Many chemicals and fuels used in extractive operations are hazardous and will be controlled from 1st December 2017, by the New Zealand Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations...
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The McGowan Government has given the green light to develop a modernised Work Health and Safety Bill for Western Australia.
Major reforms to mine rehabilitation and the financial “bonds” for mines will better protect the environment and taxpayers, and encourage jobs, more investment and growth in the resources sector...
Safe Work Australia is inviting the public to provide feedback on the newly released Comparison of Workers’ Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand report. The report, which is...
Two members of the NSW Mines Rescue team were invited as expert international guests to the inaugural New Zealand Mines Rescue competition held at Newmont Waihi Gold last week. David Connell...
A mine worker has been killed in an accident at the Harlequin gold mine near Norseman on the West Australian Goldfields. According to WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum the 59 year old man...
Work-related compensated injury fatalities are at the lowest level since 2002, the Fifteenth Edition of the Comparative Performance Monitoring (CPM) report has revealed. The report released by Safe...
Scientists at the University of York are to lead an international team that will explore the use of plants to recover precious metals from mine tailings around the world. Researchers in the...
1 CHINA An explosion at a coal mine in China’s south-west killed 28 miners in May. Local media reported that 81 miners were rescued and 18 were taken to hospital after the blast at the Taozigou Mine...
Work wear is the first line of defence in the war against worplace injuries, but don’t forget the comfort factor, writes Barbara Schrobsdorff from the Hohenstein Institute. Protective clothing...
