Australian Mining calls for editorial contributions to the March Attracting, Training & Retaining Personnel feature.
Reforms to the national permanent skilled migration program could ease the looming skills shortages in the mining industry.
Economics analyst Peter Kenyon told MINING DAILY that a return to boom mining conditions will mean another skills shortage in WA.
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and CQUniversity this morning announced a pair of scholarships aimed at solving the skills shortages plaguing the State’s resources sector.
The WA mining sector could face a major skills shortage within the next two years, according to the Chamber of Minerals and Energy.
Despite reports of major job losses in the industry, employment in Queensland's resources sector is still at near record levels, the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) said.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is concerned large mining companies are using the economic crisis as an excuse to cut jobs.
Australian Mining is currently inviting editorial contributions and story ideas for its Attracting, Training & Retaining Personnel feature in the March 2009 issue.
The global economic crisis is continuing to take its toll on the mining industry. The liquidity in the market is gone and as such, minesites are finding it increasingly difficult to raise capital, Emeco International's business analyst Graham Borgerson told MINING DAILY.
Several Indigenous people have graduated from the Mining Industry Skills Centre’s Work Readiness pilot program.