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At Rio Tinto we understand the dedication and commitment our Electrical Engineers put into their everyday work and to demonstrate some of the people behind our successful operation, we created a short video to showcase “a day in the life of.”

Did you know that health insurance options for mining workers make compelling and interesting retention strategies? Have you ever considered the impact of health insurance for workers as part of your retention strategy?

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Mining IQ had a great chat with Samantha Edmunds from NIB who told us why health insurance is important to the mining industry. Some of the questions included:

Whether you are applying directly to a company or via a recruitment agency, you will be dealing with a recruiter.  This is the person you must impress first and foremost.

From a recruiter’s perspective, there are a number of mistakes that job seekers consistently make.  Here is your guide to avoiding them.

Getting the Basics Right

The number of emails we receive each week from job seekers either seeking employment or information is significant.  So, too are the grammar and spelling mistakes!

Gindalbie Metals Limited, yesterday, celebrated a defining milestone in the history of the Australian iron ore industry with the official opening of the Karara Project – Australia’s second largest magnetite project and the largest resource development in the Mid West – by the Hon. Colin Barnett, Premier of Western Australia; Minister for State Development; Science.

The Australian Prime Minister The Hon. Julia Gillard and China's Premier Li Keqiang were present yesterday evening to mark another important milestone in the development of the Dugald River project. 

Today’s Gidarjil Roadshow in Bundaberg promise to be a good opportunity for local indigenous people to learn about employment in the state’s booming energy sector.

It may surprise many that Michael Fraser, the CEO of Australia’s largest carbon emitter listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, sits at number 3 on the list of the most powerful people behind Australia’s push to a low carbon economy.

Article as published on Climate Spectator, 19th March 2013

In March 2013, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its Industry Dimensions of the Resource Boom research paper. 

Despite sweeping job losses across the industry since September 2012, the resource industry continues to be the fastest growing source of employment for Australian’s having created 130,000 direct jobs over the past five years and 28,500 new Australian jobs in 2012 alone*.

Key findings of the RBA report include: 

There has recently been a great deal of debate and media coverage of the 457 skilled migration scheme, leading many to believe there has been widespread rorting of the system by companies and that a significant number of jobs are going to foreign workers at the expense of Australians.