This annual business activities overview shows key compliance and enforcement activities undertaken by the NSW Resources Regulator across NSW’s mining and petroleum sectors.

Summary of our regulatory activities in July 2021

As authorised by Section 125 of the Mining Act 1992 (Act), I Garvin Burns, having delegated authority from the Minister, have decided not to cancel ML 1322, EL8697 and EL 8716...

The Tailings Management Targeted Assessment Program (TAP) was undertaken from November 2019 to March 2020. Nineteen mines were selected for the program

The exam was set around parts of the legislation that a Mining Engineering Manager (MEM) encounters regularly and therefore needs to know including notifiable incidents, high...

Narrabri Coal Pty Ltd and Narrabri Coal Operations Pty Ltd were convicted and fined a total of $372,500 in the NSW Land and Environment Court on 13 August 2021, for a range of...

Structural collapse is a hazard which can occur within various mining environments and has the potential to cause serious and/or fatal injuries to workers if not controlled...

We are commencing a program of planned inspections and targeted assessments at coal operations focussing on the critical controls associated with stockpile stability.