A series of underground coal mine explosions in Russia far north have killed miners, and their rescuers, at Severnaya coal mine, in Vorkuta.
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Miner injured in underground accident
A supervisor has suffered crush injuries in a Western Australian underground mine after he was pinned between two vehicles.
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Newcrest getting closer to rescuing trapped worker
Newcrest has made “significant progress” in its efforts to rescue a miner trapped underground for close to a week.
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UPDATE: Newcrest sees accident at Gosowong mine
Newcrest’s Gosowong gold mine has suffered a serious ‘geotechnical event’ which has trapped one worker underground.
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Worker nearly drives off underground stope
A WA underground worker has a lucky escape after their light vehicle accidentally drove partially over the edge of an open stope.
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Worker’s caustic burns compo claim cut
A worker seeking compensation for burning his foot with caustic soda has had his claim reduced after footage emerged of him performing karate.
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Worker seriously injured at processing plant
A worker has received burns during routine maintenance work on a processing plant in Western Australia.
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Samarco offers $260m for mudslide damage to water supplies
Brazil’s Samarco mining firm has pledged to pay at least $260 million in reparations for the environmental damage caused by the bursting of two dams two weeks ago.
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2013 study warned of Samarco dam break risk
As the death toll from the Samarco tailings dam disaster continues to rise while BHP shares fall to the lowest prices since 2005, questions are being raised over the preventative measures taken to prevent a disaster from occurring.
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BHP tailings dam burst in Brazil
A BHP iron ore mine's tailings dam has burst in Brazil’s southeast on November 6, leaving 15 dead, and 45 missing
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Mt Gibson to sue over ‘catastrophic’ wall collapse
Mount Gibson Iron is suing the engineers responsible for building the Koolan Island mine seawall, which collapsed last year, flooding the mine.
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Illegal miners killed in Indonesian mine collapse
At least illegal 12 miners are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in Indonesia’s West Java province on Tuesday night.
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Haul truck fires followed by social media discipline
A haul truck fire at the Collie coal mine has been followed by a disciplinary investigation of the social media use of employees who photographed the incident.
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Workers’ foot cooked with caustic soda
A Gladstone aluminium worker who ended up with burned skin from a caustic soda spill is suing his employer for negligence.
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Mining automation: The be all and end all?
Automation is seen as the foundation for the next phase of mining productivity, but what hurdles lay ahead? Cole Latimer writes.
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Worker injured at Fortescue mine
A contractor has been injured at Fortescue’s Cloudbreak iron ore mine.
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Mine worker dies at Newcrest’s Ridgeway gold mine
A 28-year-old mine worker has died at Newcrest’s Cadia Ridgeway gold mine, located near Orange in New South Wales.
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Gold miner killed in truck roll over
A worker has died at Hanking Gold’s mine following a truck rollover yesterday.
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Autonomous truck and water cart collide on site UPDATE
An autonomous haul truck and a manned water cart have collided on a West Australian BHP mine site.
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Rewarding safety milestones a recipe for disaster
With four deaths in Queensland coal mines in the past year, and many more nationally, an industrial psychologist has suggested that our pride in safety management is partially to blame.
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