Collaboration sets new standards
Located in Woodhill Forest northwest of Auckland with its entrance on State Highway 16, a new black sand quarry is in operation. It is not...
Category : Quarrying
A reprieve for Kiwi Point
Kiwi Point Quarry’s consent to extend the existing area of the quarry highlights a problem all regions now face in this country when it comes...
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...
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...
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...
Kiwi quarry gardens lead the way
An old Whangarei quarry site turned into a ‘quarry garden’ has been promoted as a ‘template’ for converting a disused Aussie site into botanical gardens....
Reducing dependence on fixed plant
Blackhead now operates the largest fleet of Metso mobile crushing and screening equipment in the country as it changes its production strategy. Edited by ALAN...
A legacy of innovation
Holcim’s Hastings Quarry has a legacy for getting maximum efficiencies from its equipment for alluvial aggregate production. ALAN TITCHALL talks to Hans Hollis, operations manager...
A crusher story in two parts
Rodney Aggregates Whangaripo Quarry is located northeast of Warkworth. The site has been quarried on and off since the 1930s, and was revamped into a...
A family brand makes public its quarry plans
Fulton Hogan has more than 80 years’ experience in the transport, water, energy, mining, civil construction and land development infrastructure here, in Australia and in the...