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This study was aimed to investigate the influencing factors of unsafe behaviour of miners towards safety performance. A set of online questionnaires was distributed to the 50 mine workers from an iron ore mining company located in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia which was selected to perform a case study. The results were analysed using SPSS software and Pearson analysis. The results showed six major factors that contributed to the unsafe behaviour of miners; (1) inadequate safety training; inadequate safety education, physical fatigue, lack of safety rules and regulations within the company, poor leadership behaviour (6) and the miners’ experience contribute to unsafe behaviour of miners. The factors were then related to the safety performance of the mining company to find the relationship between both variables by using Pearson analysis. The findings of this study will help how miners can reduce unsafe behaviour and how safety performance can affect the worker’s behaviour by highligting the specific factors contribute to unsafe behaviour.

The Delphi technique is used to achieve consensus from a panel of experts on particular issues by several series or rounds. Previous scholars widely used Delphi in social science studies, business, healthcare, education and many more. However, there is a lack of systematic review on the contribution of Delphi in the engineering and technology field of research. Thus, the aims of this systematic literature review (SLR) are to investigate the contribution of Delphi in solving problems for the past 11 years in the mining industry and to understand the future outlook of Delphi in the Malaysian mining industry. By applying the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), 37 selected papers were identified with three main themes and 24 subthemes created using thematic analysis. Based on the findings, the most highlighted contribution of Delphi came from Theme 3: Delphi’s derivatives (50.0%), followed by Theme 1: Mine lifecycle (12.5%), and Theme 2: Analysis of Delphi (37.5 %). In conclusion, an SLR could hopefully increase awareness among mining players to use Delphi in solving their problems which cannot be solved by machinery or tools in achieving a consensus among experts.

Malaysia is endowed with an abundance of diverse minerals, making the mining sector one of the country's most important industries. However, there is a scarcity of literature devoted to studies of the Malaysian mining sector. Thus, the objective of this systematic research was to (1) to investigate the research trends in the Malaysian mining industries. and (2) to study the contribution of mining industry with others sectors in Malaysia. A systematic literature review (SLR) using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review technique discovered 24 papers linked to current research in the mining sector in Malaysia from 2016 to 2021 from the ScienceDirect and Scopus databases. Using thematic analysis, one primary theme and seven subthemes were produced based on 24 selected articles. The study on tin mining was the most widely circulated article in the preceding six years. Moreover, the research and publication on contribution of mining industry to various industries also were lacking such as in composite, cosmetic, construction industry and many more. In conclusion, the systematic review study may encourage mine owners, mine employees, government officials, and policymakers to write their own research and development (R&D), issues, or related problems in mining activities and publish them in reputable journals, conferences, and other publishing databases that will benefit the Malaysian mining industry.