April 16, 2012 ‘US$60,000 would not be enough’: mining grads have high salary expectations Reuters looks at the demand for mining school graduates and profiles some students who get to be picky about who they work for and what they get paid:
April 16, 2012 Xstrata Turns Former Mine into Training Facility Xstrata is using former coal mine Baal Bone as a training facility for underground miners, reports Australian Mining. Mark Bulkeley, Xstrata Coal's Baal Bone health safety and training manager, said…
April 11, 2012 Australia : Coal and amp;Allied takes on its largest intake of apprentices Sixteen new apprentices have joined Coal & Allied's workforce in the company's largest intake to date. The electrical fitting and plant mechanic apprentices were selected from a group of applicants…
April 11, 2012 SAFPA Hose Assembly Certification and Accreditation Scheme Up and Running There are a number of effective training courses and workshops on hydraulics and pneumatics presented to the fluid power industry by member companies of the South African Fluid Power Association…
April 11, 2012 Afghanistan Looks to Australia for Mine Training Afghanistan is seeking aid from the Australian mining industry in the creation of a school of mines to help the recovering country exploit its vast natural resources, reports Chinamining.org. [Afghanistan]…
April 11, 2012 Mozambique Calls Back Exiled Nationals with Skills in the Mining Industry After discovering significant sources of oil, gas and coal in Mozambique, the government is calling for nationals living abroad to return to the country, most after being exiled during the…
April 10, 2012 China’s upcoming leadership change It's not just the United States that will have a potentially major leadership shake up this fall.
April 9, 2012 South Africa Suffers from Shortage of Rock Engineers Mining Weekly: South African mine seismology specialist SiM Mining Consultants has pointed out a persistent issue in the mining industry in South Africa - too few qualified professionals in the…
April 8, 2012 Joy Global explains underground coal mining This video by mining equipment manufacturer Job Global, more educational than promotional, gives an excellent overview of longwall, versus room and pillar underground coal mining.
April 7, 2012 United States : UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER inaugurates J.P. MORGAN commodities center The University of Colorado Denver declared that it has inaugurated the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities, after receiving a $5.5 million gift from the banking giant. It is stated that…
Copper at heart of probable Rio bid for Glencore: RBC A premium of 15% to 30% to Glencore’s early January share price could get the deal done, RBC analyst said. January 18, 2026 | 06:47 am
