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Rio Tinto mine pit

Authority investigates driverless vehicle accident

Officials are examining what caused autonomous machinery to crash. The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) is still trying to determine how a driverless train suffered an accident...

Bowen Coking Coal

Authority approves new coal project in Central Qld

A Queensland mineral producer received the nod to progress a new fossil fuel development in the Bowen Basin. The Federal Government recently approved Bowen Coking Coal’s (BCB’s) Isaac...

Resources Regulator workers

Investigators probe mine worker’s death

Authorities are examining circumstances surrounding a missing resources employee’s fatality. Investigators recently confirmed a worker was unresponsive and died that same day at a mine site...

Stanmore Resources

New Qld coal projects rejected for taking too long

Two major fossil fuel developments went back to the drawing board after proponents failed to act in a timely manner. The Australian Department of the Environment recently rejected MacMines...

Westwood coal train wreck

Employer charged for Central Qld coal fatality

A state-run company was formally accused of neglecting health and safety obligations, resulting in death. The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) recently filed three charges after a...

Fuel truck

Runaway heavy vehicle crashes while refuelling

An operator discovered trucks can roll away even when a stop device is engaged. An unoccupied fuel truck recently descended 8 metres and crashed into a mobile stacker despite the park brake already...