Just Released: Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits Survey for 2008

Workers at Canadian mines continue to enjoy increased wages, bonuses and benefits, according to a newly released survey by the CostMine Division of InfoMine. Fifty-four metal, diamond, fossil fuels, and industrial mineral mines responded to the eleventh annual survey "Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits, 2008 Survey Results", published in June 2008. Wage increases for hourly employees ranged from 1.25% to 10%. The highest paid employees worked in the oil sands industry in Alberta, commanding over $32.00 per hour in base wages.

Employees also had the opportunity to increase their paychecks through incentive bonus plans and overtime pay. Sixty-nine percent of the mines reported using some form of incentive bonus plan. Safety, profit, production, and cost savings are the most commonly cited criteria. In the last 3 years, metal prices have increased rapidly, which in turn increased bonus payments to miners based on the commodity price. Several Canadian mining companies reported high bonus payouts as a result of the recent run-up in metal prices.

Details about this survey are available at www.costmine.com.

Improving Sustainability through Reasonable Risk and Crisis Mangement

There is a new book in the InfoMine eStore called "Improving Sustainability through Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management", by Franco and Cesar Oboni. The book talks about risk assessments and risk-based decision making, and includes several case studies.

If you would like this book shipped to an address in Canada, USA, or Mexico, please click here. If you would like it shipped to an address outside North America, please click here.

Please visit the eStore for more mining and geoscience books, CDs, DVDs, software, and maps.

POTASH

InfoMine has added Potash as a new commodity page on CommodityMine. News, mining companies, mineral properties, publications and links specific to potash mining are given. Check out our Commodity pages for all the latest news, career opportunities, events, links, and more »

New & Improved Suppliers

SupplyMine is excited to announce the launch of a new format for our mining suppliers and equipment news. This new format enables readers to easily browse related news as well as the ability to follow links directly to information regarding the mining companies and suppliers mentioned each press release. In addition, readers can now browse press releases by categories including: Company news release, Featured supplier news, Mine improvements, Mining consultants news, Mining equipment news, Mining news, Mining supplier news.

This new format enables readers to easily browse related news, as well as the ability to follow links directly to information regarding the mining companies and suppliers mentioned in each press release. SupplyMine encourages all mining suppliers to add us to your distribution list and/or send all press releases to Greg Fenrick. For those wanting to follow our news daily through their favorite news reader, we welcome new subscribers to our RSS feed more »

Mining 101 - Introductory Course on Mining and Mineral Processing

This one day short course covers the basic concepts of mining and mineral processing ... how mines are found, how they are built, how the ore is processed, how the waste is disposed of, how mineral products are marketed, and some ideas about where mining will be in the future. The course is designed for those who need a good introduction to the basics of mining ... geologist, environmentalists, accountants, investors and others more »

First Two Courses in the New Hydrometallurgy Series Now Online

The Hydrometallurgy Series covers the theoretical basis of solution chemistry, the engineering aspects, and the technical applications for a large variety of raw materials including metals, oxides, sulfides, phosphates, silicates, and others. It also covers the purification-concentration steps such as adsorption on activated charcoal, ion exchange, and solvent extraction and the general aspects of precipitation from aqueous solutions. The series is characterized by clear and simplified flowsheets, numerous chemical equations, many illustrations for equipment and plants, and a lucid style. more »