Archives: Careers in mining

The University of Newcastle has launched its first Doctoral Training Centre focused on the Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector. The Advanced METS Doctoral Training Centre, its aim is to deliver innovation. Doctoral Training Centres are platforms to connect industry with researchers to accelerate the commercialisation of innovation. PhD candidates focus on industry problems[…]

In times of increasing digitisation of industrial processes, the importance of robust and reliable data communications is becoming more evident. The communication network is often critical to operations and failure to get data from A to B can have serious impact on production. Data networks supporting monitoring and control systems within mining applications require a[…]

Karen Sobel is the Regional Managing Director for Services in Canada and US East and is a member of the WorleyParsons Group Leadership Team. She has this to say on International Women’s Day: “Sometimes, if you’re lucky, in your professional life, you have a Sliding Doors moment where someone sticks up for you or puts[…]

NORCAT, a global leader in the development and provision of skilled labour training and development services, is unveiling multiple learning technologies at PDAC that are poised to transform how the global mining industry trains and educates its workforce. Over the past three years, NORCAT has engaged multiple stakeholders in the global mining industry to better[…]

Newmont Mining Corp’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Gary J. Goldberg, received the Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal for his leadership and contributions to the mining industry in “transforming organizations to elite status of value, sustainability and safety.” The award was presented by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) during[…]

As the mining industry prepares to gather at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Conference in Toronto, March 4-7, Goldcorp’s #DisruptMining event held on Sunday March 4 highlights the innovators and technology leaders in the mining industry. Sandvik was eager to play an active part in 2018 as a sponsor of the event.[…]

Whittle Consulting’s founder, Jeff Whittle, has been recognised in the Australia Day Honours for 2018. He has been named an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for: “Distinguished service to the information technology sector and the mining industry, particularly through the development of industry standard computer programs for strategic mine[…]

Goldcorp has announced the four finalists and eight semi-finalists for #DisruptMining 2018, an innovation accelerator designed to encourage new technologies and ideas to solve some of the biggest challenges in mining, with a $1 million investment up for grabs. “Over 100 impressive submissions were received, making for a difficult selection process to determine finalists.” The[…]

Also awarded first place in the Optimization and Strategic Alignment categories Clariant’s FLOTIGAM™ 7500 and social responsibility activities were key contributors in achieving the award Award given to strategic and tactical suppliers in the production of iron ore in Brazil. Clariant was recognised as Outstanding Supplier of 2017 by Anglo American, a key global customer.[…]

For more than 40 years, Lucas-Nuelle has been developing and producing sophisticated high-quality training systems to cover the whole field of electrical engineering. By experimenting with its ‘Blended-Learning Systems’ theory is combined with industrial practice to turn knowledge into hands-on technical competence and skills. The company provides full service, turn-key solutions including curricula, lab-layout, installation[…]