Minerals are essential to the nation
Leading up to the 2020 Minerals Forum in Hamilton this month (October) Straterra has produced Briefing Document: Mining in New Zealand – 2020. “The purpose...
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Minerals sector and our well-being
Straterra has cautiously welcomed the government’s resource strategy that recognises the importance of minerals to our society and shows a willingness to work with the...
Second Minerals Forum a roaring success
Quarrying and Mining magazine editor Alan Titchall reports from the second Minerals Forum held in Dunedin recently. Dawn breaks over the Octagon. I don’t know...
New West Coast mine milestone
New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals granted Tasman Mining a Mining Permit for the high-grade Blackwater gold deposit near Reefton on the West Coast. This approval...
AQA new chief appointed
Original press release from AQA chair Jared Johnston. I am very pleased to report that today’s AQA Board meeting has unanimously confirmed the appointment of Wayne...
Top extractive industry job at MinEx
Applications for the new job of chief of MinEx close May 1. Touted as a “rare and valuable opportunity to influence and assist the minerals...
The danger of prohibiting extractive activity: ‘avoid effect’
A number of councils are currently reviewing and implementing new district or city plans. The signals do not look good for the extractive sector including...
Straterra’s point of view on health and safety
The following is a précis of the speech that CHRIS BAKER, chair of MinEx and CEO of Straterra, made to the 2015 QuarryNZ conference last...
Q&M chats with…Ilana Miller
In the third of our new interview series we have a casual chat with Ilana Miller, national manager minerals at NZP&M, who started her career...