PILBARA TAFE has introduced a new safety course which could help improve safety in the mining industry.
09/09/2009
UNIONS hope to push safety as a major issue in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, following the second mining death in a month.
29/08/2008
FLINDERS Mines has awarded the pre-feasibility study contract for the Pilbara iron ore project in Western Australia to WorleyParsons.
07/10/2009
RIO Tinto says its iron ore operations have been affected by heavy rains and high winds but its first priority is safety.
17/02/2009
LAING O'Rourke is on trial accused of failing to take appropriate safety measures while working on a railway track from Cloudbreak mine to Port Hedland.
07/10/2009
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
BHP HAS restarted its iron ore operations in the Pilbara following the death of a second miner in ten days.
08/09/2008
THE LIBERAL-National Government’s Royalties for Regions initiative and major industries in the Pilbara are joining forced to improve health and safety in the region.
19/08/2009
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 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
BHP BILLITON’s Western Australian iron ore operations have been suspended after the second fatality at its Yandi mine in two weeks.
05/09/2008
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
INDIGENOUS trainees will commence work at a Western Australian iron ore mine after completing a 10-week pre-employment program.
17/11/2008
CITIC Pacific Mining has rejected the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union’s (CFMEU) claims that it put workers at risk at its iron ore mine.
18/02/2009
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
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
Fortescue Metals is applying to have charges relating to it workers’ deaths and injuries during Cyclone George dismissed.
01/04/2010
OBESITY is on the rise in Australia’s mining communities, with as many as four out of five coal miners now overweight or obese, according to a NSW dietician.
12/12/2008
BHP Billiton has been heavily criticised for its poor safety record after another worker was killed on one of its mining sites on 19 March 2009.
20/03/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore met with BHP Billiton management to discuss safety.
23/03/2009