February 20, 2012 Rio Tinto bets on future of automated mining A train loaded with iron ore travels towards the Rio Tinto Parker Point iron ore facility in Dampier in the Pilbara region of Western Australia April 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Daniel…
February 19, 2012 High school grads crush teacher salaries with +$50K/yr mining jobs The salaries that high school grads can pull in from mining has at least one Idaho teacher considering a mid-life career change.
February 17, 2012 Australian Northern Territory fills Skills Gap with Foreign Workers With the mining skills shortage and the Australian Government's Regional Migration Agreement, more foreign workers are moving to the Northern Territory to meet the demand, reports Australian Mining. NT Minister…
February 15, 2012 David Hill: Can MIT’s Learning Platform for Online Education Address the US Higher Education Problem? David Hill of Singularity Hub reports that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s new OpenCourseWare program will provide nearly all MIT courses for free on the web, and allow students…
February 13, 2012 Fire Fighters from Ohio’s Century Mine Test Rend Lake College’s Fire Training Facility Members of the fire brigade from Century Mine in Beallsville, Ohio put Rend Lake College's state-of-the-art fire fighter training facility to the test last week, with various scenarios in the…
February 13, 2012 Australian mines desperate for skilled workers Mining companies in Australia are considering to fly foreign workers directly to their operations as the country, particularly the north-east state of Queensland, struggles to fill massive job shortages, reports…
February 12, 2012 58 new recruits for Xstrata Training for the apprenticeship program is delivered at the Xstrata Skills Centre, and, along with on the job training, apprentices are also required to attend allocated blocks of study at…
February 12, 2012 Profit in the investment ecosystem: Catherine Austin Fitts When money managers refer to total return funds, they're generally talking about investments that promise to deliver returns that beat the prevailing rate of interest while preserving capital.
February 9, 2012 Climate-change skeptic calls for Aussie version of Fox News Former British politician and newspaper editor Lord Christopher Monckton — a prominent climate change skeptic and the UK Independence party's head of research — caused a ruckus this week in…
February 9, 2012 Mining Investment EduMine Webcast Over the years on this blog and elsewhere I have written about mining investment. In particular, I wrote a course for EduMine called Mining Investment – Understanding the Risks. The…
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
