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Lost decade of mining graduates compounding skills shortages

Mining degrees are producing fewer graduates, compounding record labour shortages

Nadav Shemer
The number of graduates from mining engineering and related degrees is in steady decline (Picture Source: Rexness, Creative Commons Attribution licence)

The number of graduates from mining engineering and related degrees is in steady decline (Picture Source: Rexness, Creative Commons Attribution licence)

Mining companies have been battling unprecedented labour shortages since mid-2021, according to official jobs data. However, the genesis of these shortages can be traced back more than a decade to the...

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