ENVIRONMENT

AusIMM's grim view

AN ANNUAL professional employment survey conducted by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy has aired some harsh realities around the mining bust.

Noel Dyson
About 24.4% of the country’s iron ore professionals are out of work.

About 24.4% of the country’s iron ore professionals are out of work.

According to the institute the unemployment rate for Australia’s minerals professionals is at 16.2%, up from 12.2% in 2014 and representing a massive jump from 1.7% in 2012. These numbers put the unemployment...

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