According to the APPEA (The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association), it is now vitally important the Australian Government focuses on the development of Eastern Australia’s gas...
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Two mine workers were lucky to escape with only minor injuries when a loader collided with the light vehicle they were travelling in at NSW underground mine late last year. A safety alert issued by...
People living in regional Queensland are being encouraged to share their thoughts on the issues that will shape the state over the next 30 years through a series of interactive online forums hosted...
Dysart’s community advocate, Jim Pearce, has accused Saraji mine owners, BMA, of ‘dodging the bullet’, over the mining town’s water quality woes. Speaking to the ABC, Pearce...
One of Australia’s biggest unions claims it will now mount legal challenges against mining contractors who force workers to submit to drug and alcohol urine testing, after a landmark decision handed...
Urine tests for drugs and alcohol may soon be deemed illegal on mine sites after the Fair Work Commission labelled the use of such tests as “unjust and unreasonable” in a recent hearing...
Migration helps solving the skills shortages – How big a headache do you have still trying to source skilled labour? What a never ending battle to try and locate, interview, assess and sign up...
Underground mining is an industry like no other — it places demands on man and machine alike, and is widely acknowledged as one of the most hazardous work environments in the world. The release of...
The challenge of our innovative success in mine plant equipment is reliability and maintainability, as the more complex the equipment, the more chance of downtime, writesCorrina Trimarchi . The...
Australia is one of the major coal producing countries in the world, with an production output of 409,200 Mt in 2009. In regards to productivity and efficiency of the whole process coal mining is...
