Queensland researchers are taking automation in the mining industry to the next level, with driverless underground trucks on the cards for the mining industry. Researchers from the Queensland...
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Malcolm Sim, Monash University Recent cases of black lung in Queensland coal miners after many years of no known cases have raised important questions about control of dust exposure in coal mines, as...
Tougher coal dust controls, new and better testing, and better trained medicos are the backbone of a new regime to protect the health of the state’s 5500 underground coal miners. A day after...
The youngest miner to be diagnosed with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis could have had coal workers’ pneumoconiosis for nine years. Steve Mellor, 39, spoke about his recent diagnosis on ABC’s 7.30...
When you’re thousands of kilometres away from your family, a quick call to say ‘goodnight’ can be shattered by the no signal symbol flashing up on your mobile phone. The difficulties of FIFO work has...
Documenting the story of Queensland’s coalfields, the multi-award winning documentary, Blood on the Coal – the Queensland Miners’ Story, is set to play on the big screen screen on September 2...
Blackwater has been delivered yet another slap in the face after BHP BMA today announced their intention to replace nearly half of its permanent workforce with contractors at its Central...
The Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference, held in Townsville this week, saw more than 500 delegates gather, with one word on their lips: safety. Featuring three days of safety...
