April 14, 2011 MiningNews: Simulated Underground Mine Training Gains International Attention MiningNews.net reports that the Cut, a simulated underground training mine in Perth, is attracting attention from mining specialists all over the world. Training specialist Barminco is arranging several tours in…
April 13, 2011 Coal International Reports on Professor Fathi Habashi – Bringing Back Interest In Extractive Metallurgy Professor Fathi Habashi, EduMine author and Professor Emeritus at Laval University, is bringing back interest in extractive metallurgy with his Comprehensive Extractive Metallurgical Workshop - "an important international learning platform…
April 11, 2011 Voices for the Canadian Mining Industry Educational Initiatives: a Response to the Canadian Mining Journal Russell Noble of the Canadian Mining Journal, in the February issue, expressed the need for a national voice in addressing the skills shortage faced by the mining industry. In this…
April 11, 2011 Greene, Washington Counties: Low Literacy Keeps Workers out of Mining Jobs Low literacy may be keeping hundreds of applicants in Washington and Greene County (U.S.A.) from taking up the new wealth of entry-level mining jobs to be created in the next…
April 11, 2011 Northern Ontario Business Reports on Niche Mine Training at Northern College Northern College is helping to address the shortage of skilled miners with its Hard Rock Miner Training program at Kirkland Lake campus, developed through a partnership with Kirkland Lake Gold…
April 8, 2011 Maitland paper reports: Xstrata Coal supports training with $320,000 The Maitland Mercury has reported that Xstrata Coal has dedicated $320,000 of its corporate social involvement program to help train 14 new apprentices at the Hunter Valley Training Company. HVTC…
April 5, 2011 The West Australian reports a loss of mine workers to the east coast Western Australia could struggle to find the people needed to exploit the biggest mining boom in more than a century, the West Australian reports, because of fly-in, fly-out workers heading…
April 5, 2011 Australian mining: new online forum launched to discuss skills shortage in mining industry Australian Mining has announced that a new online forum has been developed to discuss issues of the skills shortage in the mining sector in Australia. Mining for Skills, developed by…
April 5, 2011 Nunatsiaq Online reports on Greenland’s mine school: quality learning, in English Reporters from Nunatsiaq Online hear from Hans Henrichsen, manager of the Greenland School of Minerals and Petroleum in Sisimiut. "We are taking the best of the best in Greenland. Our…
April 1, 2011 Mining Weekly: Closing the skills gap for deep-level mining SRK Consulting partner and principal mining geotechnical engineer William Joughin tells Mining Weekly that deep-level mining in South Africa is suffering from a severe shortage of qualified rock engineers. The…
Copper price spreads ease in sign squeeze will prove short-lived Contracts maturing tomorrow closed at a $2 premium to those expiring a day later, after the one-day spread briefly spiked to a huge premium of $100 a ton. January 21, 2026 | 07:25 am
