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Austar coal mine to shut down

Yancoal has announced more than 200 employees are to be stood down or re-deployed after shutting down the Austar-run mine in Hunter Valley. The mine at Paxton, west of Cessnock, is one of the...

Tracking autonomous underground mining vehicles

QUT robotics researchers have developed new technology to equip underground mining vehicles to navigate autonomously through dust, camera blur and bad lighting. Using mathematics and biologically...

Empire Resources accelerates plans for underground mine

Gold miner Empire Resources (ASX: ERL) has appointed Stephen Rodgers to manage the company’s feasibility study into progressing the Penny’s Find open pit gold mine into an underground operation...

Glencore to restart Hunter Valley mine

Glencore has announced plans to restart the Integra underground coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley for two years, creating up to 275 new jobs. The company acquired the underground mine, formerly...

Driver crashes into underground mine wall

The driver of a personnel transport and service light vehicle crashed into a wall underground, prompting a NSW Mine Safety alert. The vehicle, which contained the driver and two passengers, lost...