Industry News

The Pilbara mining region in Western Australia has gone a full year without a fatality for the first time in nearly a century.

The owners of a planned casino in Sydney have applied for their entire high-rollers’ floor to allow smoking, a move with has drawn criticism from workers’ rights and anti-smoking groups.

After rounds of public forums, research and industry consultation, the Dive Safety Reference Group have amended Queensland’s dive safety regulations.

No burger joint or late-night kebab stop will be exempt from a WorkSafe WA sweep of takeaway food outlets’ safety standards.

The Victorian government is refusing to sign up to a national plan to rid public buildings of asbestos; calling the scheme an “ineffective Labor policy”.

The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) has received a grant of $743,310 from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism to develop a system for saving energy in the transport and logistics sector. 

Reports say transport giant Toll could have a strike on its hands, with Transport Workers Union negotiations going nowhere.

New regulations have come into effect in the United States to try to cut down on fatigue for truck drivers.

The code that keeps heavy vehicles safe on the highway has been updated, with the release of a discussion paper on the Chain of Responsibility by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator and National Transport Commission.

Japanese authorities have requested safety inspections at power plants that have been offline for nearly three years, signalling their intention to get the country’s nuclear network running again.

Atlas Iron will get digging on a new iron ore project; the company’s board of directors has given the green-light to a $146 million project in Western Australia.

An Australian engineering firm has been awarded the contract for upgrades and maintenance on one of Victoria’s prime power plants.

A new technology is being trialled to improve the efficiency and ore output of mines, using atomic sensors to detect and separate valuable substances from the ore than surrounds them.

Workers have walked off the job at a Whitehaven Coal mine in New South Wales, protesting plans they say will destroy local heritage sites.

Climbers at the summit of Mt Everest will not have to wait as long to download their attachments, with China Mobile upgrading coverage on the mountain to 4G.

The Federal Resources Minister and the West Australian Premier are butting heads over the federal government's push for the rapid development of Woodside Petroleum's multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas project.

The downward spiral in the building sector may be reversing, with an increase reported in residential and commercial projects last month.

Lasers may be able to detect diseases in individual blood cells, with new research suggesting the technique could be used in a number of ways.

An important proof-of-concept test has been successful in a Japanese lab, one which could lead to vast improvements in donor organ availability.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have proposed a voluntary code to set standards for the marketing and sale of solar power systems for retail businesses.