Quarry industry earns praise for environmental work

Media Release 18.07.07 Cement producer, Holcim has won an Environmental Excellence Award for work over more than 20 years rehabilitating the quarry supplying lime to its cement factory at Cape Foulwind near Westport. Former parliamentary Commissioner for the...

Bill Abbott off to Holcim, Colorado

Bill Abbott has accepted a position with Holcim Aggregate Industries in Denver, Colorado as the General Manager Aggregates. He has extensive experience in the concrete and aggregate industries both here in New Zealand and Australia including an in-depth understanding...

2007 Quarry Industry Study Tour to Europe

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...

IQA President reinforces IQA/IOQNZ Relationship

When John Malempre, President of the Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA) and Greg Bondar National CEO IQA attended the 38th Conference in Christchurch (July 2006) they presented NZ President Steve Ellis with a magnificently carved wooden plaque: “In...

MinEx Health & Safety Council elected

Following the call for nominations for the inaugural Board of the MinEx Health & Safety Council, the following nominees have been appointed to the ten positions available. Congratulations to these willing volunteers, and thanks also to the members of the Working...