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Queensland border closed for FIFO workers

Border controls implemented for Queensland FIFO

Only critical interstate fly-in-fly-out mine workers will be allowed into Queensland to protect remote and regional communities and local mine workforces. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham today...

Middlemount coal production operator jobs

Middlemount Coal seeking production operators

A Queensland coal mine is looking to hire a number of skilled production operators for work at the Middlemount Coal mine in central Queensland. Recruitment company GO2 People said today that they...

Komatsu 830-E

Komatsu’s new 830E-5

In what is a major update, Komatsu has released the 830E-5, a 230 metric tonne capacity dump truck said to be the most technologically advanced 240-US ton class truck the company has produced to date...

track press serious mining incident

Track press cylinder fail results in serious injuries

The Queensland Mining Safety Regulator has advised of a serious incident that resulted in a mineworker being airlifted to a Brisbane hospital with a range of serious injuries. The report documents...

Paste wall failure in western Australian mine

Paste wall failure

A catastrophic paste wall failure in a drive at the top of a stope could have claimed lives of mineworkers after they were forced to climb into the bucket of a bogger and radio to be rescued. The...

hydraulic satircase crushes mineworker

Mineworker crushed by hydraulic stairs – again!

Another mineworker has been crushed by a hydraulic staircase on a dozer after regulators found that a range of issues associated with wiring modifications that resulted in an unexpected staircase...

life of COVID-19 on surfaces

Life of COVID-19 on surfaces

Researchers in the USA have determined the life of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on surfaces and aerosols including copper, cardboard, stainless steel and plastic. KEY POINTS COVID-19 can remain present...

Australasian mine safety journal advertising truck

Mining safety journal traffic soars

Australasian Mine Safety Journal traffic has increased substantially in the wake of COVID-19 and the publication is now the most read, most relevant and up to date news and information regarding...

WA BAN NSW FIFO MINEWORKERS

WA to stop all FIFO from NSW

Western Australia will stop all Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO) from NSW from Monday.The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia’s (CME) said the decision had been made by the WA resources sector...

FIFO changes for COVID-19

Major swing changes to affect FIFO workers

FIFO workers COVID-19 Miners across Australia are progressively implementing plans to scale back interstate FIFO operations in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG)...