May 11, 2011 Financial Times: Evraz focusses on comprehensive program to train mining managers Natalia Ionova, head of human resources at Russian steelmaker Evraz, used the recession of 2008 to focus and unify the training of mine managers in their facilities worldwide. With Moscow…
May 9, 2011 Gwyn Morgan: Canadian universities need to train for highly skilled jobs in mining, forestry, manufacturing, etc. Globe and Mail columnist Gwyn Morgan argues that Canadian Universities maintain an "academic independence" paradigm that keeps graduates from training for highly skilled jobs in mining, aerospace, construction, manufacturing, forestry,…
May 9, 2011 West Virginia: Massey Energy mine shuts down production to retrain miners on safety practices after citation The Republic reports that Massey Energy will stop production at Randolph Mine in West Virginia mine for three days to retrain workers after the operation was cited for a string…
May 6, 2011 Mining Weekly: South Africa needs intensive investment in blasting training Mining explosives supplier Bulk Mining Explosives (BME) director Tony Rorke told Mining Weekly that unless South Africa makes a serious investment towards improving their blasting training, millions of rands per…
May 6, 2011 Orange, Australia now the site of brand new training facilities for mining, trades, sustainable building TAFE Western has opened three new facilities in Orange, NSW, Australia to provide students with state of the art training in trades and mining, set in a framework of green…
May 5, 2011 The issue of skills poaching in mining: is a training levy the answer? Michael Sacco, contributor to the Mining for Skills blog, comments on job poaching in the mining industry, and its effects in a skills shortage. Already, we’ve heard talk of a…
May 5, 2011 Report calls for rethink of Australian training sector A report handed to Australian Education and Training Minister Chris Evans warns that Australia will fail to capitalise on the mining boom unless it overhauls the national training system and…
May 3, 2011 European Federation of Geologists and the Hungarian Geological Society present geology workshop, Budapest Connected with the Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) this year in Budapest will be a workshop on "Geology at different education levels in Europe" on May…
May 3, 2011 Australian treasurer Wayne Swan says first train new miners, then look to skilled migration Wayne Swan has rejected calls for a large boost to permanent migration. Instead, he claims that his budget will create 500,000 new jobs and drive unemployment to 4.5 per cent.…
April 29, 2011 Mining Weekly: New mining engineering education approach at University of Pretoria shows promise In an effort to include nontechnical, or soft skills, as part of its new approach to education in mining engineering, the University of Pretoria’s Department of Mining Engineering reports it…
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
