The company hoping to reopen the old Sugarloaf quarry in South Westland says it needs access to stewardship conservation land to minimise visual impact, maximise the resource and do the job safely.
The quarry is about 7km away from the start of the popular Copland Track, but cannot be seen from the track or the highway.
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Kokiri Lime Ltd holds the mining rights to the former Westland Catchment Board and Ministry of Works quarry at Karangarua, between Fox Glacier and Bruce Bay, and is waiting to hear if the Department of Conservation will grant consent for it to operate on 15ha within the mining permit area.
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January 10th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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The case
Before Mr Justice Martin Spencer
Queen’s Bench Division
The facts
Tarmac operated an aggregates quarry at Bayston Hill in Shropshire. Mr Chell was employed by Roltech Engineering Ltd and from 2013 worked at the quarry as a subcontracted site fitter alongside Tarmac’s own staff. Tarmac’s detailed health and safety rules for the quarry included a prohibition against intentional or reckless misuse of equipment but did not specifically forbid practical jokes.
During 2014 tensions arose at the quarry between the Tarmac employees and the Roltech workers over fears of job losses. Mr Chell raised concerns with his supervisor and then with Tarmac’s representative during August 2014 but he continued working at the quarry.
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