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Aggreko Advises Miners to Brace for Warmer Seasons

As the Australian summer approaches, a prominent figure in underground mine cooling emphasises the importance of early preparation, especially in the face of persistent manufacturing, workforce, and...

NHP Remlive partnership

Sole live line indicator supplier partnership extended

An electrical safety warning indicator specialist and exclusive distributor for Allen-Bradley products across the South Pacific region renewed their affiliation. NHP will continue to be an exclusive...

Alcoa safe walkway

Employer ‘eliminates’ risk from mine site

A multinational resources producer reduced the number of workplace incidents through removing potential hazards altogether. Alcoa Australia recently added several safety features to its Willowdale...

Future of engineering is here

Mechatronics engineering has been recognised by Queensland’s engineering authority as an approved area of engineering. Engineers practising in the interdisciplinary branch – connecting mechanical...

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Technology assisting workplaces to prevent injuries

A new range of connected wearable technologies may be already improving safety across the mining industry. Serious workplace injuries and illnesses cost the Australian economy an estimated $61.8...

A safer design for Air Cannons

The blockage of material in bulk storage systems is a common occurrence. Silo’s, kilns and bunkers can have so much build-up that, it can impedes operations down or even stop bulk material flow...

HV cables in coal mine black cat

LHD clips high voltage cables | Mine shuts down

In a somewhat bizarre but frightening incident, a Load Haul Dumper (LHD) operator has shut down an underground coal mine when a raised bucket clipped high voltage cables in a roadway. The NSW...

dartbrook coal mine

Safety troubled Dartbrook mine set to re-open

ASX listed Australian Pacific Coal (reportedly part owned by the Tinkler family) is set to re-open the former mining safety troubled Dartbrook coal mine that saw three fatalities over a 12 year...