High school grads crush teacher salaries with +$50K/yr mining jobs
The salaries that high school grads can pull in from mining has at least one Idaho teacher considering a mid-life career change.
Better times ahead: Mining industry driving Nevada jobs recovery
The mining industry in Nevada is becoming a catalyst for an employment revival.
Newton County aluminum plant to close; 146 to lose jobs
At least 146 employees of a Newton County aluminum extrusion plant will lose their jobs this summer when the facility is closed.
Canadian jobs: It’s oil sands all the time
Statistics Canada reported Friday that of the jobs created in January 65% were in Alberta.
Good for the gander not the goose: US jobs growth halts gold rally
Gold futures eased Friday after better than expected US jobs data made further relaxation in Fed monetary policy, already very loose, less likely and money flowed into stocks.
Gold at highest in 11 weeks as investors wait for US jobs data
Spot gold hit a high of $1,762.90 in early trade but failed to maintain traction ahead of key U.S. payrolls data later in the day.
Mining in Canada contributed $36 billion to GDP, 300,000 jobs, new report finds
Canada's mining sector contributed $36 billion to the national GDP in 2010, and employed 308,000 workers in mineral extraction, smelting, fabrication and manufacturing. An additional 3,215 companies supplied engineering, geotechnical, environmental, financial and other services to mining operations.
Obama, Keystone, and USA-Canadian mining jobs
The news wires are abuzz with the announcement that Obama has caved into his party's environmental wing and killed the Keystone pipeline that would have carried Canadian oil to the refineries along the Gulf coast.
Atlas Iron flags need for 1,000 mining jobs
Atlas Iron chief executive David Flanagan says the Pilbara iron ore miner might need an extra 1,000 workers within three years to feed its expansion projects.
Desperate search for 10,000 mining jobs in WA Goldfields
New analysis of upcoming resource and infrastructure projects in Western Australia indicates a desperate need for workers to fill job vacancies.