Wellington, we have a problem
By Wayne Scott, chief executive, Aggregate and Quarry Association. Our country has a $75 billon plus infrastructure deficit to meet, Infrastructure Commission, CEO Ross Copland...
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Landfill consenting stoush
A report from its consultants to Environment Southland has recommended that the seven new consents sought by AB Lime be declined. AB Lime applied for...
Freshwater standards implications
The AQA is concerned with new National Environmental Standards for Freshwater Regulations 2020 as it relates to the minerals and aggregate sector (and earthworks generally)....
Waitangi Day 2021 employment obligations
This year, Waitangi Day falls on Saturday 6 February, which means the holiday is moved to the following Monday – 8 February. If an employee...
A win for quarry consenting
Simcox Quarry has won a consent to extract more aggregate after a year-long fight with local objections. This fight featured in the April edition of...
Still in action 214 million tonnes and 74,000 hours later
OceanaGold has retired one of its massive Hitachi EX3600-5 excavators from its Macraes Gold Mine in Central Otago, but its lifetime of delivering exceptional reliability...
Supplying aggregate for Hi-Lab
A Huntly quarry owned by Gleeson and Cox is producing aggregate to meet the special requirements of the Hi-Lab road paving being used on sections...
Grapes vs Rocks
AQA Communications Adviser Brendon Burns had resolved to stay out of the fray when residents in the valley he also lives in near Blenheim, geared...