An Australian manufacturer has developed a locally made water tank which aims to improve safety during confined space entries. Austin Engineering has commissioned the first of its locally manufactured high-performance truck-mounted water tanks...
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An inquest into the death of a mine worker at the Mount Lyell mine in Tasmania will resume almost six years after the tragic mining accident. 53-year-old Michael Welsh died when his loader was caught...
A union leader has survived an attack by two gunmen in Colombia. Vice President of the Miner’s Union, Ricardo Rojas, who works for Drummond Coal in Colombia, was attacked by two masked gunmen...
Proper design of haul road lighting systems is essential to the efficient and safe operation of an open cut mine writes Nitai Pal, S.Vamsi Krishna and Pradip Kumar Sadhu. At a surface mine covering...
In a sunburnt country like Australia, the consequences of heat stress on a mine site can be catastrophic. Veronica Miller and Dr Graham Bates from Curtin University conducted a study that found the...
Today marks the 70th anniversary of Australia’s first portable long service leave benefit, administered by Coal LSL. To date, it is also the only nationally regulated portable...
Two mining contractors have died in a High Voltage accident while performing maintenance on a haul truck. The details surrounding the accident are still emerging. The contractors were killed at...
Integrated property and construction group Pindan has been awarded a new contract, valued at about A$90 million, to progress construction of an operations village for Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri iron ore...
One of the features of the new Mobilaris Onboard™ real-time situational awareness technology can, according to Hans Wahlquist, VP Business Development & Strategic Product...
The CFMEU Queensland Division Chief, Stephen Smyth, says he wants more action on safety in the midst of a rising debate regarding a parliamentary inquiry. CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland District...
While the range of incidents involving continuous miners has lessened in recent years, a recent incident has highlighted the potentially serious consequences of miners engaging roof bolts and mesh...
Opinion piece By Jason Tulipan on Mental Health in the FIFO Sector and dealing with mental health issues. I am currently a relieving Master and Chief Officer on an offshore tug working off Broome for...
Improving environmental management during mine rehabilitation and closure was the focus of a week-long field course for environmental science students from The University of Western Australia and...
