Mining - 22 August 2016

Forest clearance activities audited

Monday 22 August 2016 12:15

Forest clearance activities around the Boggabri, Tarrawonga and Maules Creek coal mines have been audited by the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment.

Parliamentary inquiry to look into Black Lung

Monday 22 August 2016 11:30

The Queensland parliamentary inquiry is to look into the outbreak of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in the state.

Electrical fire on a coal dredger at Hazelwood mine

Monday 22 August 2016 10:30

Hazelwood and the County Fire Authority personnel extinguish an electrical fire on one of the mine’s coal dredgers early on the morning of 22 August.