Three cases of Black Lung have been detected in three months at coal mines in Queensland, in what could be the tip of the iceberg for a disease that had been wiped out in Australia half a century ago...
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Documenting the story of Queensland’s coalfields, the multi-award winning documentary, Blood on the Coal – the Queensland Miners’ Story, is set to play on the big screen screen on September 2...
Peabody Energy’s Infra-Red Thermal Camera on Underground Mobile Equipment took home the top gong at the 2015 Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference last night. The innovation...
Amidst one of the largest environmental investigations of the Queensland Environment Department, Linc Energy continues to create headlines after the ABC released details of serious health effects...
Hunter coal mines have been warned, after an increase of incidents involving dump trucks coming into contact with overhead power lines. State mine officials have reported that there has been a number...
Last week, Turkey’s Parliament finally approved the ILO Convention 176 on safety and health in mines after a year that saw over 300 Turkish mine workers perish in preventable mine disasters. Global...
An incorrectly installed ladder led to a worker at an open cut coal mine sustaining spinal injuries when he fell from a grader, according to a new report from NSW Mines Safety. The report states that...
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate (QMI) has praised the prompt action of co-workers who went to the rescue of an electrician who became trapped between a coal rib and a maingate drive in a Queensland...
Yesterday’s signing of an historic Australia-China free trade agreement has been applauded by mining chiefs, who say it will boost a flagging resources sector and provide momentum for the...
Glencore has ordered compulsory closures of its coal mines for three weeks over the Christmas period to help address issues with over supply. In a statement released this morning the company said...
