Central West Region
If you wanted a temperature check on Western Australia’s exploration sector last week, you didn’t need a feasibility study.
It’s not every day a water cart performs a wheelie on a mine stand—but when it does, the lessons for mechanical engineering and site safety are hard to ignore.
When John Stacpoole, inspector of mines at the NSW Resources Regulator, took the stage at the Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings 2025 Conference in Brisbane, he didn’t waste time on pleasantries.
In the wake of evolving regulatory expectations and maturing risk management frameworks, mining companies are being urged to reassess how they apply critical controls to tailings storage facilities (TSFs).
The New South Wales Government has introduced a new safety order setting standards for breathing apparatus used in underground coal mines.
A new compliance crackdown by the NSW Resources Regulator will see underground coal mines, tailings dams, and small-scale quarries come under fresh scrutiny as part of a statewide push to address safety risks and regulatory non-compliance from July through December 2025.
In the ever-evolving field of mineral exploration, the challenge of interpreting surface geochemical data in complex terrains has long limited early-stage targeting success.
The NSW Resources Regulator has released its latest weekly incident summary for the period ending 30 May 2025, detailing 28 reportable incidents, including three serious events that highlight ongoing safety challenges in both underground and open cut coal mines.
The NSW Resources Regulator has issued a safety alert following a near miss involving a front-end loader and a light vehicle in an open cut mine, highlighting the risks of operator distraction and visibility limitations in mobile plant operations.
A surge in heavy vehicle rollovers across New South Wales mining operations has triggered a formal safety bulletin from the NSW Resources Regulator, urging immediate risk-based interventions to stem the trend.
