A Jetstar charter plane carrying 80 fly-in fly-out workers from a Pilbara mine site was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday. A Jetstar spokesman said fumes in the cabin was the cause of the...
Tag - Western Australia
Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd recommenced open stope bogging operations at the Nifty underground copper mine on Wednesday, after the death of a worker on May 11. A statement from the company said a risk...
IN a horror week for Western Australia mines, a worker has been killed at Newcrest’s Telfer gold mine in Western Australia’s North. A worker has been killed at Newcrest’s Telfer gold mine in Western...
ARMED with 100kg of explosives, a 25-year-old Perth man was hoping to make a quick buck by selling the dangerous goods to an outlaw motorcycle gang. But before his plant could be ignited, police...
WORKERS from Cloudbreak mine in Western Australia have been sacked today, as the Perth-based iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group revises its roster. FMG said workers should have been aware the job...
AGNEW Gold Mining Company has been fined $75,000 for failing to provide a safe working environment following an incident that left three Goldfields mine workers seriously injured. The company pleaded...
An iron ore company owned by Rio Tinto has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment for its employees, after the death of a man at a Western Australian mine. Brent Glew, 27...
Western Australia’s Mines Minister has revelled in the news that his state’s uranium mining sector will no longer face competition from Queensland, after a ban on uranium mining in the...
An industry-wide drug sting began yesterday with major iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group assisting WA Police search employees and contractors travelling to FMG’s remote Christmas Creek mine...
Clive Palmer has lost his nut at Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett for taking the side of a Chinese resources company who allege he funneled their money into his own political campaign fund...
