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Mine manager’s push to have death case tossed out

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Mine manager’s push to have death case tossed out

A former Bowen Basin mine manager charged over the death of a dozer driver who drowned in a pool of mud and water tried to have the case against him struck out. DETAILS Timothy Neil Fuller, who was the production overburden manager at Saraji mine in the days leading up to Allan Houston’s death four … [Read more…]

Court rules on where 600 FIFO workers will stay

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Court rules on where 600 FIFO workers will stay

A mining company fighting to house its workers onsite may have “exaggerated” the imposition of instead sending them to a nearby northern town which relies on its business, a court has found. DETAILS. QCoal made a development application in 2019 to grow its existing temporary camp at Byerwen Coal Mine on Wollombi Rd to a … [Read more…]