The worker who died near Woodie Woodie mine in WA on Tuesday was killed while attempting to remove a belly plate from a dozer, according to the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). DMP...
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A mine worker has been killed near Consolidated Minerals’ Woodie Woodie manganese mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The fatality occurred yesterday on a mining tenement during...
There were 28 work-related notifiable fatalities during the month of August according to a monthly report from Safe Work Australia. This figure represents a worrying 50 per cent increase on the...
An Indonesian workers union has announced it will begin a one-month strike at the Grasberg mine over safety issues that led to a string of deaths last month. Five miners died at the Papua copper and...
A worker has died as a result of an incident that took place late yesterday afternoon at BHP’s Worsley alumina refinery near Collie in Western Australia. In a statement, the company said the...
Around 200 students from across Australia are competing in the National Collegiate Mining Games which are being staged in Perth today for the first time. The two-day competition, being held at the...
The man missing at the Mount Isa Mine, Brett Kelly, is believed to have fallen into an ore pass that could now contain about 100, 000 tonnes of copper ore according to Mount Isa Police. Mr Kelly was...
The man who went missing underground at the Mount Isa Mine in Queensland on Wednesday is now believed to have died and the search has been scaled back. Mount Isa Police last night named the missing...
