Australia’s minerals industry is working together to ensure its workforce is safe and healthy and mining remainsstrong and sustainable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and safety is the number one priority of Australia’s minerals sector and the...
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The AWU and the CFMEU have clarified the position of unions associated with potential mining camp quarantining of workers. The two powerful mining unions believe that the quarantining workers in...
A team of medical research and bioethics experts at Oxford University are supporting several European governments to explore the feasibility of a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact...
Mining camps have been excluded from mass gathering bans of 100 personnel or more that were introduced today. In an address to the nation, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison Federal...
The Queensland Parliament has approved the creation of a new mine safety authority today. The move comes following a spate of deaths and a hundred of high potential incidents in the Queensland mining...
New exposure standards for controlling toxic respirable dust to protect workers’ health are being met by Australian companies who are stepping up with help from a fine particle specialist and dust...
Charges laid against BMA and its former Saraji Mine Production Overburden Manager over the death of miner Allan Houston have alleged that the leading miner failed to meet a range of obligations...
The Australia Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG) is urging its members to prepare for COVID-19, today launching an online knowledge hub to support Australian minerals and energy companies with...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a personnel transporter hit a fire hydrant dropper while travelling outbye. According to the Regulator, the underground personnel transport...
Iron ore mine Roy Hill in Western Australia’s Pilbara region has purchased leading smart technology company Verton Australia’s remote-controlled load orientation system the Everest 6, which...
Mining camps across Australia may be forced to close to prevent the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19. AMSJ understands that several of the world’s largest miners have developed a range of...
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark Respect@Work report highlights what we already know – that sexual harassment is widespread in Australian workplaces with almost 2 in 5 women...
High potential incidents across the Queensland mining industry are climbing according to information released this week. A Courier-Mail investigation found that the state has secretly recorded more...