The full program of the NSW Mining Health and Safety Conference, to be held 18-20 May at the Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, has been released for the first time Keynote speakers include: globally...
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The driver of a dozer that slide into a waterlogged test hole at Bengalla Mine late last year, was not aware of the danger due to the fact that the hole was unmarked and that water from heavy rain...
Two men have died overnight after a wall collapsed in an underground coal mine in the Hunter Valley of NSW, trapping the two workers. The tragic incident occurred at around 9pm last night at...
A cloud of controversy continues to hover over just how much coal dust is being inhaled by the people of the Hunter Valley of New South Wales every time a coal train rumbles past their doors. And...
The NSW Minerals Council is looking for people working in the resources sector to share their stories, both good and bad, about mining-related environment and/or community activities at their...
Registrations are now open for the 2014 NSW Mining Health & Safety Conference, the mining industry’s premier health and safety event, to be held from 18-20 May in the Hunter Valley. The...
A range of new air quality tests and studies will take place in the Lower Hunter of NSW in response to community concern, the NSW government announced today. The new initiatives include additional...
A worker has been crushed to death at Newcrest’s Telfer gold and copper mine in the Pilbara, WA. The accident happened yesterday morning around 9.30am and is believed to have occurred near a...
A contractor has been crushed to death by a coal truck at Glencore’s Ravensworth open cut mine in the Hunter Valley near Singleton in NSW. Operations at the mine were immediately shut down...
In what can only be described as ironic, concerns have been raised over the safety of self-contained rescuers after one such device combusted at a Hunter Valley underground coal mine. NSW Mine Safety...
