MapMine has just released a new map: “Major Mines and Metallurgical Facilities in Australia & Oceania”. This map shows 529 mines and development projects, and 36 processing facilities in Australia, Eastern Indonesia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It shows important transportation infrastructure from mine to port, as well as indicating the distances to final export destinations. The map highlights the region’s booming mining sector, which is feeding the resource needs of the Asian countries.

The map will be distributed in Australia with the June edition of AUSIMM. You can purchase a digitial map through InfoMine’s eStore. Folded and digital maps will be available shortly.

MapMine has just released the “Major Mines and Metallurgical Facilities in Southern Africa” map. It shows 440 mines and mine development projects, and 71 processing facilities in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, as well as the southern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It also shows important transportation infrastructure from mine to port, as well as final export destinations.

The map is a tribute to this mineral rich area and will be distributed with SA Mining in the May 2012 edition. You can also purchase the map through InfoMine’s eStore, as a folded or unfolded poster, or as a digital map.

Hourly workers at U.S. metal and coal mines are taking home bigger paychecks this year, according to a pair of newly released studies by CostMine. While the rest of the U.S. economy lags, jobs in the mining industry continue to be strong with companies actively seeking skilled workers.

As shown on the table below, mining wages are robust with higher average wages this year. The best paid workers are consistently found in U.S. coal mines. While metal miners received higher average wages this year, they continue to make less than their counterparts in coal mines. Of the 56 metal mines reporting, 40 companies increased hourly wages an average of 3.6%, while 16 of the mines reported no change. Forty-eight coal mines increased hourly wages an average of 2.5% and 11 reported no change. The table below lists average benchmark wages and salaries selected from the survey results. The complete survey reports can be purchased from CostMine, which includes actual wage and salary scales for each of the mines, along with benefit plan profiles and bonus plan descriptions.

Sources: U.S. Metal and Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits: 2011 Survey Results and U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits: 2011 Survey Results.

The surveys, conducted between July 2011 and January 2012, looked at 59 coal mines, 56 metal mines and 62 industrial mineral mines in the U.S. Visit InfoMine at booth #2221 at the SME convention, February 19 -22, 2012 and enter to win one of the wage and salary reports, or your choice of several other prizes

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