The Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has issued an urgent safety alert to mines and quarries that have not reviewed procedures for adverse weather events.
Macmahon Holdings, a contracting group operating in the civil construction and mining sector, is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
Ramelius Resources' Wattle Dam Mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for pushing its production past 32,151 ounces, the equivalent of one tonne of pure gold.
Anglo Gold's Ashanti Sunrise Dam has won the Western Australia Chamber of Minerals and Energy Underground Mine Emergency Response Challenge held at Focus Minerals' Coolgardie Gold Project.
Greyhound Australia has won BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam 2008 Vendor of the Year Award.
The expansion of Olympic Dam has helped put the South Australian mining industry on the map.
MACMAHON Holdings Limited has won a long term mining contract for the new Sinclair Nickel Project owned by Jubilee Mines, and an extension to its existing Olympic Dam underground development contract for BHP Billiton.
GREYHOUND Australia has become the sole carrier for miners at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine.
BHP Billiton reports that a fatality has occurred at the Olympic Dam Operation in northern South Australia.
FOR the second consecutive year, both a Sandvik Mining and Construction apprentice and a supervisor have picked up apprentice awards at South Australia’s Olympic Dam from specialist training company Career Employment Group (CEG).