A legal perspective – May 2023
Tait Hoby and Louise Ford from Atkins Holm Majure provide an overview of the Environment Court’s recent decision on Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society...
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Coyote an historic blasting method
PHOTO: Showing the smaller columnar structure of the Basalt at Smeeds Quarry. Andrew Robertson explains the old blasting practice used in areas where there were...
There’s nothing boring about this tunnel
PHOTOGRAPHY BY WATERCARE Brendon Burns visits the country’s largest stormwater project and explains one of the project’s tunnelling milestones to date. On a tight site...
Remarkable achievements through sheer determination
Rebecca Finlay has been nominated by Anthony Warren, the quarry manager at Portland Cement, for a 2023 Q&M Tomorrow’s Leader Award. Rebecca started her quarry...
Simply steering the ship
Q&M talks with quarry manager Richie Sutherland who only started in the industry six years ago and has progressed into the role of operations manager...
Another quarry may face extinction
The Ohau Quarry near Levin may be forced to close due to the intended extension of the Kapiti Expressway from Otaki to north of...
The future relies on mining
The Government should bin proposed changes to the Crown Minerals Act as it jeopardises investment in mining, including in critical minerals needed to fuel a...
Quarry managers’ training Why return on investment is so important
By Andy Loader, First Rock Let me be blunt: The prime objective of the Quarry Manager is to ensure that the operation makes money! Yes,...
Mine rehabilitation in the Northern Waikato
By Kathleen Kinney, Boffa Miskell. From a landscape assessment in the late 1970s to a large-scale rehabilitation today, Boffa Miskell has a long history of...
LOYAL to the COMPANY and a family man at heart
Dylan Kelcher talks with Q&M about his rise and recognition within the industry through his career with Road Metals. Your Father is a well-known industry...