government House, Wellington, May 22, 2015 Now in his 90th year, Harry Bell is a...
Coal bucket protesters strengthen our resolve
After 23 days of illegal coal bucket occupation at Ngakawau, Bathurst Resources does not want the trespassers back, and is taking steps to make sure...
Intro to the M03 2025 sub-base spec
Back in August the new M03 Sub-base (2025) specification and notes were introduced for public use, replacing the old Sub-base notes from 1986, explains Mike...
An industry NES makes sense
A national environmental standard for quarrying will help streamline the resource consent process for future aggregate supply, benefitting not only those quarrying but also the...
A really big tractor: the Caterpillar D10
Image: Very early production Caterpillar D10 goes about its business in some fairly heavy rock, a normal operating environment for this machine when it first...