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PLANNING AHEADNew Zealand needs to plan ahead and protect our aggregate supplies - so we can provide affordable houses for Kiwis and continue to build and repair our infrastructure.
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SOURCED LOCALLYQuarrying needs to be carried out close to where materials will be used, minimising emissions in local communities and lowering cost of transportation and building.
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OUR ROADSTo build 1km of a two-lane motorway, you need around 14,000 tonnes of construction aggregates (400 truckloads).
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USING AGGREGATEAggregates are the most consumed bulk product in the world after water. New Zealand uses 9-10 tonnes of aggregate every year, or 1kg per hour for each adult and child.
Read More- BUILDING NZ
To build an average house, you need about 250 tonnes of aggregate - for use in concrete, asphalt, mortar and building products.
Read More - OUR COMMUNITY
The quarry industry is committed to working alongside local communities and follows stringent planning, environmental and operating conditions.
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PLANNING AHEADNew Zealand needs to plan ahead and protect our aggregate supplies - so we can provide affordable houses for Kiwis and continue to build and repair our infrastructure.
Read MoreSOURCED LOCALLYQuarrying needs to be carried out close to where materials will be used, minimising emissions in local communities and lowering cost of transportation and building.
Read MoreOUR ROADSTo build 1km of a two-lane motorway, you need around 14,000 tonnes of construction aggregates (400 truckloads).
Read More
USING AGGREGATEAggregates are the most consumed bulk product in the world after water. New Zealand uses 9-10 tonnes of aggregate every year, or 1kg per hour for each adult and child.
Read More
BUILDING NZTo build an average house, you need about 250 tonnes of aggregate - for use in concrete, asphalt, mortar and building products.
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OUR COMMUNITYThe quarry industry is committed to working alongside local communities and follows stringent planning, environmental and operating conditions.
Read MoreTHE AGGREGATE & QUARRY ASSOCIATION – REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND’S QUARRYING SECTOR.
SOURCING AGGREGATE AT LOCAL SITES, SAFELY AND AT REASONABLE COST, IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR NATION’S FUTURE.
Aggregate is sourced from rock quarries and from river stones and produced in sizes from tiny pebbles through to rocks as big as a table. These materials are the foundations of our everyday lives – for housing, schools, hospitals, factories and farms, offices, drains, roads and motorways.
Sourcing aggregate at local sites, safely and at reasonable cost, is fundamental to our nation’s future.
QUARRYING IN NEW ZEALAND
Today there are approximately 1100 registered quarries in New Zealand. Many of those are members of the the Aggregate and Quarry Association. Some of our members are still small operations; others are part of major corporates including J Swap Contractors, Fulton Hogan and Winstone Aggregates.
As a national body the AQA represents companies producing the many millions of tonnes of aggregate delivered every year as well as much of the limestone.
Watch our recent video, which explains quarrying’s importance in New Zealand.
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Awards celebrate women in mining and quarrying
A water management engineer and an alluvial gold assistant mine manager, both from the South Island’s West Coast; a Waihi principal metallurgist; and a health and wellbeing manager from Blenheim are the four winners of the mining and quarrying industry awards...
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Rock Our Future school competition – 2023
Schools from Northland to Otago are among the winners in the AQA’s Rock our Future school competition for years 5-8 in 2023. This year’s brief was for students to show three everyday uses of aggregate along with an explanation. They were encouraged to visit a local...
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