May 10, 2012

New Canada Wide Training Program for First Nations: Northern Aboriginal Machinery School (N.A.M.S.)

The Mining Industry shall have more First Nations tradesmen joining the workforce in the near future. The Northern Aboriginal Machinery School (N.A.M.S.) […]

May 9, 2012

Casey research summit special report: reality check or checkmate?

One special session at the April 27–29 Casey Research Recovery Reality Check Summit wasn't on the agenda—a private panel for The Gold Report readers with three of the premier summit…

May 5, 2012

Rio Tinto Forms Education Partnership with University of Western Australia

May 4, 2012

Intergraph(R) CAESAR II(R) Training Course on Static Piping Analysis Scheduled for June 18-22 in Houston, Texas

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - May 4, 2012) - Intergraph has scheduled a CAESAR II Productivity Training course on static analysis for June 18-22, 2012, hosted at the Intergraph training facility in…

May 4, 2012

Management Skills Lacking in South African Mines

The CEO of management leadership consultancy Louis Allen, Nico de Kock, says South African mining companies need to focus more on their management capability and leadership skills, reports Mining Weekly.…

May 2, 2012

Snowden Seminar on Risk and Opportunity in Mining

Mining News reports: on November 1, Snowden will be holding a seminar offering advice, tools and strategies that can be used to […]

April 30, 2012

Rio Tinto should fill its 6,000 vacancies with Australians: Government

Australia's Federal Skills Minister, Chris Evans, said Rio Tinto (LON and NYSE: RIO) should focus on local workers when filling its 6,000 mining jobs, in what is considered the largest…

April 29, 2012

Skilled trades in demand as mining industry booms

Jeff Lafortune teaches in the civil and mining engineering technologist program at College Boreal he graduated from 15 years ago. In that decade and a half, he's seen a tremendous…

April 26, 2012

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS: Agnico-Eagle makes training commitment to Nunavut youth

NUNAVUT – Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines and the Nunavut Department of Education have signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the mining company’s commitment to training the youth of the territory. The…

April 26, 2012

Need a mining job? Head to Ecuador

Ecuador needs at least 300 mining engineers and geologists in the near future to be able to deliver on its recent mining contracts, but only about 40 such professionals graduate…