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Conferences, seminars & workshops

Thursday 11 December 2008

Event submissions can be emailed to ozmining@reedbusiness.com.au


Springvale has impressive Movember

Friday 05 December 2008

Springvale coal mine has won Australian Mining and Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia's Movember competition for the best team of mining Mos.


Excellence in Environmental Management Finalist: Alcoa

Thursday 27 November 2008

Alcoa's Huntley Mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for their commitment to environmental standards during the construction of a new crusher site.


Century mine gets the 'blues'

Friday 21 November 2008

In an effort to raise awareness about prostate cancer, Oz Minerals' Century Mine has painted one of its 830E Komatsu trucks blue.


NSW Minerals award winners

Wednesday 19 November 2008

Peabody Pacific and Cobar Management have won top honours at Monday night's New South Wales Minerals Council environment and community excellence awards.


NSW environment and community awards

Monday 17 November 2008

The 2008 New South Wales Mineral Council's environment and community excellence awards are to be held tonight at Leura's York Fairmont Resort in the Blue Mountains.


Rio's trainees score jobs

Friday 14 November 2008

A dozen Indigenous trainees will start work at Rio Tinto's Mesa J iron ore mine in Pannawonica this week after completing a 10-week pre-employment program.


FIFO met with criticism

Monday 10 November 2008

BHP Billiton's plans to move to fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) operations for its mines in central Queensland are needed to meet operational requirements for contractors in the area, BHP manager media relations Peter Ogden told MINING DAILY.


Help sought on hazardous manual tasks

Tuesday 08 January 2008

HAVE you identified hazardous manual handling tasks in your workplace or been involved in the design, construction, commissioning or maintenance of any equipment, plant, work surfaces, work practices or systems that have made manual tasks less hazardous?


PPE statistics for mining

Saturday 05 January 2008

ARE there any statistics showing improvements in safety in the mining industry resulting from personal protective equipment (PPE) use?


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