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New report shows challenging outlook for gold industry

Long-term forecast of Australia’s mineral production and revenue The outlook for gold: 2017-2057 Report by MinEx Consulting: October 2017 Under the combined support and sponsorship of six government...

Rushed workplace laws risk undermining safety

Rushed workplace laws risk undermining safety The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has grave concerns that rushed changes to workplace health and safety legislation will have the perverse outcome...

injury

DID YOU KNOW: Serious Claims

Serious Claims The preliminary data for 2011–12 show there were 3365 successful workers’ compensation claims for serious injury or illness. Over the five years from 2007–08 to 2011–12, the Mining...

dangerous incident

Weekly incident summary

Weekly incident summary   Reportable incidents total: 40 Summarised incidents: 6 Incidents of note for which operators should consider the comments provided and determine if action needs to be...

Rianimazione

DID YOU KNOW: Fatalities

Over the five years from 2007–08 to 2011–12, 36 Mining workers died from work-related injuries—21 of which involved a vehicle. The total number of deaths equates to 3.84 fatalities per 100 000...

Worker exposure to diesel exhaust emissions

The WHS (M&PS) Regulation requires a mine operator of an underground mine to ensure that the concentration of diesel emissions in the general body of air in the areas in which people work or...