Reefton revival - small town sniffs gold fever
13 minutes to read The rock face is a dripping mask of greywacke and argillite, illuminated by the lights of the jumbo , as the rock drilling machine is known in mining jargon. The diamond drills extend toward the tunnel s end, manipulated by twin booms. Once the drilling is complete, explosives finish the job and the tunnel advances at a rate of about 8 metres a day.
The drills are silent for the moment but despite the damp, the air is dusty. And the tunnel is filled with the thrum of the ventilation system and the low rumble of a huge front-end loader. Back and forth it travels between the rubble in the tunnel s depths and the surface, a length of some 300m.
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The lives of dozens of firefighters were put in jeopardy after warnings were not passed on to front-line crews that one of the stateâs biggest e-waste recyclers was dangerously overstocked before the factory erupted into a massive industrial blaze in 2020.
The incident has sparked a feud between the Environment Protection Authority and Fire Rescue Victoria, with both agencies providing contradictory accounts of what information was shared about safety conditions at MRI e-cycle solutions before the fire broke out.
Firefighters battle the blaze at e-waste facility MRI E-Cycle on August 9
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The environmental watchdog has a been accused of putting the interests of business ahead of the safety of emergency services personnel by failing to shut down the troubled recycling operation despite detecting serious breaches of its licence over almost a year before the fire.
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