2007 Quarry Industry Study Tour to Europe

by | Feb 1, 2007 | News

Opportunity of a lifetime! Trafalgar Tours is organising a fully escorted Quarry Industry Study Tour in April 2007 to Germany and France for members of the quarry industry and their partners. The tour is planned to have two distinct stages. During the first stage you...

Australian 2006 Conference Report

by | Jan 11, 2007 | Conference News, News, Reports

Australian Quarry Conference, Melbourne, 11-14 Oct 2006 Report from George Kelcher This year’s Australian Institute of Quarrying Conference was the first combined Conference of the Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA) and the Cement, Concrete, and Aggregates...

KOMATSU AWARD 2005 Report

by | Nov 18, 2006 | Award Winners Reports, News, Reports

Report by George Kelcher, Road Metals Ltd, Oamaru My trip to Perth March & April 2006. Part of this trip was taken as the Komatsu Travel Award from the IOQ / AQA Conference held July 2005. I would like to thank Komatsu NZ Staff, Steve Haines and Dean Riordan, for...

Kelcher impressed in Perth

by | Nov 17, 2006 | News

2005 was kind to George Kelcher. His position as Vice President for the IOQNZ was ratified, and he was awarded the Komatsu Travel Grant. He now reports on his trip to Perth – the city, the quarries (of course), the inaugural Construction & Mining Expo, and...