More painful datapoints on mining recruitment
More painful datapoints on mining industry recruitment came out this month. Enrolment in mining, geophysics and engineering undergraduate courses at the Colorado School of Mines fell 35% over the past ten years and in Canada, mining and mineral engineering graduates fell by 30% between 2016-20. Some 80% if mining engineers registered with the UK’s Engineering Council are over 50 with 40% over 60. It’s going to be difficult to build the mines needed to power the Energy Transition unless the industry can start to attract fresh blood…
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Colorado School of Mines
Energy Transition
Labour
Mining
Recruitment
