Workplace safety is more than just hard hats and steel capped boots. Work-related eye injuries do not typically cause fatalities and are not something we hear about reported in the news, however, they are common and can be quite catastrophic...
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The blockage of material in bulk storage systems is a common occurrence. Silo’s, kilns and bunkers can have so much build-up that, it can impedes operations down or even stop bulk material flow...
Heavy traffic, large machinery and dangerous environments make safety a constant challenge at a mine. Hexagon, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions, knows the risks its mining...
Factors that make for safe work practices on mining sites are multi-faceted. Some are highly visible and costly. Others protect workers in ways that are mostly unheralded and with a minimum of fuss...
The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management is directed at Operators[1] and applies to tailings facilities, both existing and to-be-built. It makes clear that extreme consequences to people...
The release of two reports by the Energy Security Board (ESB) and the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) into the future of the National Electricity Market has been welcomed by Energy...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a worker’s arm became caught in the tail pulley on the main drive of a screening plant belt. The worker removed a guard to view the belt...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a report of an excavator that overturned in open cut coal mine. A 30 tonne excavator conducting rehabilitation work was being walked backwards when one track...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a worker was hit on the leg while helping to remove a power pack from a longhole drill. The work group entered the area to remove the power...
Queensland’s economic rebound from COVID-19 is forecast to be almost twice as strong as the Australian average, according to the Queensland Government’s COVID-19 Fiscal and Economic Review released...
New mining reforms that give old mines another shot at life, encourage new mines to be built and toughen financial checks and balances on mining lease holders will take effect today. Mines Minister...
Grate Cleat is an Australian company that makes a clip-on nylon cleat for open metal grate flooring to reduce pedestrian slips on metal grating stairs and walkways that are used extensively in...
Bis says it has plans for the Rexx 160 tonne mining haul truck which include reducing its environmental footprint. Chief Development Officer, Todd Peate, recently said the company has plans to offer...