by mjd | Jul 28, 2014 | AJ and RJ Loader Shield Sponsor's Display, AQA Awards, Award Winners, BR Webster Family Educational Scholarship, Conference News, Lyn Jordan Memorial Trophy, Mimico Environmental Award, Mining & Quarry Award, News, Niemac Trophy, RD Hassed Memorial Trophy, Rocktec Innovation Award, Winstone Aggregates Safety Award
One of the great conferences. Warm friendly folk. Excited to show off their spot in the north. Sheryl Mai, Mayor of Whangarei, welcomed the delegates and partners. The GoughCAT dinner was served one table at a time. Great food brought out by 20 or so young dedicated...
by mjd | Jul 21, 2014 | Auckland, Award Winners, Canterbury, Central Districts, Conference News, News, Niemac Trophy, Northland, Otago / Southland, Waikato / Bay of Plenty, Winstone Aggregates Safety Award
Dicksons Transport & Quarries have good reason to celebrate after the successful 2014 QuarryNZ Conference held in Whangarei. Six other quarry operations were nominated throughout NZ. When Tony Forster, Chief Inspector, Extractives (Quarries and Surface Mining)...
by mjd | Jun 2, 2014 | Auckland, Branch News, Canterbury, Central Districts, News, Northland, Otago / Southland, Waikato / Bay of Plenty
The 2014 Jim Macdonald Memorial Lecture Tour details have been finalised. Tony Forster has agreed to present at each of the branches during June. The lecture will be about the man and his passion for safety – not a lecture on rules and regulations. Please also...
by mjd | Jan 23, 2014 | News, Training
Certificates of Competency: With the new regulations prescribing competencies for the mining and quarrying sectors passed in December, MITO has uploaded information on the transitional arrangements onto their website, for quick and easy reference MITO Website –...
by mjd | Jan 21, 2014 | Branch News, New Zealand, News, Safety, Training
New Zealand’s top mine inspector has called on quarry and surface mine operators to lift their game when it comes to the use of vehicles. Tony Forster, chief inspector – extractives at the government’s High Hazards Unit (HHU), has signalled the inspectorate will this...
by mjd | Dec 19, 2013 | Branch News, Newsletters
Your December 2013 IOQNZ Newsletter contains the following articles: PRESIDENT’S NOTE AUCKLAND BRANCH CHRISTMAS EVENING WAIKAIA GOLD LTD’S GOLD RECOVERY PLANT ROCKTEC INNOVATION & TRAVEL GRANT 2013 IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR BARMAC VS IN NZ REPORT ON...
