Anglo American suspects a "brief ignition event" occurred in the Grosvenor underground coal mine in Queensland during June, in addition to the blast that injured five people earlier in the year.
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Anglo American re-enters Grosvenor after accident
Anglo American has commenced a staged re-entry of the Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland after receiving approval from the state’s mines inspectorate.
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Spectacular dual crane lift goes horribly wrong
A dual crane lift in Netherlands has gone tragically wrong, resulting in the injury of approximately 20 people in shops that were crushed in the accident.
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New light on inadequate incident reporting
Safety controls in the mining industry will receive new scrutiny in a crackdown on risk reporting for fatal incidents.
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Newcastle coal truck rollover
A coal truck which tipped over in Newcastle on Tuesday afternoon has been cleared up.
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Man killed in accident at Glencore’s CSA Copper mine
A 26-year-old man has died following an accident at Glencore’s CSA Copper mine in Cobar, New South Wales.
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Coal mine accident in China kills 22 people
Twenty-two people have been killed at a coal mine in China in what local authorities are calling a “gas incident”.
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Truck crashes through windrow, rolls down dump at Rio Tinto coal mine
A haul truck driver has had a lucky escape at Rio Tinto’s Hunter Valley Operations after his vehicle reversed over a bench and rolled down a dump.
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Tragic deaths, miners killed at Austar Coal Mine
Tragedy has struck at the Austar Coal Mine at Paxton in New South Wales, with two men killed in an underground collapse.
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Pit wall collapse at WA gold mine
A pit wall collapse at Ramelius Resources’ Western Queen South gold mine has forced the company into its second trading halt in less than a month.
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Miner’s leg injured at Dendrobium mine
A miner at Dendrobium mine sustained leg injuries after he was hit by a huge lump of coal yesterday afternoon.
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Company fined after work accident leaves man a quadriplegic
Broken Hill mining company Perilya has been fined $260,000 after an accident left a worker quadriplegic.
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Injured QLD miner gets $290,000 compo
A worker injured in an underground coal mine in central Queensland in 2009 has received $290,000 in compensation.
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Cleaner sues for $1 million after accident at coal mine
A cleaner is suing her former employer after allegedly falling down a staircase and hitting her head on a metal pole.
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Mine worker denied further compensation after work accident
A machine operator who was awarded $413, 082 after a being injured at a mine site has had his appeal for further compensation knocked back.
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Two workers injured after accidents at Broken Hill mine
A worker has been injured in a rock fall at CBH Resources’ Rasp mine, while another suffered serious injuries after a crushing accident.
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Man airlifted after North Queensland underground mining accident
The RACQ North Queensland rescue helicopter was called to a remote mine site south east of Mount Isa after an underground mine accident on Saturday.
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Plans to re-enter Pike River mine
A panel of mining experts will meet in Christchurch tomorrow to work on a plan to re-enter Pike River coalmine.
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Coal mine explosion kills 17 in Russia
Seventeen miners have died and one is missing after an explosion at a coal mine in Russia.
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FIFO worker narrowly escapes paralysing in pool accident
A Karratha fly-in, fly-out worker has broken his neck diving into a hotel swimming pool following a few end-of-rotation beers last week.
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