On 22 February, EMESRT presented to an audience of 300 who attended the industry-wide collision avoidance forum hosted by the Minerals Council of NSW and the New South Wales Resources Regulator. EMESRT provided forum participants with an update on the International Council on Mining and Metals and EMESRT leading sites program and the package of EMESRT VI resources materials that…
The first EMESRT mobile equipment fire management and tyre and rim technical working group monthly meeting for 2023 was held on 7 February. What did the attendees hear: There were five dozer rollovers in a week and a half in Queensland Fire management control effectiveness baseline mapping at pilot site completed – Report in development…
The first EMESRT Vehicle Interaction (VI) Technical Working Group (TWG) monthly meeting for 2023 was held today. The safety share for this meeting was the recent New South Wales Resources Regulator incident notification that led to the death of a worker at Snapper Mineral Sands Mine on 12 August 2019. Links to the investigation…
EMESRT first turned its attention to mobile equipment fires in 2007, when it published an initial Design Philosophy (DP-4) focussing on fire. DP-4 is a high-level overview of problems that can lead to adverse consequences from mobile equipment fire events. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of the problems through succinct written examples with…
The final EMESRT technical working group monthly meetings for 2022 were held this week. The EMESRT Advisory Group wishes to thank each and every one of the group members for their ongoing contribution and support in the vehicle interaction, tyre and rim and mobile equipment fire industry initiatives. We have made great progress but there…
If you missed out on the EMESRT Mobile Equipment fire Management global industry webinar held on the 16 November 2022 you can access the recordings, resources discussed and questions and answers via this link https://emesrt.org/global-industry-webinar/
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AngloGold Ashanti is an independent, global gold mining company with a diverse, high-quality portfolio of operations, projects and exploration activities across nine countries on four continents. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Greenfield projects in Colombia and United States. AngloGold Ashanti joins the already strong…
The EMESRT Advisory Group welcomes new member Vale. Vale is one of the world’s largest producers of high-quality and low-carbon nickel products and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Indonesia and Brazil, the Base Metals business delivers critical building blocks for…
The EMESRT 2021 Activity Report has been published. The Report provides a summary of the work on the planned industry project objectives and outcomes. It provides readers with highlights from 2021, focus area milestones, next steps and information about how EMESRT operates.The EMESRT Advisory Group hope you find the report informative, readily useable and relevant.…