U.S. Mining Workforce Outlook: Bright Spots but Significant Vulnerabilities, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX–(Marketwire – Mar 21, 2012) – Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — The U.S. Mining Industry is expected to create 11,000 to 13,000 new jobs per year for the next 20 years, but it is an open question if mining companies can offset the projected exodus of skilled workers from the industry, according to a recent mining industry workforce study from the Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) (Englewood, Colorado).