Germany Chancellor plans lithium deal with Serbia after Rio ruling
Olaf Scholz plans to visit Serbia this week to secure supplies of lithium that are critical for the nation’s energy transition and auto industry.
The manpower challenge facing the global mining industry has been underlined by the results of a survey of 4,200 mining professionals conducted by leading mining recruitment job board jobs4mining.com and specialist mining recruiters Faststream. According to the survey, 80% of respondents claimed that they were planning on leaving their position within the next 12 months and were currently actively searching for a new job. The findings of the survey are available in Mining Global Employment Review 2011, published October 25. (more…)