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water cart rollover at Mt Arthur mine

Water cart rollover over at Mount Arthur

The NSW Resources Regulator has confirmed today of a water cart rollover at Mt Arthur Coal Mine. The regulator said that on Friday, 18th January, the mine operator at Mt Arthur Coal Mine, in the...

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New excavator deliveries to Bowen Basin mines

SPONSORED The National Group have closed out a record-breaking 2018 and started 2019 off with a bang by delivering a pair of brand new Excavators into Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The first of these...

BHP Mount Arthur Coal Mine crash

Storm blamed for car crash leaving one injured

A State Government-funded agency has taken a page from 1980s pop music band Milli Vanilli, blaming the rain for causing a serious car crash. A worker recently suffered serious injuries after crashing...

Black lung disease detected in open cut mine

The first confirmed case of black lung disease in a Queensland open cut mine has been revealed. The diagnosis has sparked widespread concern in the mining industry, with the potentially fatal lung...

BHP launches Technology and Innovation Award

BHP Billiton has awarded Henry Muller the inaugural Technology and Innovation Award for his work in the 1980s that allowed Olympic Dam to become a commercially viable operation making four products...

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Samarco mine won’t reopen this year, BHP says

BHP Billiton has said it was unlikely the Samarco iron ore mine would reopen, after the tragic events in November 2015 when two dam bursts. “Samarco makes an important contribution to the...

BHP hit with $7.2b lawsuit after Brazil mine disaster

The Brazilian Government intends to sue Samarco, Vale and BHP for $7.2b for clean-up costs and damages after dams collapsed at their iron ore operation in Minas Gerais killing 13 people. According to...

CME Safety and Health Innovation Award winners announced

An innovative way of replacing conveyor belts at BHP Billiton’s Mining Area C, the implementation of an Unmanned Aerial System at FMG’s Cloudbreak Mine and Downer Mining’s program targeting priority...

BHP Billiton hits the road with beyondblue

Thousands of Pilbara mining employees will be provided with direct access to beyondblue’s mental health resources and support as the Pilbara Mental Health Roadshow kicks off this week. The not-for...