Posted in Africa, Jobs and Salaries, tagged Africa, CostMine, mine, mine manager, mining engineer, salary, South Africa on November 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Just in from CostMine is the 2012 Survey Results for African Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits. This is a first and sure to become a staple of the mining industry and for all those who work or seek to work or mine in Africa. I cannot tell or comment on all in one posting. So here follows a brief survey of the continent as a whole—in future postings I will look at the data for individual countries. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, tagged mining engineer, professional geologist, student on May 16, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Today, I received the following in an email. The writer asks a number of questions relating to his decision to go into mineral engineering. First I repeat the email, and then I set out my answers to his questions. If you too can help this fellow, please do so by commenting. Thanks. (more…)
Posted in blogs, Community relations, Geotechnical, Investing & Finance, tagged career, community development, investing, mining engineer, Sandia on February 1, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Here is an edited e-mail I recently received:
I am young mining engineer with three years experience. I am at that point where I should really commit myself to the trade or back off and go a different direction. I am thinking about an advanced degree/further education but I am not sure on what: Mining engineering, geotechnical engineering geared towards mining, or business/entrepreneurship. Or just relax and enjoy my life and extracurricular activities like running/camping (bagdaddy.blogspot.com). I have an undergrad in mining engineering from Virginia Tech Any advice or thoughts would be really helpful. Also, I might as well ask about this while I have your attention, how would you invest your money if you were my age (25). (more…)
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, opera, Tailings, tagged CSM, mining engineer, NM Tech, school, study, university on January 15, 2011 | 65 Comments »
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, tagged consultant, mining engineer, salary on June 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In my e-mail in-box was this request:
I was wondering if you could give me some idea of what Consultants are making (Mining Engineer with 6-8 years experience). You’ve mentioned that consultants are well paid but I’m interested to know what would be typical – partly because I’m about to take a job with a mining consultancy and the salary is significantly lower than an Australian offer I also have on the table as well as being significantly less than what my current job offers. I simply can’t find any real information for consultants. (more…)
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