Australasian Mine Safety Journal

The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident regarding a mine worker who has struck by a falling chute liner at an underground metal mine. According to the report, an underground worker...

Mining promises few guarantees, but a reduced ore yield is a certainty if errors are made at any stage of the complex, multi-layered drill and blast process. The potential for wasted energy, time,...

Rio Tinto has to date awarded contracts valued at over $385 million (A$500 million) to Western Australian and Pilbara Aboriginal businesses to support the latest development of its Greater Tom...

Australia’s only validated psychosocial risk assessment tool, People at Work, is up and running on a new free, digital platform thanks to working health and safety regulators and leading...

Working together with Glencore, Thiess’ Mt Owen team has developed a range of controls including leadership training and education sessions, noise and dust risk forecasting, targeted sound power...

The Queensland Government has released a new standard on the use of Polymeric Chemicals at Queensland mines. The standard will apply to a range of sealing applications at mines as well as general...

BHP has reported a rockfall event in the Pilbara where a site of indigenous heritage was reportedly damaged. The event occurred at the Banjima registered site on 29 January 2021 within Mining Area...

The USA Government, Mine Safety and Health Administration MSHA has reported a fatal incident that a haul truck that travelled backwards and overturned. On 19 Jan 2021, a miner backed a haul truck...

The global mining technology provider, Maptek, which celebrates its 40th birthday in 2021, has transformed the industry since founder Dr Bob Johnson realised there was an opportunity to apply...

The release of the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies has sounded the alarm on the need for policy reforms by state governments to drive greater investment in Australia’s mining...

The Department of Western Australia, the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has released a safety alert regarding a mechanic who had serious hand injuries when serviced a...

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The NSW Resources Regulator has released investment information regarding a dangerous incident at Appin Colliery, Appin on 6 October 2020. According to the report, as part of an equipment upgrade...

On 11th January 2021, the Government of Western Australia, Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety received a report of an incident at a mine site where an electronic cigarette (vape)...

A National Resources Sector Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccinations (link) released by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and APPEA outlines how the sector will support the Australian...

Dust control at mining sites is firmly back on the national agenda as recent cases of silicosis increase union pressure to rampup health and safety measures to protect all workers exposed to...

A new fact sheet on Improving ventilation in indoor workplaces – COVID-19 has been developed by Safe Work Australia. The fact sheet highlights three steps that will help to reduce the risk of...

Australian work safety professional body, the Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS) has released a position paper on COVID-19 vaccinations at work. The Australian Institute of Health &...

Liebherr Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation have signed a world-wide cooperation agreement that will provide Liebherr customers with access to the world’s most advanced operator training simulators...