mining risk mitigation
Unexpected piezometer trends in a tailings dam triggered an investigation that uncovered an overlooked variable in dissipation testing – the type of saturation fluid.
When a Queensland flood swallowed a dragline and left an underground portal 60 metres underwater, Wade Ludlow knew mine levee design had to change.
A failed park brake piston seal was all it took to reduce a Whitehaven EH5000 dump truck to ashes – and the lesson, as Greg Fenton told the Mechanical Engineering Safety Seminar (MESS 2025), is one that should alarm every mining professional running large electric-drive fleets.
A high-precision GPS system that draws an invisible line between safe ground and disaster is helping one of Indonesia’s largest mining contractors keep trucks – and their operators – out of harm’s way in high-risk dumping zones.
If your underground mine is relying on 50 metres of non-line-of-sight vehicle detection, you may already be running outside your critical safety controls.
AI can transform mining operations, but as Dr Penny Stewart warns, its real value will only be unlocked if the technology is transparent, tested and trusted.
A serious underground incident in New South Wales has sparked renewed safety warnings across the mining sector after a worker was pinned between two heavy ventilation doors during a planned airflow change at a coal mine in the Wollongong region.
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.
It’s not often that a guidance document—rather than an actual regulation—sends shockwaves through the mining sector.
In the high-stakes world of underground mining, where rotating drill steels and mobile equipment operate in confined, often unpredictable environments, safety remains paramount.
