The use of virtual reality and gamification to train personnel in mining techniques and hazards have shown to have significant benefits for learning and retention of learning amongst participants...
Author - JOHN NINNESS
John is a safety professional with more than thirty years experience across a wide range of industries including mining & energy, manufacturing, defence, retail and food processing. He was the founder of Australasian Mine Safety Journal in 2005 and has worked to assist a broad range of Australian and international organisations manage work safety as a professional safety consultant and adviser. He has held a range of roles in large organisations including Corporate Safety Manager, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. He was acknowledged in 2006 for his contribution to mining safety in the People's Republic of China through a China Friendship Award. John is the Principal of Australian based consulting company Safetysure.
Autonomous systems provider RCT and underground mining specialist GBF have marked 10 years of working together to implement autonomous systems technology into underground mining operations. Since...
With the end of financial year fast approaching, small and medium-sized mining businesses are being reminded they could be eligible for an instant asset write-off of up to $30,000. The Federal...
A global mine safety benchmark report has revealed significant opportunities for safety improvement across the world’s leading miners. The International Council on Mining & Metals has...
Safe Work Australia, the Australian policy body responsible for workplace health and safety, is expected to recommend to state-based regulators that the regulated occupational exposure limits (OEL)...
Australia’s leading supplier of work boots, Steel Blue, continues to innovate and improve industry standards with their three new releases; including two composite work boots for men, plus a new...
AUSTRALIAN Resources and Energy Group AMMA has congratulated the Morrison Coalition Government on its successful re-election campaign. AMMA is delighted the Australian people have voted for...
The Workplace Health & Safety Show is just around the corner! Over two jam-packed days (22-23 May) the greatest minds in health and safety will converge on Sydney’s International Convention...
The challenges of mine closure are significant, varied and seldom quantified. Researchers at the University of Queensland and a number of leading mining companies have formed a three-year consortium...
BHP has been sued for its role in the Samarco tailing dam disaster in the UK’s biggest class action for approximately $7 Billion Australian dollars. Law firm SPG, which is representing than...

