INSTITUTE OF QUARRYING (THE)

Business Description

QMJ Publishing Ltd is a privately owned publishing and exhibition business that serves the quarrying and mineral extraction industries. The company was formed as The Quarry Managers' Journal Ltd in 1924. Originally based in Caernarfon, North Wales, the company moved to Birmingham and then to London in the 1930's. Since 1974, both QMJ Publishing Ltd and The Institute of Quarrying - the professional qualifying body for the quarry products sector - have been located in Nottingham. QMJ's aggregates-related activities include Quarry Management (monthly), MQR - Mining, Quarrying & Recycling (bi-monthly), a major biennial trade directory - Directory of Quarries and Quarry Equipment and The International Quarrying and Recycling Show. The company also serves the natural stone market with Natural Stone Specialist magazine the Natural Stone Directory and the Natural Stone Show. The company has a very close relationship with the markets it serves, and aspires to maintain its position by ensuring that its specialist knowledge of the industry is used to the best mutual benefit of the company and its customers.