Indonesia curbing nickel supply to support locals, Eramet says
The French miner was this year given a sales quota by the Asian nation that was 29% less than it expected.
From the CostMine 2011 Survey of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits, here are some average hourly wages. For selected job categories, I provide three numbers. The first is the average on Canadian metal mines; the second on industrial mineral mines; and the third is on fossil fuel mines.
I suppose the coal mines and oil sands mines classify as fossil fuel mines. This would go someway towards explaining the consistently higher wages in all job categories.
