Mines Rescue Brigadesmen from across the Newcastle region descended upon Cooranbong Colliery last week to compete in the annual Coal Services Mines Rescue competition. Seventy mines competed in the...
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Although the NSW coal mining industry maintains one of the best health and safety records in the world, workers continue to suffer injuries on a regular basis. According to Coal Services...
NSW Mines Rescue have launched an annual one day Maintenance of Competence training course for Deputies in the coal mining industry. Mines Rescue say the course is designed to provide continuous and...
Central Queensland’s Oaky Creek North mine has won the Australian Mines Rescue Competition at Cook Colliery. In testing weather conditions – where temperatures reached 39C – the team held off...
Gas monitoring in underground emergencies While modern coal mines are commonly equipped with a range of gas monitoring resources during normal operations, they are often lacking in their contingency...