The NSW Resources Regulator has released preliminary information on the Liebherr 996 excavator fire that reportedly occurred at a Thiess operation approximately two weeks ago. AMSJ has been informed...
Category - Surface Fire Management
A first of its kind $18 million Bushfire Centre of Excellence for Western Australia is now one step closer to being established, with a site secured in the Shire of Murray. WA Premier Mark McGowan...
In another somewhat bizarre incident at a coal mine, a loader was working on a coal stockpile when a fire occurred on the loader. The NSW Resources Regulator said ‘The fire was localised to the...
A bush fire has caused a partial evacuation of the Renison Bell mine in Tasmania. The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) this afternoon has issued a bush fire emergency warning for Zeehan and Renison Bell...
Back in early September at a Peabody USA operation, a haul truck driver on night shift died after receiving extensive burns while exiting a haul truck on fire. According to reports from the US Mine...
Mines are advised to prepare for surface fires and consult with emergency authorities in their regions. KEY INFORMATION • Mine and petroleum site operators must ensure that their safety management...
Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority has brought charges against four companies over the Hazelwood coal mine fire, which burned for 45 days in February and March 2014, blanketing the nearby...
GDF Suez are refusing to pay the $18 million bill for fire fighting efforts to extinguish a fire that burned for 45 days at their Hazelwood mine in Victoria, blanketing nearby towns in smokes and ash...
A man has faced court, accused of starting the fire that burned for 45-days at the Hazelwood Mine in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The 20 year-old from Gippsland, appeared in the Latrobe...
The Victorian Government has reopened the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry to get to the bottom of community health concerns following the 2014 fire and consider rehabilitation at the Latrobe...
