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]]>However, if yours is to change your current job, then you’re in luck.
Many people we speak to have become comfortable in their everyday life of getting to work and getting paid.
But does it make them happy? Not really.
Every day we speak to people about their personal and professional ambitions and find them a solution. So, where do you start?
Think about what you want to do and gather some realistic options about how that fits in to your personal ambitions. Do you play footy at the weekend, like to be close to a beach, rely on extended family members?
Think about where you wanted to be in your career by this age. Are you there? If not, why? Do you need additional training or qualifications? Do you need a mentor or someone in management to shape you into the professional you want to be?
When you know what you want and need, it’s easier to find you the best possible option. Our consultants are constantly mapping the mining industry, offering solutions to better our client’s team, and improving the candidate’s opportunities.
Look for the pathway that opens these doors for you. If it’s additional training, contact local schools to get you extra qualifications. Look to your management or employer to see if this is something your current employer can offer.
If you’re looking for more of a professional change like managerial experience, a conversation with our Technical Search Consultants can help. It’s their job to know everything about the mining sector and the different cultures and workplaces within the mining companies.
Before you apply for anything, make yourself look good. 90% of recruiters use social media to screen potential clients. Make sure there is nothing that can give a negative thought about you.
Watch our video on improving your digital profile.
Make sure your experience and skills are up to date on LinkedIn. This helps any headhunters find you and showcase what you have to offer and easily contact you regarding any new roles.
Then fix up your resume so it’s ready to send out immediately. This resume can also be added to Seek as a download for recruiters to access without having to contact you.
TIP: If you apply for a job, amend your resume to suit key words or phrases that the job uses in their job description.
A major stumbling block for people not reaching their goals is time and momentum. Shifts get in the way of new tasks, a negative outcome of an application could kill your momentum, but there are people that can do the leg work for you.
If any of this has triggered something in you, get in touch with our consultants today to make 2020 the year you get your career back on track.
Start by looking at our latest mining jobs.
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]]>But with Adani being reported on so heavily, it may ease several large coal projects that have been waiting patiently.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions
Initial application lodged: 2008
BHM/BMA venture located in 170 KM south-west of Mackay, the project has two main components. The first is the Caval Ridge open-cut mine producing 5.5 million tonnes per annum, preparation plant, and residential village. The second is another open-cut Daunia mine producing 4 million tonne per annum and handling plant.
An airport and extension to Goonyella were also part of the original plans but have since been discontinued.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions. Mining lease application still under assessment by state Government.
Initial applications lodged: 2008
A project by GVK Hancock, the project proposed includes six open-cut coal pits with infrastructure including 495 KM of rail and a new port at Abbot Point. The project will produce 30 million tonnes of coal per annum.
Regarding job opportunities, in the construction phase, the mine itself will produce 2,450 jobs and the rail will create 950.
When operational, the mine will need 2,200 staff across the six mines and 90 for the rail.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions. Mining lease application still under assessment by state Government.
Initial applications lodged: 2008
The Waratah Coal project will include two underground mines, two open-cut mines, two preparation plants, stockpiles, and infrastructure.
In its construction phase, the project will produce 3,500 job opportunities. When the mines become operational, 2,000 staff will be needed to produce 40 million tonnes per annum.
A port facility component is being assessed through a separate application.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions
Initial application lodged: 2007
The New Acland Coal Company is looking to expand its existing open-cut coal mine. Once the expansion is completed, the mine will output 7.5 million tonnes per annum.
Located just north of Toowoomba, the expansion will create 435 jobs when operational.
Key features of the project include the development of the Manning Vale and Willaroo resource areas, upgrades to the existing coal handling and preparation plant, rail infrastructure, and further roadwork and water management structures and power supply.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions
Initial application lodged: 2010
Byerwan Coal have applied for a new open-cut coal mine with a yield up to 10 million tonnes per annum.
Located 140 KM west of Mackay, key features include for mining zones compromising a total of eight open-cut pits, two coal handling and preparation plants, rail infrastructure and augmented power supply.
The project will create 300 jobs in construction phase and 545 operational jobs.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions
Initial application lodged: 2017
One of the latest projects to join the approval process, Pembroke Olive Downs proposed to develop an open cut mine in the Bowen Basin.
The project will yield 15 million tonnes of coal per annum for steel production, handling and crushing facilities, rail infrastructure, as well as water and power supply.
In constriction phases, the 500 jobs created will be an economic driver for the local economy, which will eventually produce a further 1000 operational jobs when the mine is functional.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions
Initial application lodged: 2007
A joint venture between Glencore Coal, ICRA Wandoan, and Sumisho Coal Australia, the project will include an open-cut thermal coal mine production 22 million tonnes per annum.
The application also includes a coal handing and preparation plant and infrastructure.
Current EIS status: Approved with conditions
Initial applications lodged: 2009
Application made by Hancock Galilee, the project includes a combined underground and open-cut coal mine.
All together there will be two open-cut coal mines, three underground mines, handing and waste facilities, accommodation areas, 2.5 KM airstrip, rail and road infrastructure.
1,500 jobs will be made during construction and 2,000 when operational.
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]]>FMG is developing an iron or and rail project near Port Hedland in Pilbara worth around $1.3 Billion. It is estimated to have an annual production rate of 170 million tonnes over 20 years. The project will be an open out mine with a dry ore processing facility.
With over 1000 construction jobs and 650 operational roles, the first ore is expected December 2020.
Construction began early 2019. DRA Global was awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract (EPC).
The project will produce 50,000 ounces of gold per annum for six years. As part of the project, DRA will develop a 355,000 tonne per annum processing facility and back fill plant.
First ore is expected t be processed in early 2020.
The project will be a 4.25 metric tonnes per annum, underground operation. Site infrastructure including accommodation, airstrip, and dual access declines were completed in 2018, with phase 2 currently underway. This includes the processing plant, storage facility, roads and power lines.
The first ore is expected December 2020.
Located just 55 km outside of Adelaide, the project is will be up their as one of the most attractive mining locations.
Approximately 245 people will staff the mine and is likely to start up next year.
The project will achieve its first ore in 2020 and will provide additional ore into the already existing production till 2023.
Have we missed any? Keep in touch by emailing the team at info@cormacconsulting.com.au. Knowing where the future projects helps us discover the best future opportunities.
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]]>But Australian life would look very different without the contribution of the mining and resources industry.
According to Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) Australia’s resources sector generated 55% of the nation’s export revenue and directly employs 250,000 Australians in highly paid jobs, particularly in regional communities.
The mining industry generated AUS$12 billion in royalties for state governments in 2017 – 2018 and paid AUS$18.6 billion in company tax.
These mining revenues fund the teachers, nurses, police, and infrastructure projects that are essential services on which all Australians rely upon.
If we did not mine certain materials, what are we choosing to live without?
Easily the least popular commodity to mine. Yet Queensland and New South Wales are in an abundance of it.
Some coal is mined for power, and without power there is no lights, phones, air con, or Netflix along with other priorities.
And yes, there are greener ways of providing energy, but they all need steel and other major construction materials – which is the other huge reason why we mine coal.
A special type of coal is used to produce coke for the steel making process and by-products of coke-making include coal tar, ammonia, lights oils and coal gas. Coal is used in cement manufacturing, food processing, paper manufacturing and alumina refineries.
Although the coal mining sector employs almost 40,000 people directly, the manufacturing, civil engineering sector, and more, rely on it for their own employment.
Copper can be found everywhere in our day to day lives.
An average family home contains more than 90 kilograms of copper: 40 kg of electrical wire, 30 kg of plumbing, 15 kg of builder’s hardware, 9 kg inside electrical appliances and 5 kg of brass goods.
The average car contains around 1.5 km of copper wire with an additional 20-45 kg depending on the vehicle size.
A Boeing 747-200 jet plane contains about 1.8 tonnes of copper.
Copper can also be found in building construction, heating and cooling systems, telecommunications, motors, wiring, radiators and many more.
Australia’s gold mines will produce an estimated 10.7 million ounces a year. The most of Australia’s gold is in Western Australia, but deposits can also be found nationwide.
As the third largest mineral export and Australia’s sixth largest exporter representing 6.5% of Australia’s total export, gold mining is worth around 16.5 billion a year.
Around 30,000 Australians work in the gold sector with wages around 70% above the country’s average.
Gold is used for: money, building and construction, medical tools, jewellery, and electronics.
Lithium is an element valuable to produce glass, aluminium products, and batteries.
The increase use of batteries in technology: cars, phones, tablets, and means there has been a large influx of lithium. So much so, production levels have slowed down for now, but will be around for the long term.
Australia is the world leader in lithium production. We currently extract it at 500,000 tonnes per-annum.
With this increase need for lithium batteries, together with cobalt, they will become two of the most valuable mineral Australia will export.
Mined materials are needed to construct roads and hospitals, to build automobiles and houses, to make computers and satellites, to generate electricity, and to provide the many other goods and services that consumers enjoy.
In addition, mining is economically important.
It provides employment, dividends, and taxes that pay for hospitals, schools, and public facilities.
The mining industry produces a trained workforce and small businesses that can service communities and may initiate related businesses. Mining also yields foreign exchange and accounts for a significant portion of gross domestic product. Mining fosters a number of associated activities, such as manufacturing of mining equipment, provision of engineering and environmental services, and the development of world-class universities in the fields of geology, mining engineering, and metallurgy.
The economic opportunities and wealth generated by mining for many producing countries are substantial.
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]]>According to Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) Australia’s resources sector generated 55% of the nation’s export revenue and directly employs 250,000 Australians in highly paid jobs, particularly in regional communities.
The mining industry generated AUS$12 billion in royalties for state governments in 2017 – 2018 and paid AUS$18.6 billion in company tax.
These mining revenues fund the teachers, nurses, police, and infrastructure projects that are essential services on which all Australians rely upon.
But what is being done to overcome these challenges and ensure we have a stable mining industry?
Australia’s workforce does not have the skills or experience to fill current positions. Mining Engineers and Geotehcnical Surveyors are just two roles Australia is in short supply of.
Mining companies are having to recruit over 70% of their employees locally since the 457 skilled working Visa was removed.
In 2018, just six students were enrolled to study mining engineering at the University of New South Wales, down from 120 enrolments four years ago.
However, funding for STEM education programmes have increased since the 2013 investment of the Science and Technology precinct develop in Queensland for Australian STEM programmes.
Some areas become scarce or depleted so mining companies are forced to push new frontiers of exploration.
This puts a lot of pressure on the mine owner. Building complete infrastructure from roads, to water and power lines, is a costly project on its own. It can take years before a mine delivers its first ore after the mine has been approved. With the stability of the sector, it’s a huge risk for new mines to begin.
As minerals are harder to access from the ground in some locations, machinery and skill sets are needed, adding more cost and time onto these new projects.
What has helped is remote mines are now utilising scalable microgrids that can evolve with the life cycle, improving flexibility and efficiency.
As resources become harder to find, relocation destinations become less desirable making it harder to fill roles.
People rely on extended family and social networks for family and social life as well as better work opportunities for those office based.
However, there has been an increase in regional work and remote working opportunities by companies based in the major towns and cities. Regional communities are now being more noticed for their advantages like, community feel, friendliness, and greener life.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for mine and mine expansions to be approved by state governments. Some approvals take years to get through the system, with community forums and activists asking for more tests and voicing concerns which draws out the process.
Air and water pollution in surrounding areas are making them harder to live in and decrease property prices.
Now Australia’s mining sector is gaining confidence, the sector must learn from its mistakes and gain stability. A rapid injection of investment and site production will create over supply, thus, creates a downturn. Mining companies must create sustainable strategies rather than short-term supply and demand models.
The traditional occupational hazards such as coal dust inhalation, damage to hearing due to the noise in a mine and chemical hazards remain a priority.
But as mines are getting deeper, the risk of collapse has greatly increased. Automated vehicles call for training issues and new technology that has potential to go wrong.
However, training companies are working with mining companies to help transfer skills to autonomous machinery which will help the overall safety of the mine.
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]]>It is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of uranium in the world.
It’s made up of 450km of underground roads and tunnels. A Brownfield expansion project looks to increase production by another 300 kilotons of material per annum.
The project will be a 4.25 Mtpa underground operation, with an estimated mine life of 20 years. Construction of Carrapateena is underway and commissioning is scheduled for Q4 2019 after which the project will ramp up to steady state production.
Located in the North West regions of Queensland, near Mount Isa and Cloncurry, the Project is envisioned to be a conventional open pit with an expected life of mine of 12 years.
The Company is currently updating its Feasibility Study. The results are planned to be announced in the first quarter of 2020.
Charters Towers Central mine reefs is planning to develop its Charter Towers mine with targeted gold output of 220,000 oz’s year.
The development of an underground mine from within the open pit was approved in FY19 and its development will be the next significant milestone for the operation.
It is expected to deliver its first ore by 2021.
Construction has begun on a new underground mine. Located 50km south of Charters Towers, the mine is likely to see ore in the later part of 2020.
Black Rock further develops the existing copper resource at Mount Isa Mines. The Black Rock orebody will achieve its first production ore in 2020, and provide additional ore into the Mount Isa Copper Operations profile in parallel to existing mining activities out to 2023
The Dargues Gold Project will comprise an underground gold mine. The operation will mine 330,000t pa using conventional long hole open stope mining methods via a decline. This project was the first gold mine approval in NSW for 10 years.
Processing will begin in 2020.
The Expansion Project will be managed by an owner’s team of Northparkes employees. A further 20 positions will be created to execute the project. During construction, there will be an additional 100 contractor’s onsite.
The Expansion Project includes a range of upgrades to our underground mining, ore processing and infrastructure facilities to enable an increase in throughput capacity from 6.4Mtpa to 7.6Mtpa.
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]]>Suddenly you feel a rush of pressure and a familiar voice in your head say, “I want the job; do I say a little lower for brownie points, or do I go higher to make myself sound more valuable?”
Here is some advice from our Technical Search Consultants.
Salaries, living costs, and job arrangements vary with every role, especially in the mining sector. Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO) rosters residential areas all determine what your salary might be.
So, firstly look at salary guides for your role. This will give you a good idea of an hourly rate. In most cases, they will allow you to determine what State you are working in.
The PayScale calculator is a useful tool and allows you to select a city from the drop down with some regional options in there too.
A good recruiter or Technical Search Consultant works between you and the employer. They are there to work out the best option for you both.
Use them to your advantage by getting them to ask the questions like salary expectations. Most employers will give a “ballpark” figure as factors such as experience and qualifications will shift for the right person.
A good Consultant will be able to give you a ball park figure once they consider the market, your experience, and qualifications. As they speak to people in the sector every day, they have a good idea of how the market is performing.
Don’t be scared to reach out to your network for information. Whether it be employees or managers, they will be able to share their knowledge of the sector.
When considering a new role, you should also consider things outside of salary.
What works best for you and your family Is it roster, is it flexible hours?
Consider the opportunities important to you in your current career stage. Do you require additional training or a clear pathway to promotions? Or do you need a mentor in your career to help grow as an employee?
There’s more to work than salary. So yes, prepare for salary expectation questions but prepare other expectations too.
Take a look at our current opportunities here >>> mining opportunities
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]]>A recent survey of over 2,000 people uncovered that 77% of employers are more likely to shortlist a candidate who has regularly upskilled.
Upskilling could be as simple as reading relevant publications, watching videos, ted talks. But extra TAFE courses or short courses will really make you stand out.
Upskilling gives you a better chance of having the desirable skills that an employer will look for when recruiting. Having a limited skill set will limit your opportunities.
Having the skills for more opportunities will give you a better chance of getting the job you want. This will increase your overall morale.
As mentioned before, being open to upskilling makes your more employable. If an employer is going to invest in you they want to make sure that you’re willing to grow with the company. Showing you have a will to do this gives you brownie points against someone that doesn’t.
It’s easy to forget how vulnerable the mining sector can be when we are going through a boom, but it’s always a possibility.
Having more skills make you less likely to be made redundant when the sector goes down or at least gives you a better chance.
Make sure you research what you’re upskilling in. There’s no point in upskilling in something that is becoming less useful.
Right now, for miner’s, technology and automation is a hot topic. Whether you’re for it or against it, it’s happening. More and more automation vehicles and equipment are becoming the norm at mining sites, so the quicker you jump on the bandwagon the better.
This is a bit out there, but if you have another passion, found a trend that will become employable in the future, then go for it.
When the downturn happens and your skill is less needed, having a qualification completely away from that role could help you survive the downturn.
It’s never too late to take this approach.
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]]>Watermark mine is conditionally approved and will have a 30-year life span. 10 million tonnes of coal will be produced a year and will rely on the port of Newcastle.
Although the project was severely criticised, the project is currently still going ahead. The Chinese company has yet to conduct surveys, dig tests, geotechnical drilling, or infrastructure, but there has been some suggestion that preconstruction will begin anyway.
The Vickery Extension project looks to extend the open cut operations of an approved site. Following approvals, the project is expected to begin in 2020.
Whitehaven has said the extension will generate 500 jobs, 75% of whom will live locally.
The project includes a new coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) onsite at Vickery and new rail spur to service the mine.
A proposed underground mining operation northwest of central Wyong on the Central Coast. This project was approved in January 2018 and is set to provide extensive economic and social benefits to Wyong, the wider Central Coast Region and NSW communities through job creation and business opportunities.
70% of the 800 jobs will be recruited locally and the company have stated they will support youth employment through its apprenticeship and traineeship program.
Mangoola Coal is seeking approval for the Mangoola Coal Continued Operations (MCCO) Project to expand its current approved open cut mining project.
The mine is expected to run until 2030, with 480 jobs to run the mine, and a further 145 construction opportunities.
The expansion plans have been displayed to the public for consultation and now in the hands of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) are reviewing all submissions.
The $381 million United Wambo Coal Project has received a conditional approval for an additional 150 million tonnes of run-of-mine (ROM) coal over a 23-year period.
It would provide 500 full-time-equivalent jobs. Peabody will continue to operate the Wambo underground, the coal handling and preparation plant and rail facilities.
The project plans to establish a high-tech underground mining facility producing 3 million tonnes per year. The project will apparently use a first-workings extraction method that is designed to preserve the long-term stability of the surrounding area.
In full production the Hume Coal Project will employ 300 people when in full production of which 70% will be locally sourced with no FIFO/DIDO options.
The project did receive a large amount of disapproval during a public hearing regarding the water situation, but POSCO remain confident that the mine will be approved.
South 32 are seeking an extension to an approved mining lease with two new underground mining areas. The extension will provide a further 100 jobs to the 400 already employed in that area.
The extension will produce round 78 million tonnes of coal a year for the next 30 years. South 32 believe that this extension is critical to the steel making industry, as the mine has a direct input into BlueScope steel.
Glencore proposes to seek approval to extend open cut mining operations. This would extract an additional 140 million tonnes of coal and extend the operating life of this infrastructure to 2045
If approved, construction is likely to begin in 2021, and could have up to 600 opportunities once the mine is in full production.
The project is still Pre-Environmental Impact Statement stage.
After six years of applying for approval, four of them being assessment processes, the application was accepted, but then rejected just hours later due to “human error”.
The project is to extend the life of mine for the 300 workers on site.
NSW Planning Minister, Orb Stokes, has asked for an immediate review of the commission.
The company has lodged an application to modify the existing mining approval to recommence underground mining operations at the Dartbrook Coal Mine. The modification also seeks to extend the period of approval by 5 years.
The environmental assessment, along with other supporting documentation, was submitted and accepted for adequacy in June 2018. In January 2019, the NSW Department of Planning & Environment provided a positive recommendation on the proposed modification and referred the modification to the Independent Planning Commission.
The modification is currently under assessment by the Independent Planning Commission for determination.
Wollongong Coal has submitted a revised underground expansion plan, final revised preferred project report and response to the second Planning Assessment Commission review for its Russell Vale colliery.
The mine has been under care and maintenance since 2015, and with closures to its other mines in the area, Wollongong Coal will be hoping that this project receives approval soon for a 2019 start up.
The Maxwell Project is an underground coal mining development. The project will create 350 new direct, long term jobs for the region along with many more indirect jobs
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Maxwell Project has been submitted to the NSW Government.
Malabar Coal is currently undertaking exploration studies and detailed technical work to determine the next steps in developing an underground coking coal mine.
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]]>However, as jobs continue to move forward, so do the roles that are required.
Growth in automation means the jobs will be different. There is a stigma across the sector towards technology and automation, that jobs will be lost because of this shift in technology. But in fact, approximately 20,000 automated jobs earmarked for the WA mining sector alone.
Not only will new jobs be available, but our duties will become quicker, more efficient and much more accurate and basically safer.
Union organiser Jeff Carig is working with mining companies about the transition to automated jobs on behalf of Western Mine Workers Alliance members.
Mr Carig believes mining companies will still need people to service the equipment, they still need people to work in the control rooms, they still need people to work in getting the equipment running every day.
BHP – a global company that employ over 60,000 people worldwide plans for a site wide automation project. This includes an additional 41 autonomous trucks deal to its 250 autonomous haulage system.
Rio Tinto – another large company in the mining sector recently brought in 20 autonomous trucks and 4 autonomous blast drills.
As future projects get approved and green and brownfield sites become unlocked, the trend of automation and technology will become the norm.
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