Archives: Careers in mining

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) has announced a new three-year partnership with Rio Tinto, aiming to strengthen technical capabilities and foster a robust, connected and engaged community of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals and materials industries. CIM says it has a long history of supporting the professional development of its[…]

Strata Worldwide is celebrating 30 years in business. Founded in 1992, the company says it has spent decades “developing and supplying products and technologies that are designed and built for the rugged, highly mobile working environments found in mining, tunnelling, and maritime ports.” From the global headquarters in Georgia, USA, to offices and manufacturing facilities[…]

The 2023 Future Minerals Forum will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 10-12 January, including a Ministerial Roundtable, followed by the Forum and Exhibition itself. The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) President & CEO Rohitesh Dhawan spoke and participated at the first Forum in 2022 and will do so again at this[…]

Immersive Technologies and earthmoving contractor EPSA have partnered on a new simulator training program in Saudi Arabia for community workforce development at a phosphate project. The two companies, who have been involved in a number of joint community workforce development projects in the past, are pursuing a Komatsu HD785-7 truck simulator training program with a[…]

Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue are launching a pilot program aimed at helping to eliminate disrespectful behaviour in the resources industry including sexual harassment, bullying and racism. The launch comes after the three companies formed a partnership in October last year as part of their combined response to reports of unacceptable sexual harassment in the[…]

There has been keen focus on workplace culture and diversity on the final day of the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) in Sydney, Australia. Throughout the conference, mining leaders have acknowledged that if the industry does not act now to fix and change the culture, they will not be able to attract the staff[…]

GroundHog has announced the release of the Enterprise version of its Learning Management System (LMS), delivering, it says, advanced task training, competency group management and career advancement planning (also called progression planning) tools that enable mining operations to upgrade the way they manage health and safety training. The Enterprise version now has advanced reporting to[…]

A two-year graduate program has been launched by Omnia-group company BME to, it says, address youth unemployment and skills shortages in an evolving mining industry. The program targets various disciplines in engineering and science – including mining, chemistry and microbiology, as well as skills in the fields of safety, health, environment and quality assurance. This[…]

Swift Networks says it has secured a new three-year agreement with Mineral Resources Limited to service its nine mine sites with Swift Access. The contract comes with a subscription value of A$3.4 million ($2.1 million), with revenues expected to commence in second half of the company’s 2023 financial year, it said. This contract represents ongoing[…]

Closing the gender gap in mining is not only a matter of equity, it also makes business sense, according to five Australian experts who will be addressing the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) in Sydney in November. As a whole, the mining industry is trying to address the under-representation of women in mining. Statistics[…]