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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 taking up mining jobs with the big mining companies who are struggling to keep up with the world demand for iron ore and other mining products.

Even though plumbers are being paid $90,000 per year to fix household plumbing problems, plumbing contractors just are not able to compete with the $120,000+ per year paid by the mining companies.

It will be interesting to see how long this resources boom can last. If you look at the share market this week, the mining stock prices have certainly been up and down all week. Metal prices have also been up and down over the last few weeks. Not even the traders seem to know what is going to happen.

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Calvin Close
Managing Director
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