Freaky Friday looms for gold
Gold faces a crucial test in the coming holiday-shortened week with crucial US jobs numbers out on Friday and the ongoing Eurozone crisis making or breaking the yellow metal's assault on $1,600 and higher.
Gold faces a crucial test in the coming holiday-shortened week with crucial US jobs numbers out on Friday and the ongoing Eurozone crisis making or breaking the yellow metal's assault on $1,600 and higher.
Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT) (the “Company”) is proud to announce that it is developing a program to train prospective employees for its projected facilities, i.e. its high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2012, and its larger-scale smelter grade alumina (SGA) plant.
Australia’s government announced Friday it will allow a new mine to hire about 1,700 foreign workers to alleviate a labour shortage threatening the resources boom.
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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 mining skills shortage in Australia, reports Australian Mining.
The QRC said women were already starting to fill more jobs in the industry, and higher participation would benefit men in the sector by making it easier for families to move. "We're starting to see a shift in women coming into these non-traditional roles," it told ABC News. "If a woman is looking at applying for a job, we're also offering a position for their partner so that the family can shift."
Peru’s illegal mining exports reached $1.8 billion in 2011, exceeding even drug trafficking profits, which accounted for $1.2 billion, said local consultancy firm Macroconsult.
Although there are nearly 50,000 job postings registered at the Mongolian Labor Exchange, the unemployment rate in the country is extremely high, […]
Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Ohio, got a frosty reception from a group of coal miners opposed to the Obama Administration's anti-coal stance.
Miner Rio Tinto has announced plans to double its mine trainee and apprenticeship programs to meet future demands in Australia, reports Australian Mining.
Astur Gold Corp. (TSX-V: AST, Frankfurt: CDC) ("Astur Gold" or the "Company") announces the submission of the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") to the General Directorate of Mines of the Principality of Asturias.