Quarrying & Mining magazine

09/06/2024

  People in the quarry industry need to understand the difference between politics and policy and most things don’t really change that much when either one of the major parties leads in Government. In a confronting address to the 2022 QuarryNZ conference, AQA CEO Wayne Scott says politicians oft...

08/06/2024

"The opportunity to take over as Quarry Manager at Corbett Road came up which worked perfectly for me and allowed me to take on a new challenge of running wet plants making sand and aggregates alongside crushing dust and various APs."

Dylan Kelcher talks with Q&M about his rise and recognition within the industry through his career with Road Metals.

07/06/2024

"Yet, with a drop in production of 100 cubic metres per day you are struggling to even make a profit, and at a drop of 150 cubic metres per day will cost more to make the product than it is selling for, so you are making a loss on each cubic metre."

By Andy Loader, First Rock. Let me be blunt: The prime objective of the Quarry Manager is to ensure that the operation makes money!

06/06/2024

Chris Hipkins demonstrated enthusiasm borne of desperation in the second leaders' debate this week [televised on the evening of September 27].

06/06/2024

2 August 2023: Shortly after winning a 2023 National IPWEA (Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia) Excellence in Asset Management Award, Fulton Hogan’s SH6 rebuild project has won another major national award. The Tasman Journeys and Marlborough NOC team has won Engineering NZ’s ENVI...

05/06/2024

AQA Chair comment from Jayden Ellis as published in the association's news section in the October-November issue of Q&M magazine.

04/06/2024

The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM) and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater (NES-F) ...

04/06/2024

If there is ever a country you want to be banged up in hospital, it is Japan. With an extremely painful, late night stomach and back ache, ..

02/06/2024

Louise Ford and Tait Hoby from Atkins Majurey provide an overview of the new NBEA and SPA Acts and impacts on the sector, and update the ...

01/06/2024

"From a landscape assessment in the late 1970s to a large-scale rehabilitation today, Boffa Miskell has a long history of involvement with the former open-cast Kimihia Mine and its rehabilitation into a multi-purpose recreation, education, conference and natural park facility."

From a landscape assessment in the late 1970s to a large-scale rehabilitation today, Boffa Miskell has a long history of involvement with ...

31/05/2024

Last month the Stevens Group bought the New Zealand subsidiary of Lincom Group. including all of Lincom NZ's machines.

30/05/2024

Tait Hoby and Louise Ford, Atkins Holm Majurey discuss recent developments in our common law in relation to ‘tikanga Maori’ (Maori customs) in our legal system and address two decisions of the Independent Hearings Panel regarding McCallum Brothers Ltd (McCallum Brothers) in-shore and mid-shore s...

30/05/2024

26 March 2024: Fulton Hogan’s Civil division’s expansion of Wanaka’s wastewater treatment plant has helped ease the region’s growing pains. Involving heavy civil, mechanical, electrical and process works within live operations on one of Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC)’s critical w...

29/05/2024

https://quarryingandminingmag.co.nz/the-advantage-of-reliable-production-data/

Andy Loader, First Rock Consultancy. We in the extractive industries understand the vital need for aggregates; with the average usage being approximately eight to 10 tonnes per head of population per year. Yet, we have been our own worst enemies in some ways, with our reluctance to give out informat...

28/05/2024

https://quarryingandminingmag.co.nz/at-last-a-vision-for-minerals/

The Government’s new vision for the minerals sector aims to increase national and regional prosperity, provide the minerals needed for new technology and the clean energy transition, and double the value of minerals exports. Resources Minister Shane Jones launched a draft strategy for the minerals...

28/05/2024

https://quarryingandminingmag.co.nz/technology-cant-shoot-it-cant-live-without-it/

Aunty Netta explains what every society whatever end of the world, up there or down here, relies on in common – technology. As long as you know how to use it. There are many differences between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres – time, languages, seasons, traditions, and politics. We inhabit...

26/05/2024

https://quarryingandminingmag.co.nz/wetland-or-minefield/

When the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater (NES-F) were passed in 2020, the wetland provisions felt like a hospital pass of a hand gr***de to the quarrying and mining industry. By Mike Doesburg, Partner, and Emma Burns, lawyer at Wynn Williams. The NES-F now seems like a minefield, whi...

25/05/2024

Facts, not emotive slogans, should be used to determine where mining can take place here, says Straterra CEO Josie Vidal.

24/05/2024

Rebecca Finlay has been nominated by Anthony Warren, the quarry manager at Portland Cement, for a 2023 Q&M Tomorrow's Leader Award ...

23/05/2024

Brendon Burns visits the country's largest stormwater project and explains one of the project's tunnelling milestones to date ...

23/05/2024

Fulton Hogan is investing in Toyota’s updated HiLux range with 48-volt technology. This move is part of our broader strategy to embrace new technologies that enable us to meet the infrastructure needs of communities, whilst continuing to take steps to reduce emissions. “We are incorporating hybr...

22/05/2024

Coyote or tunnel blasting practice was a great way to get a great amount of rock broken for operations in remote areas.

19/05/2024

Tait Hoby and Louise Ford from Atkins Holm Majure provide an overview of the Environment Court’s recent decision on Royal Forest & Bird ...

18/05/2024

In this article, Helen Atkins and Louise Ford of legal firm Atkins Holm Majurey look at a recentcouncil level resource consent decision regarding sand mining at Pakiri, North Auckland. They also provide an overview of the proposed Conservation Management Processes Bill that the Department of Conserv...

17/05/2024

Dylan Kelcher talks with Q&M about his rise and recognition within the industry through his career with Road Metals.

16/05/2024

https://quarryingandminingmag.co.nz/need-technical-help-call-mike/

Mike Chilton regards himself as the Technical Help Desk for AQA members; and he’s wanting you to use him more. After completing a mining engineering degree in home-town Sydney, Mike has added 18 years working in the NZ quarry sector including seven years as the AQA’s Technical Adviser. He’s he...

16/05/2024

17 April 2024: Nature plays a few tricks on the wild, windswept south coast of the North Island. Fortunately, Fulton Hogan Operator/Foreman Jaden Field has a few tricks of his own. Jaden (right) has been working with Ecoreef® inventor and developer, Agmar Tool’s Fred Waiker (left), to pioneer the...

15/05/2024

https://quarryingandminingmag.co.nz/wetlands-revisions-a-win-but-no-champagne/

In early December 2022, the Government’s revised regulations on wetland development were gazetted. It was a win for the quarry sector led by the AQA, but CEO Wayne Scott says there was no case for popping corks. “Councils began interpreting the initial rushed regulations to mean that no developm...

14/05/2024

Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams, looks at stone, sand and streamlined approvals. The Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 (the Act) was a short-term measure implemented to stimulate the economy following the pandemic The sped-up consenting process that it introduced has largely b...

14/05/2024

There is a lot of uncertainty at this moment in time, but one thing can’t be argued, the importance of the aggregate industry to our national health. By Andy Loader, First Rock Consultancy. There has been a lot of talk recently about the supply of natural sand in the Auckland...