Every country with a mining industry has a disaster to speak of, and New Zealand is no different. The first, and worst, struck at Brunner Mine in 1896. All of the miners who were in the mine at the...
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Myanmar Metals Limited : summary of a recently completed Exploration Review and Future Strategy Report (the “Valentis Exploration Report”). The report was commissioned by MYL’s partner and current...
The Australian mining sector is sustaining its positive outlook with Newport Consulting’s Mining Business Outlook Report – now in its eighth year of release – revealing the dark days of the sector’s...
The McGowan Government is examining legislative solutions to provide assurance to the State’s mining industry following the High Court decision last month on the Forrest & Forrest case. On...
While one in five Australians is affected by mental health issues, the number is different when miners. For miners, one in three will be affected by mental illness. There is a variety of reasons for...
The gold industry has kept the Australian economy strong for the better part of the last century. Times have changed, though, with tight margins, high costs, and deeper deposits, and a whole host of...
According to PwC’s Mine 2017 report, the world’s Top 40 miners recovered from a race to the bottom, with bolstered balance sheets and a return to profitability in 2016 Profitability restored –...
WA Premier Mark McGowan wants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to pay his cash-strapped government a multi-billion dollar lump sum in a buyout of their lease agreements and thinks it’s “in...
Senior mine safety officer David Parsons writes about the need for forming partnerships between mine operators and local community emergency planning committees in the case of mine disasters. In...
One of the six Queensland miners with a confirmed case of Black Lung was initially misdiagnosed by a doctor, a panel investigating to re-emergence of the deadly lung disease has found. The...
