New ground control guidelines have been released by the DMIRS and the WA Mining Industry Advisory Committee. ‘Ground control management in Western Australian mining operations’ has been...
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Slope stability radar manufacturer, GroundProbe, has introduced a new product that will facilitate tactical monitoring of slope stability in mines. The vehicle mounted, the SSR-Agilis is designed to...
The New South Wales Resources Regulator has released a document detailing a range of geotechnical failures in high walls, low walls and dumps. The regulator said in its document (see link below) that...
The worst fears of the Australian mining industry have been confirmed this morning as reports that the Tasmanian miner trapped in a loader at the Pybar Mining Services Henty Gold mine operation is...
Police have reported this morning that it is highly unlikely that the miner at the centre of the Henty mine collapse in Tamsmania has survived and that a recovery operation could take some time...
Police confirmed that they have grave fears for the miner trapped in a fall of ground ( mine accident) at the Henty Gold mine in Tasmania. “It’s probably 11, 12 hours now that the...
A rockfall at a NSW underground metalliferous mine trapped a loader and a light vehicle with a worker inside the vehicle. According to the NSW Mine Safety Regulator “The worker first heard...
A miner who was effectively buried alive in a 30-tonne excavator as it fell through old workings in 2015 has provided evidence at a hearing at Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court. Bruce Harris, a 53...
An investigation conducted by ABC Investigative Journalists regarding the Bootu Creek mine accident has revealed a series of systematic failures of regulators and mine operators prior to the incident...
A Mines Rescue Team have recovered the bodies of four miners who died in a gold mining accident in South Africa. Five workers were trapped by a fall of ground at the Tau Lekoa mine near Orkney, South...
