MinEx is the national Health & Safety Council for New Zealand’s extractives sector – the mining, quarrying and tunnelling.
Our principal purpose is to help the industry achieve its goal of being free from fatalities, injuries and diseases.
MinEx also provides centralised industry representation with Government and other agencies on health and safety legislation,
regulations, guidelines and training.
MinEx represented the mining, quarrying and tunnelling sector as the Government developed the new Health and Safety at
Work Act and associated regulations/guidelines. This ensured these are workable and will deliver better health and safety in
our sector.
Read our latest briefing on the extractives sector and health and safety.
MinEx’s other roles include:
- collection and analysis of industry incident and accident statistics;
- working actively with the industry and WorkSafe to develop health and safety standards and guidelines, and where required development of independent guidance;
- communicating health and safety issues to the mining, quarrying and tunnelling sector.
MinEx’s vision, mission, and mandate
Our vision
Our mission
To be an effective voice for the New Zealand mining and quarrying sector on health and safety issues, and to drive improvements in industry health and safety performance.
Our mandate is:
• to be the main point of contact with officials on all extractives sector matters related to health and safety, and
• to develop an industry view on relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines and training matters through leadership and consultation, and work with WorkSafe and other agencies to adopt and implement those views.