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Blue Pacific Minerals – zeolite

The site of the Blue Pacific Minerals company includes information on zeolites and their uses in New Zealand.
Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand

On the Cement and Concrete Association’s site, this is a brief history of the New Zealand cement industry.
Minerals commodity report 20 – clays

A summary of clay resources in New Zealand, published by Crown Minerals.
Minerals commodity report 21 – limestone, marble and dolomite

A summary of the resources of limestone and marble resources in New Zealand, published by Crown Minerals.
Minerals commodity report 22 – aggregate

A summary of aggregate resources in New Zealand, published by Crown Minerals.
Minerals commodity report 23 – zeolites

A summary of zeolite resources in New Zealand, published by Crown Minerals.
Ministry of Economic Development – Crown Minerals

This is the website of the government agency that manages New Zealand’s mining and quarrying industries.
New Zealand Mining and Exploration Association

This association represents the interests of mining and quarrying companies.

More suggestions and sources

New Zealand Mining 27 (June 2000).
Thompson, Bruce, Bob Brathwaite, and Tony Christie. Mineral wealth of New Zealand. Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, 1995.
Williams, G. J. Economic geology of New Zealand. Monograph Series 4. Parkville: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1974.

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