A heavy vehicle incident is suspected of prompting a resources giant to halt production in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Authorities recently started examining what killed a contractor at...
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Unreliable machinery postponed work at a Queensland coal operation in the Central Highlands region. Production could be delayed by up to six weeks due to a broken down dragline at Coronado Global...
A resources operation continues to experience anxiety and discontent after employee fatalities. Production has not been the same since two workers died and one contractor was seriously injured at...
A major fossil fuel operation refused to stop work even after running out of time. Merthyr South Wales recently resisted demands for it to stop production at its Ffos-y-Fran coal mine, 42km north of...
A driver had to go on leave because his work space was unbearable. A heavy vehicle operator was recently declared unfit for duty for weeks because his seat was too uncomfortable. Authorities found...
A mineral producer significantly restructured its workforce during normal operations. As many as 200 employees were recently retrenched across Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) mine sites. FMG described...
Tributes are flowing across Australia after two remote mine workers were declared deceased in northwest Queensland. MMG recently confirmed Barminco fly-in fly-out (FIFO) employees Dylan Langridge and...
Authorities are investigating how a large locomotive struck and killed a resources employee. WorkSafe, the Office of National Rail Safety Regulator and Western Australian Police Force are trying to...
A multinational resources producer paused operations after an employee was unable to free himself in Queensland’s Isaac region. Peabody Energy temporarily suspended its Moorvale Coal Mine in...
Resources managers vacated their positions after being accused of removing company-owned property and using it for personal gain. Multiple Rio Tinto site supervisors recently resigned from their...
Two major mineral producers began pulling out investments in fossil fuel operations. Glencore Australia recently abandoned its environmental application for the new $1.5 billion Valeria Coal Project...
A multinational resources producer temporarily stopped mineral production because the ground shook violently. Mining work was suspended after several employees reported an earthquake at BHP’s...
