Western Australia’s Department of mines industry regulation and safety (DMIRS) has released a report regarding to manned loader falling into an open stope. In July 2020, an operator was driving a load haul dump (LHD, also known as an...
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Ichthys LNG by INPEX has been announced as the Northern Territory’s Engineering Excellence Award winner and Sir William Hudson Award finalist. INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG is one of the largest...
The Motor Trades Association of Queensland and MTA Institute have announced they will be awarding two full scholarships per year for trade-qualified automotive employees. The MTA Queensland VET...
The NSW Resources Regulator (the Regulator) has commenced prosecution proceedings against blasting services contractor Hamiltons Blasting Services Pty Limited (HBSPL), its shotfirer David Hamilton...
The Pike River mine recovery team has reached a critical milestone in their search for answers on the Pike River Mine Disaster that saw 29 miners perish in 2010. This week the recovery team reached...
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd $30,000 over alleged pollution of a local creek from uncontained sediment and soil from the mine. The EPA alleges that...
The Knockshinnoch disaster was a mining accident that occurred in September 1950 in the village of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. This year marks 70 years...
Miners searching the site near the town of Kamituga have so far recovered 18 bodies, after heavy rains caused the artisanal gold mine to cave in, burying those working below ground. Emergency workers...
OPINION The recent resignation of Dr Anthony Lynham, Queensland’s Mine Safety Minister, has seen a raft of applause for Lynham’s great works come from the likes of Queensland’s...
Queensland’s historical failures in mine safety have been flagged by the Queensland LNP as an important issue for a new Queensland Government. Speaking on the recent hearing delays to the...
Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (BNTAC), the prescribed body corporate for the Banjima People, together with BHP, today announced plans for the establishment of a Heritage Advisory...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a report regarding to floor slump on stope in an underground metals mine. A Jumbo operator and a nipper were working on a stope that had previously been rock...
The NSW Government has released the independent NSW Bushfire Inquiry, examining the causes of, preparation for and response to the 2019–20 bushfires. All 76 recommendations will be accepted in...