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Seven Golden Rules for Prospecting

Prospecting is a popular pastime in Western Australia, with everyone from tourists to professional prospectors taking part. The activity can take people to areas just outside regional centres through...

The Economics of Workplace Safety

  By R. Todd Swinderman / RToddS Engineering, LLC CEO Emeritus, Martin Engineering It isn’t a question of “if”, it’s a question of “when” your business will experience a serious workplace...

STUDY: Coal dust is harming coral

Australian researchers have raised fresh concerns that a major shipping disaster could harm the Great Barrier Reef, with new research revealing coal dust in seawater can kill corals and slow down the...

Safety & Gehl Track Loaders

Gehl has a manufacturing history dating back to the 1850s and began building skid steer loaders in the early 1970s when this type of construction machinery was in it’s infancy. Today Gehl produce a...

Is health and safety really “a profession”?

Will health and safety roles exist in 20 years? If so, what will they look like? Is “professionalisation” a good thing? Does the defining of best practice put a damper on creativity and innovation...

AUTOMATION: THE POSITIVE FUTURE FOR MINING

By Clive Gray; General Manager Director – Australian Diversified Engineering Automation is the latest trend in mining with the ‘cruise control’ setting for many processes now increasingly becoming...

FIFO WORKERS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS “ALARMING”

More than 1 in 4 (28%) FIFO workers are experiencing high to very high psychological distress according to newly published research by Rural & Remote Mental Health in conjunction with Edith Cowan...

Mining company fined for worker’s death

A mining company in New Zealand has been sentenced following the death of a worker in July 2016. The company’s representatives arrived in Tauranga District Court for sentencing in March and a...