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 to our aggregate resources.
Last month Wellington City Council approved recommendations on a District Plan Change to extend Holcim’s Kiwi Point Quarry located close to Wellington city....
Isaac Quarry has a well-earned and award-winning reputation for its pursuit of environmental excellence and the protection of endangered species.
SINCE IT’S SIMPLE beginning in 1957 the conservation land has expanded to cover some 1100 hectares, including the quarry operation, salmon farm and general grazing and farmland. This...
Fulton Hogan’s Canterbury quarrying operation has been given a lift in productivity and efficiency with the addition of three new crushers from Kleemann. By MARY SEARLE BELL.
FULTON HOGAN HAS been in the quarry industry for more than 80 years and processes rock and aggregates at around 45 different sites throughout New Zealand and...
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...
A new blasting strategy at its Bombay quarry south of Auckland is paying substantial dividends for quarry operator Holcim. Hugh De Lacy explains.
Cutting blasting costs by 10 percent was just one of the benefits that explosives supplier and contractor Red Bull Powder was able to bring to Swiss multinational Holcim’s Bombay quarry,...
