A foreign mining company celebrated the outcome of smart equipment testing at a coal operation. A Chinese state-run subsidiary of Shendong Coal recently declared its intelligent mining technology is...
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A multinational resources company withheld information on a workplace infection at a Central Queensland coal mine, an insider alleged. One employee has accused BHP of failing to disclose at least one...
Mine employees had no choice but to physically separate themselves from colleagues due to a growing number of infections at one coal operation. At least 17 workers have tested positive to coronavirus...
A new Australian standard for gloves released in Australia in December 2020 will apply new performance testing and labeling requirements to safety gloves. AS/NZS 2161.3:2020 (EN388:2016) has now been...
A state-of-the-art impact testing facility designed to boost the structural safety of present and future high-risk infrastructure and save lives across Australia will be launched at Monash University...
The NSW Resources regulator has published a new guide on Escape Breathing Apparatus including self rescuers. The Technical reference guide (TRG): Escape breathing apparatus for underground mining...
An underground mine explosives testing facility has opened in New South Wales to improve mining safety and innovation. Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW, John Barilaro, launched the first...
Rio Tinto is working with Scania to make the Dampier Salt operation in Western Australia a safer environment by testing an autonomous transport system. The first phase of the trial, which started in...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said a decision made earlier this year, to limit the use of urine testing for drugs and alcohol in the workplace, was a “significant error”. On Friday...
The vast majority of Queensland miners are not currently being tested for synthetic drugs, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. The report, which shows...
