Authorities examined a movement controller after machinery failed to stop. Resources Safety and Health Queensland recently investigated what caused remote equipment to operate uncontrolled at an...
Category - GOVERNMENT & LEGISLATION
A regulator will stop pursuing a mining company after management addressed substandard employment conditions. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) will avoid paying up to $1.87 million in fines for 34...
A resources services company, mineral producer and manager was disciplined for failing to prevent a deadly fall. Byrnecut Australia should have erected safety barriers around an excavated void at...
A mining services company could be formally accused of interfering with computer systems in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. An industry group recently demanded that Mastermyne be charged...
Resources employees will be remunerated the same even if they work externally. Authorities recently approved new rules that prohibit mineral producers from giving different wages and entitlements to...
Multinational employers revealed how they plan to construct a Pilbara ‘killer’ mine. Rio Tinto and four other proponents recently reached a mutual agreement on their $26 billion Simandou...
A foreign owned resources operation will resume work thanks to new funding. About $220 million will help restart production at Lanco Infratech’s Griffin Coal Mine. The Western Australian...
An independent work environment leader was supposed to step down immediately after pursuing other opportunities at a resources multinational. Kate du Preez should have resigned straight after...
Workers will be questioned after nearly half a dozen colleagues came into contact with hazardous material. Authorities recently examined circumstances surrounding two employees, who became...
A fossil fuel extension project has been strongly supported. The community overwhelmingly approved of Hunter Valley Operations’ (HVO’s) plan to keep mining until at least 2050. More than...
A multinational mineral producer received the nod to expand one of its mines in Queensland’s Isaac region. The State Department of Resources recently granted a mining lease (ML) for Anglo...
An environmental activist could endanger his life if an anti-fossil fuel demonstration continues. Gregory Andrews refuses to eat for six weeks because the Federal Government approved four coal...