The New South Wales Mine Safety Advisory Council is striving to wipe away the threat of dust at mines and quarries through a new awareness campaign, as the state ramps up its crackdown on dust exposure.
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LafargeHolcim to co-develop 3D printed concrete for wind turbines
LafargeHolcim has partnered with GE Renewable Energy and COBOD to create 200-metre high wind turbines that feature 3D printed concrete bases.
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Prime Creative Media surveys business leaders across 15 industries on effects of COVID restrictions and prospects for recovery
From 28 May to 5 June 2020, Prime Creative Media surveyed more than 2200 business leaders across 15 industries, to capture sentiment as the country began to lift COVID-19 restrictions.
The results paint a relatively positive picture of an industrial landscape experiencing its first recession in almost three decades. Just two-thirds of respondents reported a downturn in business, with almost 10% noting an increase in business. Almost half of all businesses said that they were still looking to invest, a strong sign about the future of Australian industrial sectors. Respondents were also generally supportive of the Federal Government’s response, with three quarters saying it was either strong or acceptable.
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Free lung health checks for Queensland quarry workers
Queensland’s quarrying and mineral mining workers will be given free lung health checks for life to protect them from dust-related lung diseases.
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Negligent senior mining officers to face five years’ imprisonment
New amendments to the New South Wales work health and safety laws now include gross negligence under a category one offence.
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Residential construction second biggest contributor to Australian jobs
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation has released a report that has shown home building to have the second highest drive of jobs in Australia.
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Online solutions to foster OHS, RCS, COVID-19 learning outcomes
The extractive industry has a key role to support Australia’s infrastructure, economy and workforce in the downturn. To fortify the sector’s contribution, the IQA’s suite of online educational materials will assist quarry workplaces to develop professional health and safety skills for their workers.
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Reducing waste, being tech smart in the haul cycle
The pursuit for efficiency across the entire quarrying operation has always been a massive undertaking. As Chris van der Loo explains, the quest for better performance, courtesy of the latest integrated, holistic haul cycle monitoring programs, may finally be achievable.
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Mining crew turns to combo screens in bid to strike pay dirt
Through a decade of a popular mining reality TV program, originally a team of amateur miners entertained audiences around the world with their feats in the US and abroad. Once they were back on home soil, they turned to a range of combined incline/horizontal screens to exploit their local knowledge.
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Ancient continent beneath New Zealand mapped out
Scientists from GNS Science have released interactive maps of Zealandia, an ancient continent beneath the oceans surrounding New Zealand.
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