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Following a number of studies on the effectiveness of having candidates and employees complete a Mine Workers Health Assessment, the government this week announced that the Assessment is no longer required to be done, effective 12 January 2013.

The following provides an overview of the Assessment and what this means for employers, candidates and employees.

What is health surveillance?

Due to a new partnership between two major industry players, the New Year will see an exciting opportunity for all mining industry people to benefit from specialist training - including online webinars, podcasts and case studies – and it won’t cost you a cent.

Are you getting a lump of coal for Christmas? Mining IQ thought this December we’d have a bit of fun and get into the holiday spirit by looking at some mining facts about Christmas. We found some great stories such as a mining company who flew over 300 relatives to a remote mining town so they could share Christmas with their FIFO loved ones.

Australian oil and gas operators may soon be benefiting from a new model of assessing the recruitment needs of individual projects, already yielding great results in America, according to Thomas Murphy from the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR).

A number of reports emerged this year citing the growing issue of the ever-expanding waistlines of those working across Australian resource sector site. 

According to health experts three-in-four workers in the mining industry are overweight, with Queensland mining town Mount Isa a chronic disease hotspot.

So bad is the issue in some areas, that miners at a Bowen Basin mine were stood down this year and told their weight must be under 120kg before they would be allowed to return to work.

What a year 2012 has been for the resources sector, and now many wonder what the New Year holds.

THE MARKET HAS experienced the ups and downs of the stock market, share prices, growth and employment, so it is only natural to ponder what the future holds for many mining companies.

Despite the climate changes, Rio Tinto recently held an investor seminar in Sydney that included an in-depth look at its iron ore and diamonds & minerals product groups.

Newcrest Unearthed: The Gold Within. Story by Elaine Bellamy

Newcrest Unearthed: The Gold Within. Story by Chan Geevaratne.

This week marks the release of the fourth and last edition of The Weird and Wonderful World of Mining.

Future of Global Mining Industry – Mining News & Debate from Mining IQ