Whether you are buying or hiring equipment, chasing spare parts and transport machinery, or looking to finance capital equipment, chances are you are dealing with the Porter Group and what has become, over six decades, one of the country’s major equipment sales and service provider.
While not quite the most southerly quarry in the country, Greenhill is within a rock throw of the Southern Ocean and enjoys a great view of Stewart Island.
Eight years ago John Illingsworth left his successful corporate career with the Fletcher Group and unleashed his entrepreneurial streak, and he hasn’t looked back. Q&M talks to him about stone, sand, and abalone.
The last time Q&M visited Newmont in Waihi two years ago we came away with a story about the final closure of Martha and community relations. HUGH DE LACY returns to find the company facing a serious challenge from residents demanding a clear idea of the mining company’s intentions.
Advances in cleanfill management at the Puketutu Island Quarry in Auckland have set the standard for similar operations around the country.
The draft ‘Geologic Inventory of North Island Aggregate Resources’, prepared by PHILIPPA BLACK from the geology school of the environment at the University of Auckland, is now available online.
Within its first year, Straterra, the new natural resources association has witnessed many positive changes for the industry.
