McGill engineering student awarded Caterpillar and its Canadian Dealers Scholarship

Clever, confident, committed — the future of Canada's mining industry (view full article from above)

In these times of human resource shortages, Canada's mining industry need not lose hope. The next generation of industry professionals is every bit as intelligent and industrious as the early pioneers. Here, for example, are two of the best — young women who represent the future of Canadian mining.

Mining sector human resource needs to remain strong despite downturn

The mining industry´s need for a large infusion of skilled workers over the next decade may be curbed by current economic circumstances but it will not be eliminated.  In a presentation for the Mining Association of Canada, Ryan Montpellier, Executive Director of the Mining Industry Human Resource Council (MiHR), laid out several scenarios on the sector´s workforce needs looking out to 2016