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THE NEW South Wales Industry & Investment Mine Safety Operations Branch has released a safety alert after a serious accident involving coal and slurry discharge from a rail loading bin.
30/09/2009 |
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AN INQUEST into the death of Adrian Hayes at Cornwall Coal mine in Tasmania in October 2000 is raising some serious doubts about the safety of the operation.
30/09/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND-based safety expert John Ninness has been honoured by the government of the People's Republic of China for his contribution to work safety and economic development in the North East region of China.
29/09/2009 |
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CONSTRUCTION, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's (CFMEU) Northern division president Ian Murray says the streamlining of work safety laws across Australia will be detrimental to the Hunter's coal industry.
29/09/2009 |
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AUSTRADE'S senior trade commissioner for Latin America, Crispin Conroy, says Columbia and Brazil are growing markets for Australian miners and mining service providers.
28/09/2009 |
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ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor says the safety of workers and the environment are paramount to the Victorian Government.
28/09/2009 |
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SOUTH Australia’s Mineral Resources Development Minister Paul Holloway says BHP Billiton will have to address dust risks from any uranium mining expansion.
25/09/2009 |
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CMT says it has paid specialist consultants to plan a safe reopening of the Mt Lyell mine after a mudslide on 24 August 2009.
25/09/2009 |
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GEODYNAMICS has signed a contract for TechnologyOne Financials, Works & Assets, Human Resource & Payroll and Project Management solutions.
24/09/2009 |
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PERILYA managing director Paul Arndt is happy with the recent rescue but says the company will discuss what can be learned from the emergency.
24/09/2009 |
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TREASURER Troy Buswell is an opponent of the Federal Government’s plans to streamline occupational health and safety laws and introduce a national system.
23/09/2009 |
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THE SEVERE weather heading east from South Australia cut power to Broken Hill causing to miners to be trapped underground on 22 September 2009.
23/09/2009 |
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CIVIL contracting and road maintenance business, Sharpe Bros, is calling on organisations to join the fight against workplace death and injury during Safe Work Australia Week – 25 to 31 October 2009.
22/09/2009 |
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A NUMBER of free seminars for the mining industry are being held in Victoria as part of WorkSafe Victoria’s annual Work Safe Week, which runs from 26 to 30 October 2009.
22/09/2009 |
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THE MINISTER for Industrial Relations, John Hargreaves MLA, has tabled a Bill in the Legislative Assembly that will further strengthen the Default Insurance Fund and ensure it remains a guaranteed safety net for injured workers.
21/09/2009 |
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MINERS, their families and friends attended the second annual Miners Memorial Day in Brisbane's Roma Street Parkland on 19 September 2009.
21/09/2009 |
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TRADE Minister Stephen Robertson announced Queensland will lead a coal mine safety demonstration project near Beijing that showcases and aims to export Queensland’s expertise in mines safety to China.
18/09/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate’s Gavin Taylor Chief Inspector of Coal Mines has issued a safety alert about the use of chemicals, after two mine workers were exposed to an elevated concentration of 1 Bromopropane (1 BP) vapours.
18/09/2009 |
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A NEW Internet-based on-line safety sign shop is using recycled materials, sustainable design principles and printers driven by solar power to manufacture signs used in the mining industry.
16/09/2009 |
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THE ACTU will launch an attack on the Rudd Government’s proposed changes to workplace health and safety laws.
15/09/2009 |
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A DRAKE International survey has shown that over bullying is rife in Australian workplaces.
14/09/2009 |
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A WORKER has been badly injured at a liquefied natural gas plant off Western Australia.
14/09/2009 |
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CQUniversity says it will submit a proposal to the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund for a new facility which will keep mining safety in-house.
11/09/2009 |
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The CFMEU will test Labor's workplace laws by demanding a 'job security clause' for mine workers.
11/09/2009 |
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SAFEWORK SA is investigating a mining industry fatality that occurred at a mine at Mount Compass.
09/09/2009 |
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PILBARA TAFE has introduced a new safety course which could help improve safety in the mining industry.
09/09/2009 |
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ANGLO Coal is showing that it is proactive about the safety of its employees by taking concerns of legionnaire's disease seriously.
09/09/2009 |
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THE MINISTER for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, has welcomed a Liberal Party back down and the passage of the Safe Work Australia Bill through the Australian Parliament.
08/09/2009 |
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CFMEU Mining and Energy Union state secretary Gary Wood has warned that the mining industry is not ready to take on the newly introduced system of hazard management based on risk.
08/09/2009 |
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NEW research out of the United States sheds some light on the large number of mining occurrences.
07/09/2009 |
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MINING companies will foot most of the $40 million bill each year for Western Australia’s newly announced state safety overhaul.
04/09/2009 |
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A 50 year-old Trans Pacific Industrial Solutions contractor has died at Alcoa's Wagerup refinery.
04/09/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced that the Western Australian Government will overhaul the safety system with a multi-million dollar fund injection.
03/09/2009 |
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MINING companies are extending mine workers hours now that production is being ramped up again.
03/09/2009 |
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THE CSIRO has launched an initiative aimed at equipping regional communities with the knowledge they need for future bilateral negotiations about land use with mining companies.
02/09/2009 |
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P&H MinePro has been fined $260,000 over a workplace accident at the Bulga open-cut mine in the Hunter Valley.
02/09/2009 |
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THE MOUNT Kembla community gathered at the Kembla Heights Community Hall on 29 August 2009 to remember tragedies that have occurred in the region and to promote mine safety.
01/09/2009 |
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FIGURES from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate that poor literacy of Australian workers is creating safety risks.
01/09/2009 |