Minex H&S Council relocated

As from Thursday 1 August 2013, the operations of MinEx Health & Safety Council will be physically relocated to Strattera’s Wellington offices. Roger Parton will continue to provide the Safety Alerts and Incident Reporting functions and acting as the contact...

Founding Member Wally Yelavich passes

It is with great sadness that we record the passing of one of the Institute of Quarrying NZ Founding members, Walter Peter (Wally) Yelavich on 13 July 2013, aged 89 years. Wally recently featured in the “Profiles in Stone” book published by the IOQNZ in 2012,...

IOQ Awards 2013

Another successful QuarryNZ Conference has been held 10-12 July in Dunedin. Recipients of the The Institute of Quarrying Awards are:   Winstone Aggregates Safety Award   RD Hassed Memorial Trophy   Rocktec Innovation Award   Niemac Trophy  ...