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2023 exam calendar released
… is an eligible qualification. For Mining engineering manager of coal mines, RII60720 Advanced Diploma of Surface Coal Mining Management is an eligible …
Rehabilitation guideline updated
… Under clause 12, in Schedule 8A of the Mining Regulation 2016 , mining lease holders must prepare a … code for each final land use and mining domain to spatially link rehabilitation …
Diesel Particulate Exposure Standard for NSW mines
… matter. We invited feedback from the mining industry regarding the application of a … guidance on the requirements of a principal mining hazard management plan, specific to the … diesel particulate matter NSW is the first mining jurisdiction in Australia to implement …
Statewide tectonics
… important deposits of metallic minerals, coal and hydrocarbons that create jobs, … manufacturing on a firm base. The mining of coal from the Permian (280-260 million years …
Explosion-protected electrical plant
… Regulations, the operator of an underground coal mine must ensure that any plant used in a … used in a hazardous zone in an underground coal mine after 1 September 2028. In addition, … being used in hazardous zones at underground coal mines. Any Ex electrical plant identified …
Resources Regulator raises awareness of risk to workers of heavy vehicle collisions
… to the risk of collisions involving heavy mining equipment. The campaign, which was … into incidents involving heavy mining equipment has identified that … comprising of 256 work crews at 27 open-cut coal mines, and 2,700 workers comprising of 67 …
1889 Hamilton Colliery
… and producing approximately 1,600 tonnes of coal per day. The workings of the pit were … been almost completely exhausted. Pillars of coal on which the roof rested were being … James Hodson (54). Further resources Serious Mining Disaster at Newcastle - Collapse in the …
1905 Stanford Merthyr Mine
… Stanford Merthyr mine was an underground coal mine employing close to 400 workers. At … producing approximately 600,000 tonnes of coal per annum using the bord and pillar method … - Clive Beauchamp, Journal of Australasian Mining History, October 2013 …
Current and in-force
… Safety Regulation 2017, Exemption No. 010/23 Coal mining industry audiometric exemption Audiometric testing exemption for coal mine workers (In-force from 01/01/2024 …
Fires on mobile plant safety
… from the fire fall while exiting large mining vehicles that are on fire are scalded by … prevent reoccurrence, etc. Fires on surface coal stockpiles Some mobile plant, such as dozers, work on active coal stockpiles where there is a risk of …