BHP Billiton Iron Ore chief Ian Ashby has told journalists employees need to take more responsibility for their own safety.
State Engineer calls for independent study of BHP Billiton Nickel West's Perseverance mine.
BHP Billiton's Perseverance nickel mine may be closed indefinitely by West Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore.
Western Australia's Minister for Mines and Petroleum Norman Moore has ordered BHP Billiton to stop work at any mines in the State that have been issued with breach of practice notices.
STATE Mining Engineer (WA) Martin Knee examines the process of safe design in minimising hazards.
Exploration companies and drilling companies must review their RC drilling procedures to ensure that employees engaged in RC drilling operations are not exposed to the particular hazard posed by a sliding draw beneath the sample cyclone. WA State Mining Engineer Martin Knee reports.
THE Western Australian Department of consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP) has released a safety alert warning of the hazards posed by cyclone draw in Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling.
A DRILLER'S offsider was fatally injured when he was struck by a "wear bend" that became detached from the cyclone at an exploration drilling site.
THE need to manage smaller, more highly skilled and more mobile workforces whose abilities are in great demand will require different industrial relations strategies. From the State (Western Australia) Mining Engineer Martin Knee
A WESTERN Australian safety authority is concerned about gaskets containing asbestos imported into Western Australia.