April 26, 2012 Need a mining job? Head to Ecuador Ecuador needs at least 300 mining engineers and geologists in the near future to be able to deliver on its recent mining contracts, but only about 40 such professionals graduate…
April 25, 2012 Greenpeace Co-Founder Patrick Moore to Speak at Annual Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop in Sudbury TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 25, 2012) - Patrick Moore, Greenpeace co-founder and author of Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: the Making of a Sensible Environmentalist, will give the keynote address…
April 25, 2012 EduMine, AMEC, and Me on Mine Tailings It was almost six months ago that we met at the 2011 Tailings and Mine Waste Conference in Vancouver. It is only six months until we meet at the 2012…
April 20, 2012 Nixon, gold and oil In July 1944, delegates from 44 nations met at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire - the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference - and agreed to “peg” their currencies to the…
April 19, 2012 Geosoft introduces new Chinese language software and training services supporting exploration in China Geosoft recently hosted an official launch, in Beijing China, introducing their Chinese language exploration software and training services supporting China's resource exploration and earth science sectors.
April 19, 2012 Nunavut signs deal with mining company on trades curriculum High schools to team up with Agnico-Eagle to develop mining and trades-related curriculum Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak signed a memorandum of understanding with mining company Agnico-Eagle on Wednesday to develop…
April 19, 2012 Xstrata Coal opens Australian mine training facility The Baal Bone mine in the Western Coalfields, about 130 kilometres from Sydney and about 26km north west of Lithgow in New South Wales will be used by Xstrata as…
April 19, 2012 Minister Susan Shabangu: Launch of Lonmin Artisan Training College Speech of the Minister of Mineral Resources; Ms Susan Shabangu at the launch of the Lonmin Artisan Training College: at Marikana, 18 April 2012 Programme Director; The MEC of the…
April 19, 2012 South Africa: Lack of Skills Hinders Development – Shabangu Pretoria — Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says a lack of skills is one of the binding constraints to growth and development in the mining industry. She said the increasing…
April 18, 2012 Graduates from Colorado School of Mines highly employable Reuters reported this week that graduates from the Colorado School of Mines are among the most employable in the country. Notably, 94 percent of 2011 graduates from the mining engineering,…
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