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Anniversary of Northparkes mine disaster

On November 24, 1999, disaster struck underground at Northparkes mine in central New South Wales and the lives of four miners were lost. Ross Bodkin 41, Michael House 33, Stuart Osmond 47 and Colin...

Water truck engulfed in flames at NSW mine

A safety alert by the NSW Department of Industry’s Resources and Energy division has been released after a fire destroyed a Caterpillar 777F water truck at an open-cut coal mine on October 15...

NSW Mine Safety shares weekly incident reports

NSW Mine Safety have started a new weekly incident summary, aimed at improving safety in Australian mines. The summary will be published online, and will show the total weekly “reportable...

Third fatality for Newcrest Mining

A 28-year-old worker has been killed at Newcrest’s Cadia Valley Operations, near Orange, overnight. The man, a father-of-two, was working at the Ridgeway gold mine underground as a mine...

Changes to NSW workers compensation scheme

NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property Dominic Perrottet has announced a $1 billion workers compensation reform package in a win for injured workers, employees and business across the State...

New Codes Of Practice for NSW Mining Sector

New Codes Of Practice for NSW Mining Sector

New South Wales’ mining sector now has five new mining codes of practice. Developed under the National Mine Safety Framework in consultation with industry, unions and the Tristate Legislation Working...

AGL BTEX test was positive

Toxic Chemical BTEX Found In AGL Mine Flowback

After discovering potentially toxic chemicals in flowback water, gas company AGL has halted operations at the Gloucester coal seam gas project north of Newcastle. The company voluntarily shut the...