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A subsidiary of Swiss mining giant Xstrata is facing a fine of more than $1 million for leaking thousands of litres of fuel at a Northern Territory mine. McArthur River Mining (MRM) notified the NT Department of Resources in May last year that a leak had been detected from a pipe connecte...

Six Melbourne dock workers have been treated at hospital after a corrosive chemical spill. The workers had been unloading a cargo ship on Friday evening in the city's industrial ports when a release valve on a giant cylinder was damaged, a fire department spokesman says. About 200 litres...