The Canadian mining industry is projected to need to hire roughly 80,000 workers by 2030, finds a new report by the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR). Published today, the 2020 Canadian Mining Labour Market 10-Year Outlook provides insight into the last decade of mining industry economics, and forecasts where the sector is headed. Though the mining labour market is generally volatile and cyclical due to fluctuations in commodity prices, research points toward steady growth for the sector.
The World Gold Council (WGC), the market development organization for the gold industry, has launched Responsible Gold Mining Principles – a framework of clear expectations for consumers, investors and the downstream gold supply chain as to what constitutes responsible gold mining. The WGC, working with its members, the world’s leading gold mining companies, has set out the Principles that it believes address key environmental, social and governance issues for the gold mining sector.
Instead of doing a series of one-off individual assessments on the impact of mining and mining-related infrastructure projects, the feds will be carrying out a new and improved Regional Assessment in the Far North mineral belt, which sit 540 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay.