Revealing our mineral resources
Earth Sciences NZ – formerly GNS Science before its merger with NIWA in July – has recently launched its new Critical Minerals website. Q&M spoke...
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Prepare yourself with the protest rules
Three significant protests in the last year aimed at the extractives industry should remind us all of the importance of being prepared for the possibility...
A veteran coal miner and West Coast gentleman
Image: Henry Walter Bell and Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae at Government House, Wellington, May 22, 2015 Now in his 90th year, Harry Bell is a...
International Harvester’s big PayHauler
Image: Seen amongst spectacular scenery, three of New Zealand-based Baker Construction’s International PayHaulers, (two 340s and a 350) pose beside Lake Pukaki. They are being loaded...
Time to get serious about silica
Australia is getting serious about Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) and so must we, says Wayne Scott, CEO of MinEx. From last month (July), manufactured stone...
Women in Extractives stars
Caption: Wayne Scott, AQA; Charlotte Buxton-Blue; Charlotte Harrison; Tara Edwards-Tusa; and Josie Vidal, Straterra. The Komatsu Women in Extractives lunch and awards ceremony, celebrating diversity...
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...
Quarrying in the fast-lane
Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams, looks at stone, sand and streamlined approvals. The Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 (the Act) was a short-term measure...