The entombed miner is a story of a Western Australian mines rescue initiative that saved a mineworker in the midst of adversity. More than a century ago, a small mining community was rocked by a...
Tag - Mines Rescue
Middlemount Coal has responded to criticisms of emergency response efforts and support for site workers and families. Last week Stephen Smyth District President of the CFMMEU spoke to the ABC...
DEVELOPING NEWS Emergency services and mines rescue crews are working to rescue a miner who has been trapped inside a digger following the collapse of a bench at Middlemount coal mine. The digger was...
Mines rescue teams and brigadesmen have tested their metal in the annual Newcastle Mines Rescue Competition. The teams gathered at the Abel Mine (Yancoal) approximately 25km from the Port of...
A new mines rescue vehicle that has been developed specifically for use in Canadian mines could revolutionise the way teams approach a rescue. Dräger and mining vehicle manufacturer Paus have teamed...
In scenes reminiscent of the Pike River mine recovery announcement, the President of Mexico, Andrés Obrador, has announced a mines rescue recovery mission to find the bodies of 63 miners trapped in...
The Beaconsfield mine disaster in Australia could have had more tragic outcomes. But the legacy of the disaster is the highly relevant lessons learned that are applied today to prevent a re...
Let’s face it, underground radio communication following a disaster event can be a tricky issue. For underground mines rescue teams, maintaining communication with an advancing team can have its...
A mines rescue team has rescued two mine workers and recovered the bodies of five others killed in a fall of ground at an artisanal diamond mine in South Kalimantan. Indonesia’s National...
Robotics researchers from CSIRO’s Data61 are testing the capability of their robot’s in an abandoned gold mine in the US as part of a challenge run by the acclaimed US Defense Advanced Research...
