Mike Baldwin (Special Counsel) and Mike Morgan (Legal Intern) of Kott Gunning share their thoughts on WA’s move towards Harmonisation of Work Health & Safety Law. WA is finally getting on board with the national Work Health and Safety...
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Hunter Valley mechanical expert Ray Davis will join mining and heavy equipment traders Components Only Components Only, which began in Brisbane and has since become a world leader in the trade of...
A suspension seat what’s the fuss…… right? After all most of us only sit in one all day in the office or have done or still operate machinery for a living so what’s the big deal! The answer is a lot...
BHP has released its’ annual report today. There’s some good safety news and some bad from BHP. While it only recorded one direct fatality across its’ operations, the most notable...
What are the Prospect Awards? The Australian mining Prospects Awards is an awards programs for the mining and minerals processing industry in Australia. It is run by Australian Publisher –...
A new guide for working with silica has been released by Safework Australia. If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who has workers (including yourself) that work with silica...
AUSTRALIA’s mining industry will require around 21,000 new on-site operational employees by 2024, according to a workforce forecasting report released today by the Australian Resources and Energy...
…but there’s an upside…many new jobs may be created. Harnessing new technologies in the mining, oil and gas industries will add $74 billion to the Australian economy by 2030 and...
Two members of BHP Saraji engineering leadership team have been reportedly suspended after providing false and misleading information to a mines inspector. UPDATED 12/12/2019 IMPORTANT: THIS CONTENT...
Komatsu has announced the deployment of an unprecedented 41 new model Komatsu 930E-5 ultra-class haul trucks, made autonomous ready, at BHP’s new South Flank iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of...
Conveyor Manufacturers Australia (CMA) demonstrates its commitment to delivering best of breed conveyor solutions, by recently agreeing to a collaborative partnership with Australian-based INORAiL...
The need to ensure positive communications on sites has been highlighted in a recent incident where a truck and dozer made contact at a tip head. But many other factors also came into play at this...
The Queensland Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (Qld) is currently in the public consultation phase. The amendments proposed by the Bill will have a...