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A series of recent mine safety incidents in New South Wales and Queensland has reinforced ongoing concerns about worker safety in both underground and surface coal operations.
When Barry McKay walked into Ashton Coal and saw machines cutting stone instead of coal, he knew something had to change.
In open-pit mining, some of the biggest productivity gains can come not from buying more trucks, but from loading the ones you have with greater precision.
The Queensland Explosives Inspectorate has identified misfires as the most pressing explosives safety issue in its latest quarterly report, with coal mining operations accounting for the majority of recorded incidents.
For over 30 years, GreaseMax has quietly built a global reputation in plant rooms, on mine sites, and beneath conveyor lines.
In an era of advanced underground automation and high-tech dust suppression systems, one of the most effective solutions for a pervasive mining problem—stope dust—has emerged not from a manufacturer, but from a loader operator’s workshop.
A coal mine worker narrowly avoided injury when a raw coal stacker boom suddenly and forcefully luffed upward during a lowering operation, according to a safety alert issued by Resources Safety & Health Queensland (RSHQ).
