One of Australia’s peak mining bodies has called on the Government to, “address the over-representation of ex-trade union officials,” within the Fair Work Commission (FWC) and...
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A worker who was rushed to hospital after being involved in Monday’s accident at Roy Hill’s Port Hedland Wharf has had his leg amputated. Port Hedland Seafarers Association chaplain Alan...
NSW Mine Safety is seeking public feedback on a draft electrical engineering control plan for the mining sector. The new code of practice explains how to, “…prepare, implement and review...
Forty years after an explosion at a Queensland coal mine killed his father, CQUniversity student, Errol Jones has finished a dramatic screenplay about the tragedy and its devastating aftermath...
Leaking radon from abandoned Soviet-era uranium mines has been discovered as the cause of a mysterious sleeping sickness that had been puzzling doctors for months. According to the Daily Mail...
In September last year, the peak body for Australia’s lighting industry released a practical guide for assessing LEDs and LED suppliers in response to growing concerns about unsafe and non-compliant...
One of Western Australia’s most notorious mining roads is now safer with the completion of safety upgrades to an 11 kilometre section of the Great Northern Highway. Traffic re-opened yesterday on the...
Disciplinary action against the driver of a water truck who inadvertently caused an accident at BHP’s Peak Downs mine has been deemed appropriate by the Fair Work Commission. The worker, Mr Julio...
New South Wales’ mining sector now has five new mining codes of practice. Developed under the National Mine Safety Framework in consultation with industry, unions and the Tristate Legislation Working...
A crane accident at the Roy Hill South West Creek Wharf at Port Hedland has left two workers with serious leg injuries. The incident happened just before midday yesterday when the two men were moving...
