WORKERS at mining giant BHP Billiton are concerned for their health and safety following chief executive Marius Kloppers announcement that he has swine flu.
18/06/2009
BHP Billiton has reported that one of its workers at its Escondida mine in Chile has died due to injuries sustained while operating a cathode stripping machine at the electrowinning tankhouse on site.
11/02/2010
SAFETY concerns are being investigated following the malfunction of the automatic ore haulage system at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine.
08/10/2009
BHP Billiton says it has temporarily suspended the construction of a new rail line in the Pilbara region due to safety concerns with the contractor, Macmahon Holdings /Leighton Holdings joint venture.
05/11/2009
A BHP Billiton miner working at Perseverance mine at Leinster who became trapped more than one kilometer underground for 16 hours, is now safe and sound at home.
12/06/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced that the State Government has taken the unprecedented step of ordering stop work notices for any breach of workplace conditions related to BHP Billiton sites until the problem is fixed.
01/04/2009
BHP Billiton says the spate of safety incidents that occurred at BHP operations has contributed to its weak March quarter production results.
22/04/2009
BHP Billiton is using a specially developed telescopic handler attachment to improve safety at its Mt Arthur Coal mine, New South Wales.
01/05/2009
BHP Billiton has suspended rail services after a worker was hit by a train at the miner’s Nelson Point stockyard, Western Australia on 8 April 2009.
09/04/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore met with BHP Billiton management to discuss safety.
23/03/2009
BHP Billiton head of iron ore Ian Ashby has told delegates at the 2009 Diggers and Dealers conference that the company’s safety record is generally showing improving trends''.
06/08/2009
THE PRESIDENT of BHP Billiton Iron Ore, Ian Ashby, has acknowledged that the recent safety performance within Western Australia Iron Ore was unacceptable to the business and has had an enormous impact on many lives. There have been five fatalities at the company’s operations in the Pilbara since July 2008.
03/04/2009
BHP BILLITON Illawarra Coal says mining won’t jeopardise the safety of the Hume Highway, New South Wales.
04/03/2009
THE WESTERN Australian Mines Minister, Norman Moore says that BHP Billiton’s safety record could never become public.
07/05/2009
THE Australian Workers Union (AWU) has criticised BHP Billiton for having poor safety practises following the fourth death of a person killed on a mine site owned by the miner in seven months.
26/02/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has sought urgent advice from State Mining Engineer Martin Knee as to whether or not BHP Billiton’s Perseverance nickel mine should remain open.
01/07/2009
BHP Billiton has lower iron ore production this fiscal year on the spate of safety incidents at its operations.
07/05/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has released figures relating to prohibition and improvement notices served on BHP Billiton.
02/04/2009
BHP HAS reopened its Yandi mine in Western Australia, a day after it was closed following the death of a worker.
28/08/2008
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) suspended operations at one of its Queensland mines after a man was killed on 20 February 2009.
23/02/2009