Mining bosses face legal action for environmental breaches that allegedly caused workers to suffer gas poisoning at a coal-based fuel producer’s underground gas project in the Darling Downs...
Category - Health & Safety
Casual mine workers should receive an income even if they are unable to work due to COVID-19, an industry peak body has said. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) wants the Federal...
The resources sector needs to be more inclusive of female remote mine employees, an industry body has revealed. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) has found female...
An iron ore company wants employees to state if they plan to travel abroad and stay away from the work site if they visited countries suffering from a deadly Asian virus epidemic. Fortescue Metals...
A multinational resources company will introduce dozens of autonomous trucks to its metal operation in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. BHP confirmed it would add 20 driverless trucks to its...
Serial offenders have pleaded guilty to unlawfully demonstrating at a $21 billion mining development in Central Queensland. Clermont Magistrate’s Court found unemployed fitter Reuben Anstee and...
Companies that service the resources industry are declaring a deadly disease from Asia was an unforeseeable circumstance that prevented them from delivering on their promise, a global mining giant...
A metal producer has approved millions in funding to introduce several driverless trucks at its mining operation in Western Australia. Newmont Corporation’s board of directors have unanimously...
A mid-tier mining and exploration company has temporarily stopped production at its metal mine after it suffered a major natural disaster. Sandfire Resources recently suspended operations shortly...
A deadly viral outbreak in East Asia has postponed an emerging mineral producer’s deliveries to the region. Image Resources NL blamed the coronavirus for delaying heavy mineral concentrate...
A multinational resources producer has completed what is promised to be the largest ever controlled explosion in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin. BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) recently carried...
People escaping a deadly disease are staying at an accommodation village that used to house workers of a gas project worth US$37 billion (A$55.4B). Hundreds of Australian residents who were evacuated...
