Queensland Coal Mines Inspectorate has released an incident report regarding a highwall failed at a surface mining operation. The Regulator said that the incident occurred during pre-strip...
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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...
A quarry wall collapse in a Belgium quarry has left a Caterpillar 992K loader destroyed and an operator hospitalised. The quarry incident reportedly occurred at the Sagrex Lemay quarry in Antoing...
The Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy have released a mining alert regarding pit wall failure following the death of a mine worker at Middlemount Coal. The following...
A loader was engulfed by a highwall at a US based mine in December killing another mineworker taking the coal industry death toll in the USA to nine for 2018. The US based federal mine safety...