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        On the 7th of May 2019, the Geo-Drilling Apprenticeship programme was validated by an academic panel in the Institute of Technology Carlow. The validation of the [...]

Ireland Loses Lead position in World Investment Rankings for Minerals   This year’s Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies shows that Ireland has suffered a significant drop in ranking [...]

  26th and 27th March 2019: Demonstration Day and 2nd Conference Mike Lowther, IMQS Council Member , was in attendence at the Demonstration Day and 2nd Conference as a member of the External [...]

Course Date:   17th April 2019 Time:                  09:00 – 16:30 Location:           Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Dublin Instructors        Brendan Morris – Chartered [...]

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) annual convention was held in Toronto, Canada, earlier this month, March 3rd – 6th. Eleven IMQS Corporate Members travelled from [...]

  To Blasting Contractors/Shotfirers                                                                           15thof February 2019   Re: Keeping and Provision of Adequate Blasting [...]

  Sunday 15th to Wednesday 18th September 2019 Scandic Marina Congress Center, Helsinki, Finland Just 3 weeks remain to submit an abstract for the EFEE 10th World Conference on Explosives [...]

  IMQS AGM which will take place 19th February 2019 at the Lucan Spa Hotel, Dublin, at 1300 The IMQS will host a Planning Seminar from 1400 Planning, Regulatory & Environmental Law [...]

        At a recent meeting of the Quarry Safety Partnership,  it was outlines that the level of accident reporting to the Authority from the Quarrying Sector is extremely low.  To date in [...]

The Irish Mining and Quarrying Society hosted its 60th Anniversary Dinner Dance last Saturday, November 10th, in the K Club, Straffan, Co Kildare. The IMQS welcomed Sean Canney TD, Minister of [...]