May 24, 2012

Queensland Resources Council Encourages Women to Try Mining

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) is encouraging more women to learn a trade and start working in the mining industry - an important part of the strategy to combat the…

May 24, 2012

Mining students to get virtual hands-on experience in new lab

Students in the mining and nuclear engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology will soon gain valuable hands-on training in heavy mining machinery, surface mining methods and materials…

May 24, 2012

Back by popular request: Mobile Equipment Life Cycle Management

May 23, 2012

Gold & silver are the answer in the long-term

Long time readers know that I have been and remain bullish on gold and gold stocks in the longer-term.

May 21, 2012

From coal mine to classroom

Mine closure usually spells the end of communities situated in the back of beyond but, a small town in South Africa is fighting that fate with education.

May 17, 2012

Lack of Workers in Mongolia’s Mining Industry is caused by the Education System

Although there are nearly 50,000 job postings registered at the Mongolian Labor Exchange, the unemployment rate in the country is extremely high, […]

May 17, 2012

Expat execs in Africa: Without ‘danger pay’ how does the money stack up now?

Africa's economic indicators are all pointing up, but executive pay packages and living arrangements for expatriates are changing too.

May 17, 2012

Rio Tinto doubles mine trainees in Australia

Miner Rio Tinto has announced plans to double its mine trainee and apprenticeship programs to meet future demands in Australia, reports Australian Mining.

May 16, 2012

Twelve-year-old critic of Canada’s banking system goes viral

The latest rant against Canada’s federal government’s borrowing practices has gone viral and not because it comes from a well-know economist, but because it is exposed by a well articulated…

May 16, 2012

Feminist group crashes mining meeting in Australia

A group of bearded women belonging to the feminist group La Barbe, crashed last night's Melbourne Mining Club meeting to congratulate the mining industry for its exclusion of women and…