October 27, 2016
Doug Hood Mining Ltd was part of the team selected by Christchurch City Council to reopen the Sumner to Lyttleton Road near Christchurch.
Badly affected by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes this important link between Christchurch City and Lyttleton...Read more
September 18, 2015
Stockton Mine on the West Coast of the South Island was the home of Doug Hood Mining Ltd for 7½ years.
Saturday 31st July 2010 saw the completion of a plant hire arrangement between Doug Hood Mining and the Stockton Alliance, and the conclusion of...Read more
September 15, 2015
Doug Hood Mining worked with Bathurst Resources at the Escarpment Mine project near Westport to construct the initial site infrastructure required prior to the commencement of large scale mining.
Activity on site, halted by Bathurst in mid 2016...Read more
March 17, 2014
In October 2011 Doug Hood Mining Ltd (DHML) was selected by Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd (SENZ) to mine the Reddale coal resource. Commencing November 2011 the contract ran for 28 months, concluding February 2014 when SENZ went owner-operator.
The...Read more
August 2, 2010
Earthworks at Stockton Mine
In 2007 while principal contractor at Stockton Mine, Doug Hood Mining tendered for and won the contract to construct the Mangatini Sump, a key component of the mine storm-water management program.
The sump required the...Read more
July 1, 2006
Between 2001 and 2006 Doug Hood Mining was principal mining contractor at Solid Energy’s Strongman 2 opencast coal mine, 25km north of Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island.
This contract involved drill, blast and high ratio...Read more
December 31, 2002
Between 1997 and 2002 DHML was contracted by Meridian Energy to excavate a tailrace for the 2nd Manapouri Power Station tunnel plus associated site works, for $3.5M.
The 2 stage contract required construction of a new tail race and widening of the...Read more
December 31, 2002
DHML was contracted between 2000 and 2002 to construct the Ashburton Aquatic Park (now Lake Hood) for the Ashburton Aquatic Park Charitable Trust.
Lake Hood is situated 6km from the town of Ashburton, mid Canterbury, in the South Island of New...Read more
December 31, 2002
DHML undertook a $12M whole-of-mine contract with Francis Mining for Echo Opencast Coalmine, Reefton, South Island from 1996 to 2003.
This contract incorporated all aspects of opencast coal mining including mine design & planning, overburden...Read more
December 31, 2001
In 1997 DHML began a 5 year association with Coeur Gold at the Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, south eastern Coromandel, New Zealand
This contract involved extensive bulk earthworks totalling 2.8M m3 comprising overburden stripping, ore extraction...Read more