If you’re heading to Perth this weekend be sure to be on the lookout for the Mine Emergency Response Competition at Langley Park. They’ll be a range of mines rescue teams testing their...
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In a follow-up to our recent story on the re-entry and recovery of 29 miners who perished in the Pike River Mine Disaster, video footage from inside Pike River Mine Borehole 44 appears to show no...
Bringing home the boys from Pike River mine Re-entry to Pike River Mine in the NZ to recover the bodies of 29 miners, who perished in a mine explosion in November 2010, is likely to occur before...
GFG Alliance’s Tahmoor coal mine has remain closed awaiting the outcomes of investigations and on-going mine safety assessments. The mine became national headlines last week when two miners...
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW> Last weeks news on the mines rescue at Tahmoor mine where two miners were trapped in a lift shaft due to a winder fault has raised a range of safety concerns at the Tahmoor...
The Box Flat Mine disaster occurred on the 31 July 1972 when 17 miners lost their lives after an underground gas explosion, 14 men who were working in the vicinity of the explosion and three miners...
CBH Resources of Broken Hill has taken out the sixth SA Mines Emergency Response Competition which was held in Broken Hill at the weekend. Claiming the Skills, Breathing Apparatus and Best Captain...
Bulga Mine has taken out the 2014 NSW Mines Rescue Open Cut competition held at the Hunter Valley Mines Rescue Station last Friday. Seven teams from the Hunter region competed on the day. NSW Fire...
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has launched a dedicated medical training program for members of mine rescue teams across the state. The program has been developed in conjunction...
The team from Peabody’s North Wambo mine has taken out top honours at the 31st annual Hunter Valley underground Mines Rescue competition held at the Hunter Valley Mines Rescue station last Friday...