The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has awarded three scholarships to women working in Australia’s world-leading minerals industry to help them secure company board positions as mining leaders. The scholarships, valued at $12,000 each, have been...
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The NSW mine Safety Regulator has reported an incident this week which saw an operator with one week’s experience roll a Moxy (Volvo A40D) on a sealed decline at 50 km/h. The Regulator said...
Miners working in the NSW coal industry will soon be given greater protections on the job with the NSW Government set to implement a strict new exposure standard for respirable coal dust almost two...
An Australian safety regulator had issued an alert regarding the supply of fake respirators to the Australian market. According to information supplied to AMSJ, a number of Chinese manufacturers have...
OPINION The recent Grosvenor mine explosion near Moranbah in Central Queensland has once again refocussed public attention on mine safety in the State. Frankly, though I’m exhausted that the...
The NSW Resources Regulator has provided a report detailing surveillance activity at mines in NSW to validate the effectiveness of COVID-19 control measures. The results from the regulator’s...
A Queensland MP says that the Queensland Government should make do on its’ pre-election commitment to relocate the mine safety and health regulator to Mackay. Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan today...
NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Kevin Anderson, has launched SafeWork NSW’s new app, Speak Up, Save Lives which allows workers to anonymously report workplace health and safety...
Leading industrial and safety supplies company, Blackwoods has continued to support the industry throughout COVID-19 shutdowns, isolations and operational challenges. Blackwoods has continued to...
The Miners’ Union has called on the Queensland Government to bring forward the passage of new laws extending industrial manslaughter offences to the state’s mining industry in the wake of last week’s...
The Queensland Shadow Minister for Queensland’s Mines and Quarries says the ongoing safety issues in mines and quarries must be addressed in the wake of the Grosvenor Mine explosion. This week...
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The Electrical Trades Union welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement of a Board of Inquiry into the Grosvenor Mine Explosion but called on the State Government and Queensland Resources...