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Skills crunch looms in Canada's mining industry

Joanna Gaskell - Education Editor | June 21, 2011 | 5:36 pm Education 

The mining industry in Canada is now facing a shortage of skilled labour, and the severity could be as severe as in was before the economic downturn in 2008, Mining Weekly reports. Record prices for many commodities, coupled with cheap...