The Mining Blog » Jobs http://www.theminingblog.com Where The Mining Industry Talks Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Australian Mining Job Outlook http://www.theminingblog.com/index.php/2009/03/australian-mining-job-outlook/ http://www.theminingblog.com/index.php/2009/03/australian-mining-job-outlook/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:56:07 +0000 Calvin Close http://www.theminingblog.com/?p=39 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 they were not likely to cut staff
  • 9% said they were not sure

These figures come on the heels of the news that in the last quarter, over 10,000 job cuts have been made, according to the AMMA.

This is amazing given a prediction less than 12 months ago suggesting that an additional 86,000 mine staff would be needed.

Calvin Close
Australian Mining Reference

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