New West Coast mine milestone Q&M

New West Coast mine milestone

New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals granted Tasman Mining a Mining Permit for the high-grade Blackwater gold deposit near Reefton on the West Coast. This approval grants the right to mine gold and silver from the site for a 20 year period. Six decades after gold mining ceased, Tasman Mining aims to  set up an underground mine at the...
A mineral export once more valuable than treasure Q&M

A mineral export once more valuable than treasure

Peter Owens reviews a mineral we once exported to the UK that had unprecedented value to the allied victory in WW1. From the ‘forgotten history’ archives, our country played a key role in the manufacture of top quality artillery shells for the British Army on the Western Front during WW1, and in the building of ships for the Royal...
Coal overrides garnet Q&M

Coal overrides garnet

Peter Owens looks at a scheme to woo West Coasters from coal with precious metals. The Coalition Government’s decision to lend what is a foreign company, $10 million to mine garnet on the West Coast (a loan from the Provincial Growth Fund) has been widely interpreted as another ploy to woo the West Coasters away from the mining of...
Converting a quarry to electric Q&M

Converting a quarry to electric

Volvo Construction Equipment and its customer Skanska have recorded ground-breaking results from their Electric Site research project – including a 40 percent reduction in operator cost. VOLVO AND SKANSKA tested the viability of the Electric Site research project over 10 weeks at Skanska’s Vikan Kross quarry, near Gothenburg,...
The right mix Q&M

The right mix

Understanding and addressing asphalt pavement segregation. By Peter Berton According to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (a US-based research organisation): “Segregation is defined as a lack of homogeneity in the hot-mix asphalt constituents of the in-place mat of such a magnitude that there is a reasonable...
Mobile crushing for seal chip supply flexibility Q&M

Mobile crushing for seal chip supply flexibility

GARTH TAYLOR, Mimico’s Crushing & Screening Business manager, says the operation at Matatoki has been set up in two parts. “The initial unit consists of a Metso LT106 jaw crusher, a Metso LT200HP cone crusher and a Metso ST2.4 mobile screen, which are manufacturing the feedstock to then go to the mobile chip circuit. “The...
A Pearl of wisdom Q&M

A Pearl of wisdom

Hawke’s Bay civil operations manager Pearl Jury became the first woman to gain her Civil Trades certification, the nationally recognised accreditation programme for civil contractors. Pearl has more than 15 years’ experience with Gair Contracting in Napier. She loves working with heavy machinery, and the company is one of the few...
Frews Contracting prepares for another century of solid business with WrightZone Q&M

Frews Contracting prepares for another century of solid business with WrightZone

Frews Contracting undertakes a range of demolition, civil and site works, site remediation, and material processing work throughout Canterbury and further afield. Recent projects by Frews Contracting include the partial demolition of Nelson Airport, site works for two new McDonald’s restaurants, as well as site work and site...
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