New Gold halts New Afton mine on tailings safety woes
Mining News Pro - Shares in New Gold fell more than 9% in Toronto on Thursday after it said it had halted underground mining activities at its New Afton gold-copper mine in Kamloops, British Columbia, following an inspection.
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National mines safety conference was held in Gol Gohar Company
Mining News Pro - The second National Mines Safety Conference was held in GolGohar Mining Company.
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Chile rethinks mine safety after worker deaths and expanding sinkhole
Mining News Pro - Chile is taking another look at health in safety in its mines after two workers died on a mining construction project in July and a giant sinkhole more recently opened up near a copper mine.
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Awarding first grade safety badge to Nicico
Mining News Pro - National Iranian Copper Industries Company has received the first-grade safety badge in Iran’s south east safety convention.
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Common table sugar key to improving aqueous zinc batteries’ safety features
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Tsinghua University are proposing the idea of chemically modifying common table sugar to stabilize the zinc-ion environment in aqueous zinc batteries and improve the devices’ safety features.
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What is a safety management system and how it minimise risk?
Mining News Pro - The MSMS places a focus on managing risks, particularly those posed by principal mining hazards, and reinforces that the mine operator should create a culture in which workers will be more likely to actively contribute to health and safety performance improvement activities.
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China’s coal mine safety problem is back at the worst time
Mining News Pro - A spate of deadly coal mining accidents to start the year is raising the specter of output-dampening safety checks in China just as global supply is tightening.
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CoE to vote against mining company chairs over dam safety
Mining News Pro - The Church of England Pensions Board said on Tuesday it planned to vote against the re-election of company chairs of 183 mining companies unless they sign up to a new global standard on managing mine waste.
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Komatsu helps Wabtec reach safety milestone
Mining News Pro - Wabtec Corporation has successfully tested its new mining collision awareness system (CAS) vehicle intervention solution with the Komatsu machine intervention controller.
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New contactless mechanism to monitor phosphates, pH enhances safety of nuclear fuel recycling
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a contactless technique to better measure, in real-time, the acidity of highly radioactive solutions, as well as the concentration of specific chemicals in those solutions.
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Mining companies launch International Mining Safety Hub to help reduce fatalities
Mining News Pro - Various large mining companies have joined hands to launch the International Mining Safety (IMS) Hub – an online hub of industry-endorsed visual safety tools that allow for greater learning opportunities and improved safety for all levels of employees.
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Epiroc VA20 drill rig satisfies safety and hip-pocket
Mining News Pro - Epiroc has released the VA20 drill rig for affordable flexibility and productivity, with modular components allowing for 280 metres of drilling depth.
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COVID Safe Commute Plan: Improving employee tracking and safety
Mining News Pro - Queensland remote worker management software company JESI has announced its Resources COVID Safe Commute Plan, a new technology platform that allows workers to digitally log their journeys to and from any geographic location.
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Centerra warns about water in Kumtor pit, says workers safety at risk
Mining News Pro - Canadian miner Centerra Gold has warned that the Kumtor mine, in Kyrgyzstan, is at risk of potentially catastrophic events, stating that it has seen photographic evidence showing that the mine’s central pit is flooded with abnormally large amounts of water running down the pit walls.
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Health and safety a priority for rescheduled IMARC
Mining News Pro - The 2021 International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) has been rescheduled until next year due to travel and gathering restrictions from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
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Worker health, safety and equality in ASM
Mining News Pro - The launch of Delve: 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) Sector report this spring shone a spotlight on working conditions, health, safety, and gender equality challenges in the industry that employs over 44 million people worldwide.
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Hexagon Mining installs safety automation gear at Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine
Mining News Pro - Hexagon Mining has completed a significant safety installation at Gold Fields Ghana`s Tarkwa mine, with more than 220 mine vehicles equipped with Hexagon’s MineProtect Collision Avoidance System (CAS).
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Schenck Process Excellence in Mine Safety, OH&S
Mining News Pro - The Australian Mining Prospect Awards Schenck Process Excellence in Mine Safety, OH&S Award recognises a mine, company, or project that has developed or carried out a program that increased safety, removes risk, or cuts worker issues on a project or mine.
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CR GRIPAssist device boosts ground engagement tool safety
Mining News Pro - CR has launched GRIPAssist, a device capable of removing and repositioning ground engagement tools safely and efficiently.
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Rio Tinto to put heritage issues on par with safety, productivity
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has conceded that the company fell short of its standards despite legally blasting the Juukan Gorge rock shelters in Western Australia during May.
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UN, ICMM set global tailings safety protocol
Mining News Pro - The International Council on Mining and Minerals (ICMM) and the United Nations (UN) have introduced a set of global standards to safely manage mine tailings.
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Exxaro says safety strategy paying off
Mining News Pro - Exxaro has achieved 730 lost-time-injury- (LTI-) free days at the plant and central engineering workshop work areas within the Matla coal mine.
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Anglo American responds to safety criticisms
Mining News Pro - Anglo American has defended its safety systems and practices at the Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland, saying they draw on international best practice despite an accident that injured five people in May.
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Chilean mines minister calls for ‘balance’ between safety and keeping economy running
Mining News Pro - Chile’s Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica on Tuesday underlined the need to strike a balance between protecting mine workers from the new coronavirus and keeping the economic engine of the world’s largest copper producer running.
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WesTrac enhances safety by removing workers from live equipment tasks
Mining News Pro - Caterpillar dealer WesTrac is boosting safety across Australian mine sites by removing personnel from working within the footprint of live equipment for up to 90 per cent of common maintenance tasks.
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