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Tag - Mine Safety
Mine safety is a broad term referring to the practice of controlling and managing a wide range of hazards associated with the life cycle of mining-related activities. Mine safety practice involves the implementation of recognised hazard controls and/or reduction of risks associated with mining activities to legally, socially and morally acceptable levels.
Australasian Mine Safety Journal provides the latest information, news, research, case studies on the various aspects of mine safety including:
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How system integration, autonomous technologies, focus on compliance and fibre optics technology are taking the industry to the next level. As mine equipment, both fixed and mobile plant, become more...
Whilst welcoming the reduction in fatalities and serious accidents in Queensland’s mines, Member for Burdekin, Dale Last, said the most recent annual performance report for Resources Safety and...
A new range of connected wearable technologies may be already improving safety across the mining industry. Serious workplace injuries and illnesses cost the Australian economy an estimated $61.8...
Member for Burdekin and Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Affairs, Dale Last, claims Queensland’s mine workers have every right to feel let down by the Palaszczuk government’s lack of action on...
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is delivering its AutoMine® Fleet system to automate a new fleet of Sandvik loaders at Codelco’s Pacifico Superior and Pilar Norte GTI, which are part of the El...
Some of the world’s biggest engineering structures are Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) and one of the greatest risks for mine owners, and the communities and environments in which they operate is...
The Western Australian mine safety regulator has released the annual report of safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry for 2019-20. The latest report statistics should raise the...
Alcoa of Australia Ltd was fined $210,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court on 28th Jan 2020 and ordered to pay $75,000 in costs after a contractor fell to his death at the company’s Kwinana Alumina...
The NSW Resources Regulator has welcomed the $70,000 fine and conviction of Mr Tony Glenn Cummings for an incident that resulted in the death of a worker at Mineral Claim 44507 in the Mulga Rush Opal...
