Life is a quarry, seeking up-and-coming leaders
Alan Titchall, Editorial Manager. Contrafed Publishing. I have $1000 to give away to a deserving young/new staff member who might be on your team and...
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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...
The advantage of reliable production data
Andy Loader, First Rock Consultancy. We in the extractive industries understand the vital need for aggregates; with the average usage being approximately eight to 10...
We need to yell harder
There is a lot of uncertainty at this moment in time, but one thing can’t be argued, the importance of the aggregate industry to our...
Reflections on Japanese Culture – why Aunty Netta likes ‘simple’
Netta Burnside files her report from the second-hand machinery auction frontline in Japan. Japan is an incredibly advanced country. As well as designing some of...
Featured Behind the party leader’s clash
By Peter Dunne, September 28, 2023. Chris Hipkins demonstrated enthusiasm borne of desperation in the second leaders’ debate this week [televised on the evening of...
Focus breeds success – fixation breeds distress
Aunty Netta Burnside reflects on the recession that isn’t happening as machinery demand hits a peak. If you fixate on the trees at the side...
Getting real about conservation estate
Facts, not emotive slogans, should be used to determine where mining can take place here, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal. Groups protesting recently kept referencing...
It’s land and its wet but is it a wetland?
By Mike Doesburg, partner at Wynn Williams, specialising in resource management and environmental law. The Government’s Essential Freshwater Package had admirable ambitions: halting degradation of...
Why I look forward to greener generation
By Andy Loader, extractive industry consultant, First Rock Consultancy. Pictured above: Huntly Power Station. The Government is hard bent on transitioning to a greener economy...