An earthmoving company will pay for its alleged poor handling of a workplace accident. Hamiltons Blasting Services (HBS) was recently fined $300,000 for breaching section 31 of the Work Health and...
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Richard Szabo is an award-winning editor with more than 15 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organisations. He has a specialty in mining and business reporting.
A growing number of employees caught a highly contagious disease at a resource extraction facility. At least 13 workers recently tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19) at Mineral Resources’...
A multinational resources company and CAT equipment supplier are quickly instructing employees how to work with automated machinery. The WesTrac Technology Training Centre recently trained more than...
A multinational resources company withheld information on a workplace infection at a Central Queensland coal mine, an insider alleged. One employee has accused BHP of failing to disclose at least one...
Multiple resources companies will add battery power to their rail networks. BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group recently bought new battery-electric locomotives for their operations in Western...
A multinational resources company will pay for an external employee’s severe workplace injury. BHP was fined years after a metal shard struck a maintenance worker at the Mount Whaleback Mine...
A multinational mining company will automate haulage at one of its largest expansion projects in the nation. BHP confirmed it will roll out driverless trucks and other mine equipment at the US$3.6...
A multinational resources company operated for an extended period without a single worker fatality. BHP is celebrating a few years without any reported workplace deaths across the nation. The...
An employee suffered severe injuries after material handling equipment caught on fire at an underground operation. One Newcrest Mining worker received serious burns when his LH621 Sandvik loader...
Remote employees became infected with a highly contagious disease at multiple mining operations. Newmont Corporation and South32 reported numerous fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers recently tested...