A Netherland based researcher has analysed preliminary image data from the Vale tailings dam collapse and identified a range of failure points at the moment of the dam collapse. Dr Faraz Tehrani, a...
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In a reported incident this week a dozer operating on a stockpile encountered a void that resulted in the dozer buried in a stockpile. The NSW Resources Regulator has confirmed that “While...
Australian mining operations are heavily focused on getting miners safe to work and they’re spending money on safe transport initiatives for the bus in bus out (BIBO) operations. The...
An ongoing extensive investigation by Scandinavian researchers has discovered that employees who work in toxic work environments where harassment and bullying are prevalent are more likely to...
Vale has been officially removed from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark following the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse. It had previously ranked in 6th place. “The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark...
The Minerals Council of Australia has cautioned the Victorian Government on its’ proposed industrial manslaughter laws saying that the new laws will give rise to unintended consequences which...
When it comes to heavy vehicle maintainers, there’s an emerging need for mining companies to focus a range of skills on maintenance of autonomous vehicle systems. With autonomous vehicles now...
The NSW Resources regulator has released details of a flyrock incident that occurred at a NSW quarry last year where flyrock from overburden blast struck three light vehicles in an exclusion zone...
In another high potential mining incident this last week, an excavator falls from bench was captured on video from a haul truck at a Western Australian mine. According to information supplied to...
As thousands of angry Brazilians march the streets of Brazil in response to Vale dam collapse and the management of the Brumadinho tailings dam risks, a video emerged today showing the moments of...
A tailings dam risk assessment completed by Vale in 2016 indicated the loss/impact of the tailings dam collapse as high but the likelihood to occur as low. The assessment was believed to be completed...
The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster fallout is increasing in intensity with approximately USD 3 Billion of Vale’s assets frozen by Brazilian Government authorities. Information from the...
