Construction of a mine process plant at the Roy Hill iron ore mine in WA is expected to generate “1000 jobs for approximately 14 months”, according to contractor, Thiess. Thiess announced...
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A worker has died at the Brightstar mine in Western Australia yesterday morning in a workplace accident involving the operation of machinery. According to the West Australian, Mines Safety director...
A taskforce charged with developing a Minerals Industry Action Plan to deliver economic growth to NSW over the next decade was launched last week by NSW Minister for Resources & Energy Anthony...
Owners of the Mt Lyell copper mine in Tasmania, where three workers were killed in six weeks just five months ago, have said that jobs will have to go in order to make way for the safety measures...
The number of offshore wells drilled in Australia has fallen by more than two-thirds since 2003, while the total cost has increased five-fold, according to new ABS data analysis conducted by industry...
Mine workers across Australia are being asked to participate in a research project into work/life balance being conducted by Townsville’s James Cook University. The research project will...
A tear in the side wall of a tyre led to the death of a Foxleigh Mine worker in December 2010, a Coronial Inquest in Queensland has heard this morning. Wayne Robert MacDonald, 53, was killed at the...
The worker who died at the Boggabri Coal Mine yesterday morning was reportedly operating an open cabin cherry picker at the time of accident and was crushed up against a “metal structure”...
A worker has been killed in an incident that took place this morning at the Boggabri open cut coal mine in New South Wales. According to the Naomi Valley Independent, the 40 year old worker is...
FIFO workers are being forced to live in “mining concentration camps” and enduring “postcode apartheid” near the towns of Blackwater, Moranbah, Middlemount, Dysart and Moura...
More than one in five Australian mining industry workers has experienced mental health problems such as depression and anxiety in the past 12 months, according to beyondblue Chairman Jeff Kennett...
Miners from across the state’s mining regions have been awarded top honours at the highly coveted NSW Minerals Council Health and Safety Innovation Awards. The achievements of these miners were...
