As many stakeholders in the Australian mining industry are already aware, there have been recent legislative changes aimed at tightening occupational exposure limits (OELs) or workplace exposure...
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TEAM Group have been named the Queensland Mining Contractors of the Year at a gala celebration in honour of the Queensland resources sector’s hard-working contractors. Mackay-based TEAM Group...
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...
The Minerals Council of Australia has released a new publication, The Whole Story, detailing the contribution that Australia’s mining industry makes to communities across Australia. “While...
The Queensland Government has released a review of fly-in fly out mines in the state, which has presented eight recommendations to the mining industry. The state government commissioned the FIFO...
The Queensland Resources Council has launched a landmark Blueprint for Mental Health and Wellbeing as a guide for best practice for the sector that employs tens of thousands of Queenslanders. QRC...
The Australian mining industry launched a new blueprint to address mental health and wellbeing issues in the workforce, announced by the Minerals Council of Australia last week. The blueprint...
Is the mining downturn having an impact on the health and safety of workers? Department of Natural Resources and Mines Deputy Director-General of Mine Safety and Health and Chair of the Queensland...
After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...
