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Corporate jobs to fall at New Hope

New Hope Corporation has confirmed it will cut corporate jobs with up to 90 of the company’s head office positions to be offered voluntary redundancies. The move comes after the company has...

ProcessIQ win Mets Ignited award

USA Innovators recognised for mine safety initiatives

The US-based work safety Institute, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is recognizing two companies as this year’s Mine Safety and Health Technology Innovations...

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Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry Update

Earlier this week the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry Members and Counsel Assisting visited the surface facilities and installations at Grosvenor mine, and visited the longwall and...

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Alert | Haul truck near miss

The NSW Resources Regulator has issued an alert following a haul truck and a light vehicle near miss at an open cut coal mine. The empty haul truck approached a corner where a grader was working on...

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Incident | Serious Thumb Injury

An incident report has been released by Queensland Coal Mines Inspectorate in relation to a coal mine worker’s thumb being injured during driving of star pickets at a mine site. A coal mine...

Scraper Rollover

Incident | Scraper Rollover

The Queensland Coal Mines Inspectorate has reported an incident where a scraper has rolled over on surface mine. A loaded scraper has rolled onto its side when endeavouring to traverse from a lower...

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Highwall failure – Surface Mine

Queensland Coal Mines Inspectorate has released an incident report regarding a highwall failed at a surface mining operation. The Regulator said that the incident occurred during pre-strip...

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Pike River mine latest news

The Pike River Recovery Agency has released a video update about the Agency’s operations with Chief Operating Officer Dinghy Pattinson and Chief Executive Dave Gawn. In the Video, Dinghy...

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Continuous miner operator sprayed with hydraulic oil

The NSW Resources Regulator has issued a report of a dangerous incident occurred at an underground coal mine. A continuous miner operator was sprayed with hydraulic oil from a damaged hose on a roof...