Historical Summary

A lot has happened over 100 years, here are some of the highlights

  • 1917 First meeting of The Association of Quarry Managers was held in Caernarfon (19 October)
  • 1918 First issue of The Quarry Managers’ Journal (November)
  • 1920 Name of the association was changed to The Institution of Quarry Managers; Sir Henry Maybury became the first President
  • 1921 First Annual Conference was held in London
  • 1924 Women were admitted to Conferences for the first time; Quarry Managers Journal Ltd was formed
  • 1925 Benevolent Fund established; Mrs Anne Greaves, the first lady member, was elected
  • 1927 Name changed to The Institute of Quarrying
  • 1947 Designatory letters (MIQ, FIQ etc) adopted
  • 1948 First examinations developed by the Institute were set; First meeting of the Australian branch was held in Sydney
  • 1955 First of the Short Courses in Quarry Practice held at Ashorne Hill
  • 1957 The Institute's founder and General Secretary, Simon McPherson, died at 80 (still in office!) and was succeeded by his son John
  • 1958 Coat of Arms presented as a gift from the outgoing President, Hugh Symington
  • 1961 Australian branch was formed into a Division with branches in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland
  • 1967 Diploma course in Quarrying was established at the Doncaster Technical College in South Yorkshire
  • 1968 New Zealand branch formed
  • 1969 South African branch formed
  • 1971 Assisted Private Study course, leading to the Institute's Associate Membership (now Professional) Examination was started
  • 1972 Hong Kong branch was formed.
  • 1974 Headquarters moved to Nottingham
  • 1989 First international symposium held in conjunction with Hillhead Quarry Exhibition; Malaysian branch formed
  • 2003 CPD record scheme introduced
  • 2007 Doncaster Assisted Private Study course and IQ Professional Examination replaced by Diploma course at the University of Derby in partnership with IQ and IAT
  • 2009 Corporate Professional Competence (CPC) Scheme started, with Lafarge as first member; First meeting of IQ Middle East Meeting Group take place in UAE
  • 2010 IQ Learning Management System (LMS) introduced to allow online delivery of CPD units with Sandvik International as first user
  • 2011 First blended learning programme delivered with Terex Mineral Processing as first customer
  • 2014 New Technical Member grade (TMIQ) introduced
  • 2016 IQ Academy launched