The NSW Minerals Council and participating member companies are inviting eligible students entering Year 11 across the Hunter to apply for a 2014 NSW Mining Scholarship. “Our scholarships program...
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A range of new air quality tests and studies will take place in the Lower Hunter of NSW in response to community concern, the NSW government announced today. The new initiatives include additional...
The downturn in Australia’s mining boom has taken a chunk out of some mining workers’ pay packets, according to a survey of safety and environmental workers conducted by safesearch. The...
A NSW project manager was fined $12,500 for not properly implementing a worksite safety plan, which resulted in a worker receiving serious head injuries when he fell through an unsecured penetration...
One of Australia’s biggest unions claims it will now mount legal challenges against mining contractors who force workers to submit to drug and alcohol urine testing, after a landmark decision handed...
Urine tests for drugs and alcohol may soon be deemed illegal on mine sites after the Fair Work Commission labelled the use of such tests as “unjust and unreasonable” in a recent hearing...
Research showing that almost four dozen people had received crush injuries while working with moving large machinery or heavy vehicles prompted WorkCover NSW‘s call for safety. According to research...
Santos copped a $52,500 fine imposed by the NSW Land and Environment Court on Friday over failure to report an illegal release of salty water at the Bibblewindi water treatment plant, part of their...
NSW’s Health and Safety Trust is now inviting applications for grants to fund initiatives designed to improve the health and wellbeing of coal mine workers. Researchers, mine owners/operators...
A worker has been crushed to death at Newcrest’s Telfer gold and copper mine in the Pilbara, WA. The accident happened yesterday morning around 9.30am and is believed to have occurred near a...
