L’Haridon Bight Mining Pty Ltd was fined $20,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court on 9 March 2021, after a worker was injured at the company’s Shell Beach Mine located 45km out of Denham in May 2017. The worker suffered fractures, lacerations...
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Monitoring the potential for mining conveyor fires. Real time fire location and temperature of heat build-up is transforming the mining market. Fire detection around a mine’s conveyor system...
Dust suppression specialists Global Road Technology (GRT), are unveiling the latest weapon in their arsenal as they seek to increase protection for mining workers across Australia. Called GRT 12X...
The team at ANSTO, Australia’s knowledge centre for nuclear science and engineering have developed a new, cutting edge technology that may provide new insights into climate change and minimise the...
Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane congratulated all of Queensland’s 2021 Resources Awards for Women winners and finalists. Exceptional Woman in Resources – Maryann...
Earth Resources Regulation has taken key steps to support more active rehabilitation of Victoria’s mines and quarries by applying more accurate contingency costings to rehabilitate sites once...
Queensland Mineral Mines & Quarries Inspectorate has released a safety alert regarding a fire incident that occurred on an RC drill rig from the compressed air system. On 3rd February 2021, a...
Australia’s second largest gold producer Northern Star Resources Ltd was fined a total of $150,000 in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on 8 March 2021, after two workers were injured in a vehicle...
A wearable sensor that detects dehydration is poised to enter mass production in Australia, and its makers say it could save millions of lives around the world each year. The small, stick-on device...
Safe Work Australia has published a snapshot of workers’ compensation scheme developments. This is the first edition of the Summary of Workers’ Compensation Scheme Developments in Australia and...
The NSW Government has announced an independent quality assurance review of the coal industry health surveillance scheme in NSW. The Resources Regulator’s Executive Director Anthony Keon said the...
For decades, Blackwoods has been the supplier of choice providing workwear apparel solutions across Australian industries. Customers in the mining sector depend on a supplier that can not only...
A lack of supervision has been identified as an issue in a helicopter crash in South Australia’s north where a pilot died while stringing lines between power poles. The Australian Transport...