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South32 mine

Disaster shuts down mine until 2025

Severe weather will suspend a North Australian resources operation for almost a year. Tropical Cyclone Megan’s 200km/h winds and 681mm of rainfall is likely to delay production at Groote...

South32 mine

Disaster damages mine infrastructure

Dangerous weather caused destruction to a major resources operation. Tropical Cyclone Megan recently impacted on South32’s Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO) mine. The category-four system...

Samarco

Mining giant fails to block $8.7B compensation lawsuit

A multinational resources company unsuccessfully prevented litigation seeking substantial damages. BHP Group will return to the United Kingdom’s Court of Appeal to face questions about the 2015...

National emergency declared for Queensland, NSW

Parts of the East Coast are officially in danger and require immediate action. The Federal Government will declare a national emergency for flood-affected parts of Queensland and New South Wales...

BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie

BHP CEO promises relief after Samarco tragedy

BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie has spoken in Brazil about the tragic incident at the Samarco iron ore operation in Minas Gerais last Thursday. “At BHP Billiton, we have been overcome with...

Compensation denied to former Moura Mine employee

Compensation has been denied to a former mine employee who swapped shifts with a co-worker on the day of the 1994 Moura Mine disaster. In 2011 the man filed a claim with the Supreme Court of...