A mineral producer admitted it should have done more to prevent an employee from being entangled in machinery. A female worker’s right arm should never have been trapped between an unguarded...
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A careless workplace culture is to blame for a dead Central Queensland employee, an independent regulator said. Fairfield Quarry’s “complacency” and “inadequate...
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Tarrawonga Coal Pty Ltd $30,000 over alleged pollution of a local creek from uncontained sediment and soil from the mine. The EPA alleges that...
The NSW Resources Regulator has welcomed the conviction of LakeCoal Pty Ltd for failing to comply with a health and safety duty under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. The conviction, and $180,000...
Adani’s Abbot Point Operations today confirmed it has received a Penalty Infringement Notice from the Queensland Government in relation to floodwater entering the Caley Valley Wetlands during...
Rema Tip Top Material Processing (Rema) and Chichester Metals Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Limited (FMG) have been fined $112,000 and $64,000 respectively in Perth Magistrates...
On 31 October, South32 Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd (formerly known as BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina) was fined $65,000 in the Collie Magistrates Court after exposing an electrician, working on a lift at...
Mine companies in New South Wales who dump waste into waterways or fail to control dust levels will now be hit with massive new fines under new penalties for breaches of state planning laws. Minister...
Mining company Wambo Coal has been fined $13,000 and ordered to pay $24,000 in costs after pleading guilty in the Singleton Centre Local Court to emitting an offensive odour from blast fumes...
