A multinational mineral producer resumed subterranean operations before determining how two remote workers died. MMG recently restarted operations at its Dugald River underground mine, 65km northwest...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
A mining services group will establish a dedicated team to reduce workplace deaths and injuries. Perenti Group recently started setting up a new safety transformation taskforce to improve work...
Almost two dozen mine employees perished from a series of subterranean blasts. Authorities are recovering bodies of at least 21 coal workers who died in Sutatausa, about 75km north of Bogota...
Opportunists broke into a mining operation after surveillance equipment was fitted. Authorities recently investigated a robbery that caused extensive damage to NQ Minerals’ Beaconsfield mine. A...
Colleagues and loved ones are reeling from an underground worker’s death. An operator became the fourth workplace fatality this financial year at Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Tshepong...
Nivek Industries was founded in 2011 with the mission of creating a safer and more efficient working environment for maintainers in mining workshops. Now, the Singleton-based manufacturing company...
Resources employees were forced to leave their posts when their workplace caught ablaze. Dozens of workers recently evacuated Mandalay Resources’ Augusta mine, 60km east of Bendigo. The Country...
A resources multinational temporarily stopped relocating toxic material and gave away employee housing. Rio Tinto confirmed it recently paused transporting radioactive parts and donated a mobile...
A mining giant has been asked to dig deep for a coal incident in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Glen Perkins wants a Glencore subsidiary to pay $1.9 million in compensation for his suffering...
Authorities want to examine resources operations more often for compliance. The Queensland Transport and Resource Committee recently recommended increasing unannounced Resources Safety and Health...
Good samaritans will foot bills immediately arising from two fly-in fly-out employee fatalities in northwest Queensland. Barminco workers recently fundraised $37,225 out of their original $20,000...
Remote employees must be brave and immediately report workplace hazards, an advocate said. Scott Stewart wants every fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker to voice health and safety concerns. The Queensland...
