The families of the 29 Pike River miners are in disbelief regarding the handling and mismanagement of critical evidence by the New Zealand Police and...
Pike River mine disaster | Evidence handling a disaster in itself
News
A maintenance mineworker at a NSW coal mine has received a hard lesson in ensuring that correct load rated equipment for lifting and pulling equipment is...
Last week a large group of Queensland mineworkers protested outside BHP’s Brisbane offices to seek more support and assistance for a dust diseases...
Amendments to workplace exposure standards for coal dust have been flagged in the latest call for submissions by Safework Australia. Safework Australia is...
Incident Prevention/Mitigation
The WA DMIRS has issued a warning to mines in a Mine Safety Bulletin regarding the use of excavators as rock breakers following a high potential incident in June 2018. The catastrophic failure of...
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Emergencies & Rescue
On the morning of Saturday, 15 February 2014, Wayne Fowlie was killed by a roof fall during a major decline development at the Harlequin Gold Mine near Norseman. 59-year-old Wayne had been tasked...
Management & Risk
Peabody Energy has provided an update to the market on the status of North Goonyella coal mine following the coal mine fire that closed it in September 2018. Peabody is indicating that it does not...
Training & Education
When it comes to heavy vehicle maintainers, there’s an emerging need for mining companies to focus a range of skills on maintenance of autonomous vehicle systems. With autonomous vehicles now...
Environment
SPONSORED Gold Fields’ Granny Smith gold mine is set to install one of the world’s largest renewable energy microgrids powered by more than 20,000 solar panels and backed up by a 2MW /1MWh battery...
