April 21, 2016 Services sector saves jobless miners in Australia While Queensland's miners axed 22,000 positions between 2013 and 2015, health and community services created new jobs for almost double that number.
January 6, 2016 Canada’s Imperial Metals halts production, lays off 100 due to low copper prices Low copper prices have forced the Vancouver-based firm to lay-off more than one-third of the workforce at its Huckleberry mine in northwestern British Columbia.
November 5, 2015 Highland Valley Copper announces layoffs – reports Thirty percent production cut planned.
February 21, 2015 Caterpillar will keep calling Peoria home, plans new headquarters A six-block campus.
April 15, 2014 Let’s talk about: women in the mining industry While still a male-dominated sector, there have been positive steps to integrate women into the mining industry.
March 24, 2014 Diamond prices spike whet De Beers appetite for new markets The diamond giant expects to secure exploration rights in Angola before the end of the year.
February 24, 2014 Are you good at lifting gold bars? The Fed has an opening Just a reminder, gold bars are heavy.
August 22, 2013 Big, fat mining salaries fueling Chile’s consumer boom "For each job created in the industry, three are generated elsewhere."
August 13, 2013 2.5 Million Safe Work Hours – Successful Training on Mine Safety Stltoday.com reports that one of the divisions (SEMO) of the Doe Run Company reached 2.5 million work hours without a lost-time injury. […]
Chile mining group sees 2026 copper output at up to 5.7mt Sonami, which represents mining companies, also forecast the average price of copper at $4.50 per pound this year. January 13, 2026 | 07:09 am
