A completely new track-type tractor
Image: Near-new International TD-25B on test at International’s proving grounds in 1963. The machine is equipped with a cable-operated S-blade with hydraulic tilt cylinder. The...
Category : Mining
Cutting red tape or shifting responsibility?
The Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill is much more than a technical reform – it shifts the balance between state oversight and organisational...
Double honours for Wayne Scott
Image: IOQ NZ outgoing president Chris Gray speaking at the QuarryNZ Awards at ILT Stadium in Invercargill. Aggregate and Quarry Association and MinEx Chief Executive...
Looking back with pride
His baptism of fire was the Boatmans Mine disaster of 1985, just weeks after he joined the NZ Mines Rescue Service as a brigade member....
All in a day’s work – complete with cake
How Nicole Pierce’s varied job description is a totally Kiwi thing – right down to a bit of home baking, explains Jane Warwick. Sometimes it...
World War One miners honoured
Image: Front row left to right: Event organiser Sue Baker Wilson leads 95 year-old descendant Ernie MacManus. In April, descendants of men from WW1 NZ...
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...