Coyote an historic blasting method
PHOTO: Showing the smaller columnar structure of the Basalt at Smeeds Quarry. Andrew Robertson explains the old blasting practice used in areas where there were...
Category : Quarrying
Talk of mandating reports
A government mandate may oblige quarrying companies to supply production details now given voluntarily. Hugh de Lacy examines the issues. Shortcomings in the supply of...
Jason Blair – buoyed for the future
Thirty-three year old Jason Blair is Systems and Plant Manager at the Fulton Hogan and Palmers & Sons co-owned Walton Park Sand Quarry at Fairfield...
Quarrying way down south
Gavin Hartley from Blackhead Quarries presented his Quarrying Way Down South paper to the Institute of Quarrying Otago/Southland Branch mini conference held in Gore 23-24...
For the love of rock
ANDY LOADER reviews past and present quarries in the Queen City as it goes through a massive development stage, and asks – where is the...