The NSW Resources Regulator has welcomed a Court decision to convict and fine Abterra Australia Pty Ltd $180,000 for failing to comply with a legal obligation to pay an environmental rehabilitation...
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Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific has been fined $250K and ordered to pay costs of around $30K after a guilty plea in the Perth Magistrates Court. The fine was related to the EWP death of 28-year-old Joshua...
The Pike River Recovery Agency (PRRA) is continuing preparation for re-entry to the mine in early May to recover the drift. 29 miners are believed to have died on or around 19th November 2010...
Vale’s tailings dam woes have continued with fourteen dam/dyke structures failing to meet stability requirements and certification. This follows massive evacuations of towns and villages in dam...
An underground fire during a shift change at a Canadian gold mine was extinguished without injuries the mine owners have said. The mine’s owner Goldcorp said that at approximately 6:00 pm on...
BHP has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Veronica, which made landfall during the weekend of 23-24 March, has resulted in a range of operational issues but has reinforced its’ commitment to...
Following weeks of delays, an international salvage crew has now contained an oil spill originating from the MV Solomon Trader in the Solomon Islands but a massive clean-up operation is still...
A report on an ERZ controller trapped in an airlock door during an inspection of final seals and gas monitoring stations in return airways has highlighted issues around effective working alone...
The US-based Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released the preliminary details on the fatality of an experienced mine worker who was killed while working on the pad of a highwall...
Vale has confirmed that three additional tailings dam have not met standards in respect of tailings dam safety and have raised the alert levels causing the evacuation of communities. According to...
A mine worker has died and five more were injured in a gas explosion at South Korean underground coal mine on Wednesday evening The incident occurred at a Geumcheon province mine at around 8:25 p.m...
Like the Peabody planned staged re-entry to the North Goonyella coal mine, so too has been the staged releases to media surrounding the circumstances of the coal mine fire. On the surface, it looks...
