Right now it seems a no-brainer: invest in Australian mining. Well, maybe this is not good advice. According to a smart young Australian with whom I chatted this week, Australia is headed for decline, decay, and mining investment disaster.
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Why Invest in Australian Mining?
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, blogs, consulting, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, tagged Australia, bubble, burst, invest, mining on March 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Jobs in Mining Process Engineering: Understanding The Process & Profession
Posted in Engineering - General, Jobs and Salaries, Tailings, Uncategorized, tagged alberta, Australia, jobs, madagascar, mining, Oil sands, process engineering on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When I think of a place or a country, in my ignorance I generally believe all the people who make up that country to be of a similar stock, have like personality traits and characteristics. That view of those people is either reinforced or altered completely when we meet someone who calls that place home [...]
Mining MBAs, LLBs, and LLMs. How to become a mining lawyer and/or director.
Posted in British Columbia, Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), mining, North America, tagged laurentian university, llb, llm, MBA, mining, UBC, york university on March 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Two Canadian universities offer Mining MBAs. York University, Schulich School of Business has announced as follows:
Cost Estimator Jobs in the Mining Industry
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Jobs and Salaries, mining, Money & Mining, tagged Australia, cost estimator, jobs on March 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The arrival at a big number before a project and the logging of smaller ones during – that is what I associate with the role of a cost estimator. It is one profession that I feel I know, not that I can do it; I just grew up with it.
2011 Aggregate Compensation Report: Executive Compensation
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Money & Mining, North America, Uncategorized, tagged Aggregate Compensation, CEO, CFO, chairman, executive compensation, mining, president, salaries, vice president on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Following on from the Aggregate Compensation Report on Salaries piece earlier in the week, we include this piece on executive compensation within the aggregate industry. The full report can be found at this link on CostMine
While My Boss Isn’t Looking
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Jobs and Salaries, Uncategorized, tagged careers, future, games, mining on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the course of many years and more than 1,400 postings I have been the only writer for this blog. Time to bring in a fresh perspective. This piece is by Fergus Murphy of Trinity College, Dublin. He is a master’s civil engineer working with us. His writing caught my eye. I like his attitude. [...]
2011 Aggregate Compensation Report on Salaries
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged Aggregate Compensation, general manager, mine engineer, mining, salaries, U.S. on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We have already taken a look at the Aggregate Compensation Report on Wages in a previous blog article. Now let us have a look at Salaries, the information from which is based on the and can be found at the CostMine Site. The report is the result of responses received from 104 mine offices, corporate and [...]
Willlis Mining Market Review 2012
Posted in Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, tagged insurance, kidnapping, mining review, nader mousavizadeh, nigeria, risk, willis on February 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
For a fascinating review of an aspect of mining not generally read or talked about, download a copy of the Spring 2012 Willis Mining Market Review. It has ninety-two pages of information and great photos on risks and insurance against risks in the mining industry.
Cooking for Miners. Eating at Mines
Posted in brandy, consulting, Gold, health, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, Oil sands, tagged bhp billiton, bull cook, cooking, East Geduld, Ekati, escobal, food, Fort McMurray, free state, Greens Creek, Guatemala, guatemala. suncor.il sands.east geduld. ekati, hawk inlet, marlin mine, Oil sands, Professor Jennings, Suncor, tro on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Most mines have a place where the miners eat. Let us celebrate the cooks at these places by telling of the many fine meals we have enjoyed in these mining canteens. In celebrating cooks at mining canteens, I also seek to describe a job in mining that most do not write about. If you like [...]
Mining Jobs, Careers,and Commensurate Wage, Salaries, and Compensation
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, tagged careers, compansation, job, mining, salaries, wages on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On this blog, I often write about jobs and careers in mining. I often write about the wages, salaries, and compensation for those who work in mining. To make it easier for you to access the past postings of this blog on the topics of mining jobs & careers, and on mining wages, salaries and [...]
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