October 25, 2011

Australia opens A$31m mining centre to assist developing nations

PERTH (miningweekly.com) Australia plans to open a A$31-million International Mining for Development Centre at an university in Perth to provide practical advisory, education and training services to developing nations, most…

October 24, 2011

Clancy Yeates: Businesses Need to take the Lead on the Mining Skills Shortage

Clancy Yeates from Business Day writes that mining businesses need to take a more proactive approach, and train workers to fill their job vacancies, rather than poaching workers from other…

October 22, 2011

Rio Tinto to close innovative fund helping urban Aborigines

AFTER almost 16 years financing groundbreaking projects to fight indigenous social disadvantage around the country, Rio Tinto will shut down its Aboriginal Fund. The move has shocked many indigenous leaders,…

October 21, 2011

Hunter Area Mining Projects Struggling for Workers

Mines in the Upper Hunter area of Australia are suffering from a serious skills shortage that will be affecting not only the coal industry but all other businesses that are…

October 21, 2011

Government of Mozambique Aims to Train 4000 for the Mining Sector over Four Years

Facing a skills shortage in mining, the government of Mozambique is planning to train 4000 people for the mining industry over the next four years, including geologists, engineers and metallurgists,…

October 20, 2011

Underground Mining Basics Training Centre Could be Headed to Illawarra

Mining contractor Mastermyne is opening a new NSW training facility for underground miners, and wants it to be running early next year, possibly in the Illawarra, reports the Illawarra Mercury.…

October 19, 2011

EduMine and AIG on professional development

This post is replete with contradiction, cynicism, and self-promotion.  Yet I am making a genuine attempt to make a serious point, even though I degenerate into foresaid faults. First let me admit…

October 19, 2011

Director of Australian Mines and Metals Association Advises Ramping up Mine Training

Australian Associated Press reports: the skills shortage in the Australian mining industry could suffocate new resource projects across the country, says Australian Mines and Metals Association director Minna Knight. "Government…

October 19, 2011

South African Department of Mineral Resources Gives Study Bursaries to Mining Students in Need

The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in South Africa will be giving sixteen study bursaries to first year minerals and mining students at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg…

October 19, 2011

Metso and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, have finalized a three-year agreement encompassing joint research and performance evaluations of the VERTIMILL® Grinding Mill developed by Metso.