The AMMA has told a West Australian parliamentary inquiry that mental illness and self-harm is no more prevalent in the mining workforce than other industries. In its submission to the Western...
Tag - MINING
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. These deposits form a mineralized package that is of economic interest to the miner.
Ores recovered by include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water.
AMSJ provides information on a wide range of practices, news, articles and case studies associated with mining.
Mine companies in New South Wales who dump waste into waterways or fail to control dust levels will now be hit with massive new fines under new penalties for breaches of state planning laws. Minister...
One in five children aged under five in Broken Hill have blood lead levels above the current national goal of ten micrograms per decilitre (g/dL), according to a new report released today by The Lead...
FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
Rio Tinto plans to start building a new iron ore mine next to their existing Yandicoogina mine in the Pilbara some time in 2016, should they receive the necessary government approvals. Despite...
Hundreds more mine workers in Central Queensland will lose their jobs with the news overnight that Isaac Plains coal mine, near Moranbah, will be shut down by the end of the year. The news is yet...
An environmental activist has chained himself to a rail line used by coal trains outside the Port of Newcastle as part of multiple protests being staged today around New South Wales against...
A mine services company is donating two dollars from the sale of every limited edition black hard hat to the Black Dog Institute in the lead up to mental health week, 5-12 October. ProChoice Safety...
Volunteers are being sought for a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) work and lifestyle survey being conducted for a research project through Curtin University. The data collected will be used for a report...
700 jobs will be axed across BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliances’ (BMA) Central Queensland mine sites. According to the ABC, “BMA said the workforce reduction was required to remain viable...