Mount Alford Lime has recently taken delivery of a new Hyundai R290LC – 9 for use in its lime works quarry based in Southwest Canterbury.
Dunedin is proof that a big city can live comfortably with a quarry at its heart.
The only thing missing from the interview was a couple of cold beers, but there was no shortage of tales coming forth from Keith Niederer – a.k.a. Mr Quarryman.
The largest opencast mine in the country, Rotowaro, produces up to two million tonnes a year using the heaviest mining machinery operating in this country.
The Extractive Industries Industry Training Organisation (Exito) hosted a forum for key representatives of the Extractive Industries that will help set the direction of industry training for the next two to five years.
It is a fact than many young truck drivers and machinery operators don’t realise how lucky they are compared to machinery operators of the past – cabin comfort and safety has come a very long way.
A new health and safety code for the mineral industry is a work in progress.
