Production at the Mount Lyell copper mine in Tasmania has been halted due to a rock fall.
01/09/2010
MACMAHON says it will continue to provide mine development works at BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine, in South Australia.
27/07/2009
NEWMONT Mining President and Chief Executive Officer Richard O'Brien has praised the group’s safety performance following its first gold pour at its Boddington mine in Western Australia.
02/10/2009
A RISK-TAKING culture and ageing workforce have been identified as key safety challenges within Tasmania's mining industry.
13/08/2008
THE inquest into the death of a smelter worker in the U.S has prompted changes to the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
07/11/2008
BHP Billiton has posted positive results from automated bulldozers at its Escondida copper mine to address safety issues around stockpiles and conveyors.
20/01/2009
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
AN INQUEST into the fatal helicopter crash which ploughed into a hill and exploded near the Gunpowder copper mine Mount Isa, in February 2006 has commenced.
07/04/2009
A TASMANIAN historian claims he has revealed the truth behind one of the largest mining disasters in Australian history.
10/10/2008
THE Queensland government will conduct further studies on all mine sites that discharged water after flooding earlier in 2008.
23/10/2008
THE inquest into the death of a smelter worker in the U.S has prompted changes to the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
06/11/2008
THE WORLD Health Organisation has identified Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland, as Australia's first mining town recognised as a 'safe community'.
20/02/2009
THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency (EPA) has raised concern about the safety of two creeks in Queensland believed to be contaminated.
24/02/2009
PERILYA Mining says it had nothing to do with the spillage of possible contaminants into a creek near its Mount Oxide Mine.
19/03/2009
TASMANIAN miners have been warned to take extra safety precautions when blasting after two planned explosions caused damage.
02/07/2009
Xstrata Mount Isa Mines does not believe that it exceeded the regulatory limit for lead concentration during the December quarter last year.
23/02/2010
THE DEPARTMENT of Mines and Energy has released an official safety warning on the subsequent changes to regulations and mining industry practice.
30/03/2009