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Mining leaders bemoan the industry's recruitment problems 

Speakers at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh warned that poor public perceptions of mining are leading to a shortage of new recruits entering the industry.  

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"We have a shortage of talent globally," Dominic Barton, chair of Rio Tinto, told the conference. 

"In the UK we're seeing university after university close mining programmes," Barton said.