THE QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate has ordered twenty trucks off the road after a safety audit.
22/10/2009
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
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy (DEM) has announced its plans to visit the state's coal mines.
28/08/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate has reviewed a safety warning relating to Specialised Mining Vehicles’ Driftrunner engine intake flame traps, now claiming the issue is no longer isolated to the one manufacturer or type of vehicle.
04/08/2009
A MINE services and rescue operations centre on the New South Wales south coast is being hailed as one of the best in the world.
17/10/2008
A GAS explosion has killed 18 miners in a coal mine in northeast China.
21/08/2008
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