The Queensland Government will roll out new health and safety regulations for underground coal mines next year. It will place tighter controls on methane gas monitoring and require additional monitors in underground coal mines. The reforms will come into force starting January 6 to protect Queensland mine workers from potentially dangerous methane gas levels. Australian Minister for Mines said the reforms around gas levels monitoring had come after extensive consultation with unions, the Queensland Resources Council, site senior executives and workers on the coal face. “The health and safety of our mine workers is ... (full story)