Alcoa continues to pioneer new ways of working with digital tools and is now utilising drone technology to perform its operations across Western Australia.
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National Transport Commission launches review to reduce driver fatigue
The National Transport Commission (NTC) is working with the Cooperative Research Centre for Alertness, Safety and Productivity (Alertness CRC) to better understand driver fatigue and ways to measure it.
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Playing it safe: Five steps to boost safety and increase profitability using technology
The potential for increased operational profitability that can be realised through more effective safety management is really starting to turn heads, and is truly bringing safety and environmental integrity into the mainstream of industrial business processes.
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Injuries in the workplace from hazardous substances: Minimising risks and impact
In Australia, burns are the sixth leading cause of workplace injury, with roughly 2,500 claims made per year. A new whitepaper from emergency eye wash and shower manufacturer Enware Australia details some of the hazards that mining and manufacturing employees face in the workplace, and how the threat of such hazards can be minimised.
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Enware emergency shower wins gold at Good Design Awards
In recognition of its excellence in design and innovation, Enware's ET1400 Emergency Tank Shower has been awarded a prestigious gold award at this year's Good Design Awards in the category of 'Product, Commercial and Industrial'.
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Sandvik gives mining equipment a second productive lifetime
An equipment rebuild offers mining companies a solution to sustain reliability and productivity over the machine's full engineered lifecycle. Australian Mining discusses these advantages with Sandvik.
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Colour coding coupling: Gates discusses MegaSys hydraulic hoses
Gates Australia's MegaSys range promises to simplify hoses and couplings for miners with its colour-coded system and other innovations.
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Immersive Technologies strengthens simulator line-up
The mining technology company views the LX6 simulator as a natural progression on the LX3 platform it released in 2016.
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Deloitte’s top resources industry human capital trends
Deloitte’s 2018 Human Capital Trends report is the most extensive to date, with input from more than 11,000 businesses and HR leaders around the world, including 952 from the global energy and resources (E&R) industry.
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Resources industry leaders prioritise wellbeing in the workplace
Wellbeing has been rated as the most important priority by the global energy and resources (E&R) industry in the latest Deloitte Human Capital Trends report.
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Immersive Technologies forms QLD safety collaboration with Simtars
Immersive Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Simtars to jointly develop training and workforce development solutions for the Queensland resources sector and international markets.
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Global equipment trends: demand to grow
Volatile prices of commodities or raw materials is the major trend observed in the last few years, according to Grand View Research. The mining equipment market is also expected to witness the impact of this unpredictability.
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How Mastermyne introduced a safety mindset across the company
Mastermyne has taken a relentless approach to improving safety. The company’s recognition as a finalist for The Safety Foremost Award at the Resource Industry Network’s (RIN) 2018 event is a reflection of this strategy.
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Komatsu launches 150t dump truck
Komatsu has released the HD1500-8 mechanical drive dump truck, a 142 metric tonne capacity hauler designed to reduce cost per tonne.
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Cat 24 Motor Grader improves performance, lowers costs
Building on the strong heritage of the M Series Motor Graders, the new Caterpillar 24 Motor Grader delivers high performance construction and maintenance of mine roads to improve mining truck efficiency.
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3D sensors: Safe manoeuvring instead of colliding
Reversing heavy vehicles can be a risky business. ifm discusses how it is making manoeuvres easier for operators.
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Educating operators about Breathe-safe’s air quality management
Breathe-safe is determined to help mine workers avoid the health issues related to respirable dust through much-needed education.
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Orica execs to get bonus cuts due to safety incidents
Orica chairman Malcolm Broomhead explained at the company's annual general meeting that the several senior executives would receive bonus cuts in light of two work fatalities during the 2017 financial year, one in Peru and the other in Sweden.
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YUMARR has a finger on the pulse
YUMARR Automation heads Nicky Guenther and Holger Salow discuss the growing demand for better and safer automation solutions in heavy industry.
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Prospect Awards review: YUMARR Automation improves underground safety
Bolstering the frontline of an underground mine is a critical part of every operation. The risk of inadvertent contact with moving booms and entanglement in rotating drill steels continues to be an industry-wide problem for people working underground with drill rigs.
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