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 a Metso LT106 jaw crusher, a Metso LT200HP cone crusher and a Metso ST2.4 mobile screen, which are manufacturing the feedstock to then go to the mobile chip circuit.
“The...
Lessons from across the Ditch.
The fine material washer – also known as a sand screw – is historically one of the most maligned of sand washing instruments. JIM HANKINS, the principal of Rivergum Industries in Endagine NSW, recaps the history of the screw and explains why it is actually one of the most underrated – and...
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 TITCHALL.
IN JULY LAST year Mimico supplied Blackhead Quarries with a Metso Lokotrack LT106 mobile jaw crusher along with an LT200HP mobile cone crusher and an ST3.5 mobile screen...
Competitive sport has taught Mimico general manager Chris Gray some important lessons about life and business. By ABI KIBBLE.
WITH YEARS OF MOTORCYCLE racing under his belt, Chris Gray knows a thing or two about optimising performance.
Whether you want to succeed in sport or business, Chris believes that the basic principles are the...
Long-time quarry man Colin Welsh has spent over 50 years in the industry and knows a thing or two about what make a quarry profitable. He was interviewed by RICHARD SILCOCK on the eve of his retirement.
COLIN WELSH is a legend in the quarry industry. Well liked, well-known and a colourful entity, he has been around quarrying in New...
Silverscreen idol Fred Astaire once said to make a success of old age you have to start young – and tomorrow’s leaders are the same. Our future leaders are already amongst us and the Q&M Magazine Editor’s Award recognised three of them at the AQA/IOQ 2017 Conference in Auckland last month.
At the TransDiesel Awards Dinner,...
The massive effort being deployed to restore Christchurch’s infrastructure has created opportunities for a number of aggregate suppliers in the region, including Isaac Construction, a long-standing supplier of aggregate to the region.
With the onset of the city’s rebuild, Isaac Construction, drove its equipment and production staff...
Stevensons’ Drury Quarry is one of the largest and most technically advanced in the country and amongst the biggest producers of aggregate in the Auckland region, supplying over a quarter of its needs.
With over 100 years of quarry rock reserves, Stevensons’ Drury Quarry is well placed geographically to supply major new...
