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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...

The nation’s quarries say to include what they produce in a draft list of minerals critical for the New Zealand economy recognises that nothing happens without them. Aggregate & Quarry Association (AQA) CEO Wayne Scott says while many other nations import quarry...

The quarry industry, which provides the foundations for every New Zealand building and road, says it does not want to see further degradation of the environment. Aggregate & Quarry Association CEO Wayne Scott today told Parliament’s Environment Committee which is...

The quarry industry says a new GNS Science study, showing where rock and sand resources exist in five major centres, should kick-start planning nationwide to secure these areas to support New Zealand’s future development needs. The Aggregate & Quarry Association...

Quarries delivering rock, aggregate and sand - already by far the nation’s largest mineral producers - will be amongst the first to benefit from the sector’s new strategy. Resources Minister Shane Jones today announced a Draft Minerals Strategy to use the resources...