In the safety seat Q&M

In the safety seat

There’s been steady progress on site safety, but there’s a heap more to do, according to WorkSafe’s new Chief Inspector Extractives. HUGH DE LACY explains. LIKE THE TWO people who preceded him at WorkSafe’s High Hazards Unit (HHU), Paul Hunt feels he has his work cut out for him to accelerate the uptake and embedding of the...
A veteran’s wise words Q&M

A veteran’s wise words

Veteran George Cunningham has been involved in the quarrying industry for as long as it takes to earn a retirement pension. HUGH DE LACY caught up with him recently. A QUARRY IS LIKE a huge ship out on the ocean where changes in direction can take miles to effect, and accordingly have to be planned way in advance. FROM OUR...
A sister act Q&M

A sister act

Gemma and Megan Leeson are not what you expect from your average quarry worker. They’re young, related and they’re female. MARY SEARLE BELL explains. While it is fair to say our extraction industry is male-dominated and challenged with an ageing workforce, the Leeson sisters are two of four apprentices in the Stevenson Construction...
Exporting Central Otago schist Q&M

Exporting Central Otago schist

DENISE MCNABB explains how an Otago aggregate resource has hit a nerve with overseas markets. China calling Last year a Chinese buyer visited most of Central Otago’s 10 or so licensed quarries in the Upper Clutha and other parts of Central Otago to canvass interest about shipping bulk schist to China. Glen Dennison operates a...
Dolomite from high on the hill Q&M

Dolomite from high on the hill

Dolomite is only mined commercially in this country on the Wakamarama Range, and Takaka-based Sollys has found a niche market supplying it to the fertiliser manufacturing industry. RICHARD SILCOCK explains. ABOUT FIVE KILOMETRES up a steep gravel road on the slopes of Mt Burnett, part of the Wakamarama Range to the south of...
TTR stalled over legal interpretation of compliance monitoring Q&M

TTR stalled over legal interpretation of compliance monitoring

Last month Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) was reviewing its Queen's Counsel's detailed assessment of the High Court ruling in late August over its mining plans off the Taranaki Coast. A DISAPPOINTED TTR IS considering its options before being able to comment further. A year ago, in August 2017, the Environmental Protection Authority...
Government lambasted over oil and gas Q&M

Government lambasted over oil and gas

The International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC), which represents more than 110 member companies worldwide from all segments of the geophysical and exploration industry, says our Government’s offshore exploration ban bill is flawed decision-making. “The New Zealand Government’s introduction of a bill banning new...
AQA new chief appointed Q&M

AQA new chief appointed

Original press release from AQA chair Jared Johnston. I am very pleased to report that today's AQA Board meeting has unanimously confirmed the appointment of Wayne Scott as our new Chief Executive, effective from Monday October 1. We appointed Wayne from a field of outstanding candidates on the basis that he will continue to also be...
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