Quarrying

We have one of the largest and most experienced quarrying teams in the Asia Pacific. Our specialist practice has been running for more than 30 years and today includes more than 125 dedicated partners and lawyers across Australia. We were rated the best quarrying law firm in Australia in the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers (2009).

Despite the mining boom, Australian quarries continue to experience significant regulatory pressures. We have invested time and effort in understanding all facets of the quarrying industry, enabling us to provide innovative and commercially astute advice on a broad spectrum of environmental and planning issues.

Our expertise encompasses all aspects of a quarrying project including project development, tenement application and renewal, pollution licensing, contamination, water and the interrelationship between each of these regulated areas. We also have extensive expertise in heritage, native title, threatened species and compliance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

We have a proven track record in numerous high profile quarrying cases, and have defended clients in prosecutions for serious breaches of pollution and contamination legislation in each jurisdiction.

Our clients include Boral, Holcim and Rocla.