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...
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The walls are coming down
One of the tests of success for an industry organisation like ours is often not that easy to achieve or measure. I’m talking about getting...
Bob is still on the job
Bob Pearson is probably the oldest person working with an A-Grade Certificate of Competence. He’s now contemplating full retirement – at 85! Based in Winton,...
Time to book for QuarryNZ 2025
It’s now little more than three months to QuarryNZ 2025. Conference organiser Melissa Bahler says Early Bird registrations have been selling well. The discounted packages...
The year ahead
So here we are in 2025 – a quarter of a way through the century – and hopefully all refreshed and raring to go. The...
A jam jar packed conference
Jayden Ellis, Chair, AQA. Sorry if you missed QuarryNZ – it was a heck of a conference. We are using this edition of Aggregate News to...
Demand Driven
AQA Chair comment from Jayden Ellis as published in the association’s news section in the October-November issue of Q&M magazine. The pre-Election period is full...
Need technical help? Call Mike
Mike Chilton regards himself as the Technical Help Desk for AQA members; and he’s wanting you to use him more. After completing a mining engineering...