Overview
Comprehensive regulations replacing the Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961, prescribing modern safety standards for metalliferous (non-coal) mines including iron ore, bauxite, limestone, and other mineral mines. Issued by the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS).
Key Provisions
Risk assessment and safety management systems for metalliferous mines
Ground control and stope support standards
Ventilation requirements for underground metalliferous mines
Blasting safety — explosives handling, storage, and firing procedures
Electrical safety and machinery standards
Emergency preparedness, rescue, and first aid
Health surveillance and occupational disease prevention
Applicability
Iron ore, bauxite, limestone, manganese, and other metalliferous mines
Open-cast and underground metalliferous mines
Quarries covered under the Mines Act 1952
Amendment History
2016
Amendment to provisions on ground control and stope support.
2012
Original enactment