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THE shutdown of the unregulated quarrying industry is over.

This after Nigel Tenia – president of the operators' representing body the TT Aggregate Producers Alliance (TTAPA) – announced "positive engagements" with officials of the Ministry of Energy.

However, speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Tenia declined to name the ministry officials he and the group would have spoken to or the intermediary through whom discussions were held. He cited sensitivity of ongoing talks.