Past Annual Conference Symposium Themes

2012 Essential Investment and Resources for the Future
2011 Energy Management and Cost Saving Initiatives
2010 MPA Health & Safety Awards in association with IQ
2009 Quarrying - A Northern Ireland Approach
2008 Meeting the green challenges
2007 Added Value
2006 Optimisation of mineral resources for a sustainable future
2005 Quarrying - Changing the perception
2004 Developing a culture of health & safety
2003 The extraction industry - pathway to social acceptability
2002 The challenge of sustainability (Professionals' Day Conference Minerals 2002)
2001 A northern perspective
2000 Quarry 2000 - quarrying in the new Millennium
1999 2nd European Conference on Mineral Planning (ECMP)
1998 Materials quality and supply
1997 Construction materials and sustainability
1996 Aggregate supply options
1995 Responsibility in health and safety
1994 Quarrying and public accountability
1993 New ideas for quarry management
1992 Quarrying past present and future
1991 Quarrying for quality
1990 Quarrying and the environment
1989 Quarrying towards a better environment
1988 Cost saving in quarrying operations
1987 Aggregates for the south-east
1986 Health and safety in quarrying operations
1985 Construction material provision
1984 Fixed plant for tomorrow
1983 Quarries and waste disposal
1982 Productivity marketing and the public impact of quarrying
1981 Quarry face operations
1980 Quarry resources and reserves
1979 Management of aggregates companies in the 1980s
1978 The quarry site: management and treatment
1977 Quarries and the workforce
1976 Quarry planning and operations: the new climate
1975 End product processing plant
1974 Fixed plant in quarries
1973 The distribution of quarry products
1972 The quarrying industry and the environment
1971 Management and marketing
1970 Quarry face operations
1969 Quarry planning
1968 Training for quarry management
1967 Specifications and quality control
1966 Management in the quarrying industry