Risk Mitigation

Ernest Henry’s bold cave reorientation boosts productivity, tames seismicity, and sets new benchmark for deep underground mine design

When mining engineer Eddy Zhang took the stage at the 2025 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide, he was candid about the task at hand: “Today I’ll be presenting learnings from reorientating the Ernest Henry sublevel cave.

Worker injured in underground mine door failure prompts safety overhaul

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.

WorkSafe shuts down WA iron ore mine over emergency response failures

A Western Australian open-pit iron ore mine was temporarily shut down earlier this month after WorkSafe inspectors uncovered critical gaps in the site’s emergency response capabilities.