FEDERAL Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says that safety performance in the offshore petroleum industry needs to be improved urgently.
15/07/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced that the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) will carry out the final stage of investigations into the Varanus Island gas explosion.
11/05/2009
WEST Australia’s director of mine safety Simon Ridge says the Department of Mines and Petroleum’s budget did not cater for extra safety inspectors for 2009.
10/08/2009
THE Western Australian DPI has restructured its departments to put more focus on the mining sector and improve health and safety processes.
08/01/2009
MINES and Petroleum and Fisheries Minister Norman Moore will hold immediate talks with senior public servants following today’s tabling of the Auditor General’s reports into the Department of Mines and Petroleum and the Department of Fisheries.
26/06/2009
A new safety and inspection levy is set to hit mines.
09/04/2010
A 50 year-old Trans Pacific Industrial Solutions contractor has died at Alcoa's Wagerup refinery.
04/09/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore says the Western Australian Government has no plans to reduce the role or limit the powers of the Environment Minister in the mining approvals process.
24/03/2009
THE MINISTER for Mines and Petroleum Norman Moore says BHP Billiton has presented safety measures to the Minister following a spate of accident at its mining operations.
31/03/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has welcomed reports of a new uranium development but says that the government will not sacrifice health and safety with a ‘develop at all costs’ mentality.
25/05/2009
THE DEPARTMENT of Mines and Petroleum has released a safety warning following a fatal accident at underground mine.
12/06/2009
THE DEPARTMENT of Mines and Petroleum says that mine operator Unimin Lime has been fined over mining safety breaches.
12/06/2009
AN OIL rig owned by China's Sinopec Star Petroleum and operated by Denmark's Maersk Drilling has been found to have had asbestos on it.
17/07/2009
THE Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has issued a safety bulletin following a number of serious injuries in the state involving heavy earthmoving equipment tyres.
19/11/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore met with BHP Billiton management to discuss safety.
23/03/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has released figures relating to prohibition and improvement notices served on BHP Billiton.
02/04/2009
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
MINING companies will foot most of the $40 million bill each year for Western Australia’s newly announced state safety overhaul.
04/09/2009
THE DEPARTMENT of Mines and Petroleum has issued an official safety warning on excavating near cables buried in the ground.
21/07/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has assured Western Australians that the government will use the world’s best practise to regulate the state’s uranium sector, following the official signing of a joint venture between Mega Uranium and its Japanese investors.
30/07/2009