It is hard to believe that a year has passed since the IQ Fellows’ Lunch and Student Awards at the Tower of London. It was a great environment to celebrate the successes of students from the University of Derby Centre for Mineral Products. I look forward to returning this November to celebrate another year of academic achievements.
Celebrating what we do in the mineral extractives sector is something we should do more often.
Every now and again it is worth taking time to reflect that what each of us does in our daily jobs plays a small but important part in a much bigger global industry and profession, driving social and economic development and growth....
In my previous column, I outlined a number of the approaches and activities to drive innovation that the industry and IQ have undertaken over the years....
As we move into the second half of 2019, we as an Institute are focusing on the third pillar of the Strategy launched at last year Fellows’ Lunch.....
Over the last quarter I have focused on the importance of leadership and how the Institute is supporting those who are destined to be the next generation of leaders in the industry.....
As President of the Institute of Quarrying, I aspire to ensure the long-term goals of the Institute are progressed.....
My recent columns have focused on the challenges our industry faces in managing health and safety. In dealing with these challenges, leadership is a recurring theme that affects the whole organization – from the board room to individual operational sites......
I do not believe we can ever talk too much about health and safety. Achieving best practice is something that the Institute works tirelessly towards, along with our partners across the industry. Only this month our team has been talking to representatives from the Health and Safety Executive and the legal profession, as well as hands-on quarry operators, for the first in a series of IQON quarterly member films. The topic? You guessed it; health and safety. Watch this space for more on this.
As members of the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) we focus heavily on the need for competence, both for ourselves and our colleagues. It is a core principle in supporting our efforts to improve in priority areas such as health, safety and well-being.....
