Liquid containers were responsible for creating a workplace hazard, authorities found. Investigators recently blamed a fire on improperly stored water at an undisclosed mining operation in South...
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A resources mogul began converting a fossil fuel operation into a major renewable project. Andrew Forrest recently confirmed ambitious plans to transition a controversial coal mine into a green...
A 2014 fire that burnt for more than six weeks at a Victorian coal operation was “foreseeable” a court has heard. Hazelwood Power Corporation is being grilled at a Supreme Court trial...
Authorities warn using illegal fireworks this festive season could be dangerous. WorkSafe and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) recently urged holidayers to avoid setting off illegal fireworks because...
Premier Coal has pulled an entire fleet of mine trucks out of action at it’s Collie site after five fires in three weeks. Two weeks ago a truck burst into flames at the mine, with four other...
A man has faced court, accused of starting the fire that burned for 45-days at the Hazelwood Mine in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The 20 year-old from Gippsland, appeared in the Latrobe Valley...
The Victorian Government has reopened the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry to get to the bottom of community health concerns following the 2014 fire and consider rehabilitation at the Latrobe Valley’s...
A miner from BMA’s Saraji mine, near Dysart, sustained serious burn injuries yesterday morning as a result of a truck fire. According to the CQ News, the man was immediately airlifted to Mackay...
