BHP Australia iron ore train drivers to strike for 24 hours
Iron ore train drivers at BHP Group’s Pilbara operations in Western Australia have voted to strike on Friday in a bid to secure an improved employment agreement, the country’s Mining and Energy Union said on Monday.
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Workers put brakes on wrong train in BHP iron ore train derailment-regulator
Mining News Pro - An emergency crew called out to manually apply handbrakes to a 268-car iron ore train in the Australian outback mistakenly put the brakes on the wrong train, according to a preliminary report into a runaway train derailment last year.
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Second iron ore train derails in Western Australia
Mining News Pro - An empty Mineral Resources train has derailed on its way back to Koolyanobbing in Western Australia following its maiden journey last week
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Runaway iron ore train prompts BHP to suspend rail ops
Mining News Pro - The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed that a BHP-operated iron ore train was deliberately derailed after taking off on its own during a maintenance check stop by its driver
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Runaway iron ore train prompts BHP to suspend rail ops
Mining News Pro - The train, which consisted of 268 wagons and four locomotives, was traveling about 420km from the BHP Newman mining complex to Port Hedland during the early morning hours of November 5.
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