The Blog

We are often asked for tips on how to get a foot in the door, when you have limited to no experience. One of the key factors people don’t often consider is the importance of location.

Just as in real estate, location is critical to your job search success. If an employer has a choice of two candidates with similar experience, skills and organisational fit, they are nearly always going to hire the person who is most accessible to them, ie living in the same location as the job or the point of hire.

MMG is a brand new company but comes with a long and proud history of providing metals and minerals of all kinds to customers around the world. The Group owns and operates a portfolio of world-class base metal mining operations, development projects and exploration fields.

MMG is the world’s second largest producer of zinc as well as a substantial producer of copper, lead, gold and silver. The group currently has mining operations located in Australia and Asia and a large portfolio of advanced and early stage exploration projects through Australia, Asia and North America.

Mining & Civil Australia (MACA) is a privately owned and operated Western Australian company employing 200 people and providing contract mining, civil earthworks, crushing and screening and material haulage solutions.

They’ve recently won a number of work contracts including:

Altas Iron: Following on from the award of a short term crushing and screening project at Pardoo, MACA was awarded a four year contract by Atlas Iron ltd in October to crush and screen Iron ore at their Pardoo Project.

Tidewater provide a variety of marine services globally, including the transportation of crews and supplies, towing and anchoring mobile rigs, assisting offshore construction and performing and three-dimensional seismic exploration.

Started in 1955 by ten investors who built the Ebb Tide, the first oil and gas service vessel, they quickly expanded to international operations by 1958. By 1966, their fleet of vessels had expanded to more than 200 working the United States, South America, Central America and West Africa.