Liebherr New Zealand is in the process of supplying Envirowaste Services with the world’s largest hydrostatically driven crawler tractor and the first to be delivered in the Southern Hemisphere.
From quarry to conservation park; Hugh de Lacy recounts the tale of the iconic Canterbury firm of Isaac Construction.
Not every part of a quarry operation calls for heavy machinery, blasting sticks and calloused hands. These days it also requires soft hands and a sensitive approach.
The end is in sight for the Rotowaro coalfield near Huntly as the last resources are mined out of the Awaroa 4 pit; the final chapter in a mining history that will have gone back 100 years.
Ironsands laced with gold down the West Coast of the South Island have become a target of exploration companies both on and offshore.
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