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Aussie unions up in arms over BHP’s 100% FIFO policy
BHP’s decision to use a 100% fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workforce at its Australian Bowen Basin coal mines, instead of hiring from the local community, is generating fierce opposition in Central Queensland.
Caterpillar profits drop 45% on weak mining sales
The company revised it forecast, which now sees a sales decline of about 50% from 2012 for traditional CAT machines used in mining.
Canada opens applications for mining professionals
Federal government re-starts skilled-worker program on May 4.
Rio Tinto’s Walsh promises investors $5bn in cost savings
Aside from selling assets and slashing jobs, Walsh said the company will improve performance at all operations.
BHP could resume massive Jansen potash project this year
The $10bn mega project was shelved last year.
Copper strike will cost Chile up to $35 million
If all major copper mines in Chile halted their operations for a day, the country would lose more than $120 million in copper exports alone.
Chile’s Codelco resumes shipments but faces nationwide strike on Tuesday
Mining workers will strike for a day at all of Codelco's divisions and at all large-scale private mines on Tuesday.
Chile’s port strikes hitting fruit more than copper: experts
Unrest comes against a backdrop of a presidential election year and may heavily weigh on the results.
Rio Tinto’s Walsh hits the gas pedal, puts Aussie coal assets up for sale
Deal it is expected to fetch around $3 billion.
Technology changing the nature of the skilled trades
Technology is having a profound impact on the nature of the skilled trades, apprenticeship training and journeyperson skills requirements, a report released today by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum – Forum canadien sur l’apprentissage (CAF-FCA) advises. Based on a series of …
Being ‘good looking’ will land you a mining job in Indonesia
An Indonesia-based coal miner posted an ad asking for “good looking” single females under 25.
Hundreds of workers sacked at BHP's Escondida in Chile
The cause of their dismissal is their involvement in demonstrations for better wages and benefits early this month.
South African miners prefer senior geologists: WSJ
In South Africa old is gold.
Glencore vows to appoint female director
The move would drop the number of FTSE 100 with all-male boards to five.
Coal mining brought $3.2 billion to BC in 2011
Canada is the third largest exporter of metallurgical coal in the world (after Australia and the United States), shipping most of the 27 million tonnes of metallurgical and thermal coal produced every year in B.C.
Cost control and project execution to keep Canadian miners busy in 2013
High returns in recent years have attracted a different breed of investor with a different risk appetite to the Canadian mining and metals sector.
HD Mining favoured foreign workers over qualified Canadians: minister
B.C Jobs Minister shifts position on HD Mining temporary foreign worker controversy.
Rio Tinto to generate over 2,000 jobs in Western Australia
The diversified mining giant announced last year a massive $3.4 billion expansion to its Pilbara iron ore operations, which is set to create thousands of new positions in the months to come.
More jobs axed at Caterpillar’s Burnie plant
Total workers down to 500.
Aussie mining boom given death sentence: to peak this year says Deloitte
Firm says mega-mining construction projects, which accounted for much of Australia’s production growth in recent years, will peak and die later this year.
Engineers and boilermakers among Australia’s top mining jobs in 2013
Study shows that a particular recruitment issue for 2013 will be the continued skills shortage of specialist candidates in industries such as mining and energy.
Top miners cautious about industry future, focused on safety: report
SInce the industry remains cautious about the strength of global economic recovery, miners have begun looking inward, especially in regards to labour.
Canadian miner that hired hundreds of Chinese to disclose failed applicants' resumes
HD Mining, the company at the centre of a court battle over Chinese workers at a coal mine in British Columbia, Canada, will release résumés of Canadians who applied for, but didn’t get, jobs at the project.
Wanted: Colonists to build first human settlement on Mars
While 2012 marked the year of several outer-space mining projects, 2013 is shaping up as the era of human colonization on nearby planets.
US added 155,000 jobs in December, Canada beats expectations
Unemployment rate, however, stayed at 7.8%
Asteroids mining and miners told to work over Christmas among our most-read stories of 2012
The chance of start mining asteroids, workers told ‘death’ only excuse for not working on Christmas and MINING.com's very own list of top billionaires involved in minerals and metals, became some of the most-read stories of 2012.
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