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New Trades Centre at Thebarton Senior College Aims to Kick-Start Mining Careers

The Thebarton Senior College in Torrensville, South Australia, opened last month, and aims to kick-start careers in mining, metal, engineering and construction, the Portside Messenger reports.

Principal Kim Hebenstreit said pupils were learning welding and metal fabrication techniques. “(Students) will get the opportunity to become familiar with what they will see when they move into the workforce and have the confidence and the skills to apply for jobs in high-tech manufacturing industries,” Mr Hebenstreit said.

Joanna Gaskell - Education Editor | September 1, 2011 | 4:30 pm

Next South Australia Premier Unveils STEM Training Strategy for Mining and Defence

Australian Mining reports that Jay Weatherill, the next premier of South Australia, has unveiled a new strategy to up-skill workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to fill jobs in the mining and defence industries.

According to Weatherill, there is a continuing rise in demand for people with STEM skills in the mining and defence industries. The SA government has mapped all the STEM work being done in South Australia by government, industry and the community sector so that more than 55 programs can be harnessed to deliver the greatest possible benefit for the economy.

Joanna Gaskell - Education Editor | September 1, 2011 | 4:24 pm

Mining exploration at Mosquito’s CuMo Project has started; U.S. Forest Service has approved work program and signed Plan of Operations

Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (TSX-V:MSQ)(US OTCQX:MQCMF - "Mosquito" or the "Company") today announced that the U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Region, has officially signed the Plan of Operation, the final authorization for Mosquito to begin its exploratory drilling program on National Forest land about 14 miles northwest of Idaho City, Idaho .

MarketWatch via Yahoo! | September 1, 2011 | 5:59 am

First Nation invests in potash in Saskatchewan

Upon returning from my latest site visit and video shoot detailing a partnership for potash in Saskatchewan between Encanto Potash [EPO – TSX.V] and the Muskowekwan First Nation (MFN), I was pleased to see that the relationship was healthy and the company is poised to make the gains I’d read about before the trip. Click on the headline to view the rest of the article and a video by ProspectingTV, featuring interviews with EPO President and CEO Jim Walchuck and the MFN's Chief Reginald Bellerose.

Prospecting Journal | August 31, 2011 | 11:06 pm

Department of Energy announces $41 million investment for carbon capture development

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the selection of 16 projects aimed at developing advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal–fired power plants. The projects, valued at $41 million over three years, are focused on reducing the energy and cost penalties associated with applying currently available carbon capture technologies to existing and new power plants. The selections announced today will focus on developing carbon capture technologies that can achieve at least 90 percent CO2 removal and reduce the added costs at power plants with carbon capture systems to no more than a 35 percent increase in the cost of electricity produced at the plant. The Obama Administration has made a goal of developing cost-effective deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies within 10 years, with an objective of bringing 5 to 10 commercial demonstration projects online by 2016.

U.S. Department of Energy | August 29, 2011 | 3:34 pm

Caterpillar profit drops for second successive quarter due to weak mining demand

No double dip, says Cat CEO

The head of the world's largest manufacturer of mining equipment says he does not see a return to recession in the United States. “I don’t see a return to high growth, but I think we’re going to bump along,” Doug Oberhelman, CEO of Caterpillar Inc., told the FT at the company's headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, this week.

Andrew Topf | August 28, 2011 | 7:06 pm

Chen Lin: Betting on gold and silver stocks

Chen Lin stumbled into investing. While working on a doctorate at Princeton, he turned $5,411 in his wife's retirement account into $1.5 million. In his newsletter, What is Chen Buying? What is Chen Selling?, Lin shares the fruits of his analytical aptitude. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Lin reveals his latest finds in undervalued gold miners, and why he has high hopes for silver, too.

The Gold Report | August 26, 2011 | 6:35 pm

The mining sector’s two biggest risks: country risk and resource nationalism

Today many governments are looking at ways to get more money from miners as companies report record profits. The higher the returns and the higher the profits, the greedier governments become. As commodity prices rise governments try to boost their share of the proceeds from their countries energy and mining sectors.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | August 26, 2011 | 6:18 pm

Mining in America more dangerous than policing, statistics show

Working in a mine is more dangerous than being a police officer in America, according to the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Andrew Topf | August 26, 2011 | 5:40 am

SOS to WA mine sector

WA's resources sector has been issued an SOS from the nation's steel and manufacturing industries to ramp up investment in Australian products to prevent thousands of more jobs going offshore.

West Australian | August 22, 2011 | 8:24 pm