The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) has released a survey showing that over half of our mining companies will cut staff numbers over the next 12 months.
The AMMA surveyed over 100 mining companies and found that:
55% of companies were likely to cut staff
a further 21% of companies said that cutting staff was a possibility
15% suggested that [...]
We have all seen the news about the slowing Australian economy. The latest ANZ jobs survey showed a 5.9% decrease in job advertisements in October. This followed a 1.4 decrease in September. Overall, job advertisements are down 9.8% from October last year.
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The government has release the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook [...]
How many of you read the article in The Australian where plumbers are in such short supply in Port Hedland that they are being flown in from Perth?
Apparently, the mining boom in the far north of Western Australia has left the town short of plumbers, mechanics and other trades personnel. The local trades people are [...]