Vale has appointed a new head of safety to its most senior levels of the company in the wake of its’ tailings dam disaster but the appointee comes with no direct mining experience or qualifications in transformational mining...
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The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published the Guideline for Implementing Short Interval Control in Underground Mining Operations. Short interval control (SIC) is a structured system in...
Mining operations must balance challenges – increasing efficiency and productivity and machine uptime while reducing costs and boosting operator safety. Autonomous applications could be the answer...
A light vehicle rollover has occurred at an open cut coal mine in New South Wales. The light vehicle was exiting a crib hut park-up area. As it turned onto the road, the driver was distracted by a...
New solar regulations that regulated who can mount, locate, fix or remove solar panels in a solar farm of 100kW or greater have been disallowed by the Queensland Supreme Court. The Electrical Safety...
The Bellbird Colliery Disaster is a case study on the effects of mining disasters on communities. Typically in coalmining communities, the greatest disasters are caused by explosions of methane gas...
The Queensland mines rescue service is currently on standby at Peabody’s North Goonyella mine in preparation for re-entry. Peabody said recently that “Trained Queensland Mines Rescue...
A revised standard for drug testing in saliva has been published to improve the reliability of results, confidence in the testing and ultimately improved safety. AS/NZS 4760:2019, Procedure for...
Queensland coal mine workers will soon benefit from a respiratory health check mobile van according to Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham. Ahead of the Queensland State Budget, Minister Lynham...
Ecom has launched the 10th Generation of a certified Ex Phone (Zone 1/21 plus 2/22 + Division 1 & Division 2) specifically targeted at hazardous areas. Simple, robust and practice-oriented, the...
A real-time dust monitoring solution has shown significant benefits over conventional monitoring methodologies. The Air XD from UK detection and electronic systems manufacturer Trolex uses...
The use of virtual reality and gamification to train personnel in mining techniques and hazards have shown to have significant benefits for learning and retention of learning amongst participants...
What is quality training? Many have tried to define it, but with so many variables and being open to interpretation by individuals and organisations, a common outcome is invariably difficult to...
