by mjd | Jul 12, 2008 | Award Winners, Komatsu Award
Winner of the 2008 Komatsu Travel Award is Gordon Laing who is well qualified and has a wide range of experience in both the mining and quarrying sectors. He led a team of similarly-minded staff to win one national and two international Awards (Caernarfon Award) for...
by mjd | May 21, 2008 | Branch News, Canterbury, News
The members present at Canterbury Branch meeting held on 21 May 2008 in Christchurch endorsed the election of Andrew Mahon as Chairman. Andrew is a member of the IOQNZ Executive Committee, and works with Isaac Construction Company. Isaacs have a motto –...
by mjd | May 15, 2008 | News, Safety
Minex Health & safety Council have updated their website to include Codes of Practice & Guidelines for many facets of the extractive industry. View Codes of...
by mjd | Apr 23, 2008 | New Zealand, News, Reports, Safety
Fatality Report Engulfment Fatality Report NZDOL 090702 Haz42Fatality – Bulldozer Brake Failure NZDOL 080215 aa30 Frontbucket FEL are not designewd as power operated work platforms… NZDOL 071220 aa28 Mine Explosives Magazine records must accurately show...
by mjd | Mar 27, 2008 | Branch News, Local Reports, News, Otago / Southland, Reports
Cable Price Invercargill hosted the Otago/Southland Branch IOQ meeting on 20 Feb 2008. The meeting, chaired by IOQ Otago/Southland Chairman, Craig McCrorie, was well attended by many local quarry folk,with members of the NZ Executive also present. The local branch...
by mjd | Mar 5, 2008 | News
Report from NZ Herald Wed March 05, 2008 By Anne Gibson Swiss quarry and cement giant Holcim has Government approval to buy large blocks of land in North Otago where it is planning to establish a new cement plant. In the latest round of decisions released by the...
