Economic data released today by the Australian Bureau Statistics has confirmed the importance of the mining industry to the Australian economy. In a year where the nation has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the mining industry has been a...
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The Hazelwood Health Study’s Hazelinks Stream, which investigates changes in the health of the community during and after the Hazelwood mine fire, has released a report on risk of death in smoke...
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) welcomes announcement by the Western Australian Government of quarantine-free travel into the State from Queensland, South Australia...
Advanced safety, comfort and flexible operating lease options are just three of the reasons that make Mercedes-Benz buses a great option for the Australian mining industry. Then there is the...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a dozer incident at an open cut coal mine. A dozer driver has connected with the bucket of an excavator as the dozer operator was doing a push across the face...
The NSW Resources Regulator has published a dangerous incident that resulted in a fire on conveyor in an underground coal mine. According to the report, three mine workers were travelling through an...
OPINION The Queensland Election is set to be hotly contested around a number of key mining regions with often issues fought around what each party will deliver economically for the regions, but...
A mining company has finished expanding its autonomous heavy vehicle fleet at its iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Fortescue Metals Group recently completed its Chichester...
MinEx NZ has published a safety alert of a fire loader accident. According to reports, a loader operator noticed smoke while in the cab of a loader. Looking behind him, he saw flames behind the cab...
The NSW Resources Regulator is engaging with the industry through a series of events in regional NSW for small mine and quarry operators, with workshops being held at the following locations: Narooma...
After a COVID-19 delay, the inquiry into the destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge will finally travel to Western Australia next week to see the damage first hand...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a case study of successful rehabilitation at a former open cut coal mine. Development consent (DA 90/0242) was granted to Westside Mine in 1990 for open cut...
The Federal branch of the Australian Labor Party together with a Greens Senator have voted in the Senate to disallow a new coal-fired power station in Collinsville, north Queensland. LNP...