Civil Aviation Safety Authority has confirmed that mining companies are being urged to ensure drones are registered now ahead of the 28 January deadline. Miners using drones to inspect sites or...
Category - EMERGING ISSUES IN MINING SAFETY
Covers emerging issues in mining health and safety
As companies recover from a global pandemic, many are adopting digital technologies to help cut costs and increase operational efficiency. Getting the most out of equipment is more crucial than ever...
The impact of the digital economy and subsequent use of digital technology on work health and safety will present with many opportunities but there will be many hurdles for health & safety...
The role of Vicon, virtual reality & serious gaming in STS3D’s training for miners – Improving safety and increasing production efficiency in the increasingly challenging mining industry...
The future of connected devices – some things about that future are pretty easy to predict By TAYLOR ARMERDING – Senior Software Security Expert, at Synopsys Software Integrity Group...
David Smith, Commercial Director EHS at SAI Global takes a look at how to better manage contractors in the midst of the global pandemic. First published in the SPRING 2020 edition of...
As the role of automation in the mining industry grows, researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have secured funding from the mining industry to undertake...
Safety culture is often considered too difficult to quantify. Researchers have proposed a new methodology in benchmarking safety culture in organisations. By KATARZYNA WARSZAWSKA & ANDRZEJ...
Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) has celebrated an important milestone with the completion of the Company’s Chichester Hub autonomous haulage system project. The project, which represents one of...
A mining company has finished expanding its autonomous heavy vehicle fleet at its iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Fortescue Metals Group recently completed its Chichester...
A mining company has been fined over a blast in the Hunter Valley that was allegedly poorly controlled. PUBLISHED / AMSJ AUTUMN 2020 The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Warkworth...
An exploratory longitudinal study By MARK RUBIN, ANNA GIACOMINI, REBECCA ALLEN, RICHARD TURNER & BRIAN KELLY PUBLISHED / AMSJ AUTUMN 2020 The present study undertook an exploratory investigation...