JIM MACDONALD MEMORIAL LECTURE 2007

The delay in announcing the guest presenter for the 2006 Jim Macdonald Memorial Lecture Tour was worth the wait. In March 2007, Ian Rodger of Metso Minerals used a small window of opportunity to secure a speaker from America to provide the NZ Quarrying Industry with a...

Australian 2006 Conference Report

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

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...