Extreme Mining: USA/Canadian Skills at a Premium for Arctic Projects
Despite the plunge in commodity prices, some of the countries that continue to prosper within the mining sector, such as Mongolia and Kazakhstan, are also those where every day temperatures can drop to minus 45 C, which gives rise to a whole new set of challenges for the mining sector, Mining Weekly reports.
The set up costs before any mining can actually take place are so prohibitive that so far, it has proved a quest for only a very few determined companies.
Data supplied by The Raw Materials Group states that more than 200 Arctic mining projects that have been announced in recent years now lie either abandoned or in an early planning stage, with only six mines now operating in North America's vast Arctic region.
“The climate conditions play an important role in the planning and execution of any Mining project", explains Lucy Donald, Director of the Mining division for WRS, a leading recruiter for the global Mining sector, "mining operations in other cold locations around the world are now targeting Canadians and Americans for their expat senior roles, primarily for their valuable experience in mining within freezing conditions".
The set up costs before any mining can actually take place are so prohibitive that so far, it has proved a quest for only a very few determined companies.
Data supplied by The Raw Materials Group states that more than 200 Arctic mining projects that have been announced in recent years now lie either abandoned or in an early planning stage, with only six mines now operating in North America's vast Arctic region.
“The climate conditions play an important role in the planning and execution of any Mining project", explains Lucy Donald, Director of the Mining division for WRS, a leading recruiter for the global Mining sector, "mining operations in other cold locations around the world are now targeting Canadians and Americans for their expat senior roles, primarily for their valuable experience in mining within freezing conditions".
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