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SEEK has released its July employment report, which indicated the mining, resources and energy sector is the employment market’s third strongest growth contributor.

Western Australian-based minerals company Agrimin has awarded Primero Group an engineering design contract for its Mackay Potash project south of the Port of Wyndham.

Mitchell Services has secured a $33 million drill and blast contract at Adaman Resources’ Kirkalocka restart project in Western Australia.

Recruitment specialist Hays has revealed the skills that are in demand across Australia’s resources sector heading into the second half of the year.

Jobs in the mining, resources and energy sector have experienced one of the highest salary increases of any Australian industry in 2019.

Woodside Energy will require a workforce of more than 4600 workers when its Burrup Hub construction reaches its peak in 2023.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and the Greater Whitsunday Council of Mayors have signed an agreement to further boost resources jobs in the region.

Newmont Goldcorp has awarded a $6 million construction contract to Valmec for the second expansion project it has proposed at the Tanami gold mine in the Northern Territory.

Anglo American has opened applications for its 2020 apprenticeship program at the Moranbah North mine in central Queensland.

BHP has awarded the largest single contract through its Local Buying Program to a Pilbara Aboriginal Traditional Owner business, Gumala Enterprises at the Yandi iron ore mine site.

Fortescue Metals Group has launched a recruitment trailer that is touring around the Pilbara region of Western Australia, spreading employment opportunities to the Aboriginal communities.

Gold Fields has appointed underground mining contractor Pybar Mining Services to develop the Hamlet North project at the St Ives gold mine outside Kambalda, Western Australia.

SRG Global has impressed GFG Liberty OneSteel with its capability and performance in recent months, setting it up for a long-term contract at the Whyalla Steelworks site in South Australia.

Ausdrill subsidiary, BTP has secured a further three year contract with Peabody Australia in its Hunter Valley and Bowen Basin coal mines, its second extension in two years.

More resources and mining employees will receive a pay rise this year than last, but it will be much less than they hoped for.

Job vacancies in the mining and resources sector dipped in April by 1.1 per cent, despite strong commodity prices over the past three months.

SIMPEC has secured more than $5 million in scope extensions with MSP Engineering and Iluka in Western Australia, solidifying a $48 million contract portfolio during the 2019 financial year.

Job vacancies in the mining and resources sector have risen 1.3 per cent in March this year, according to the latest Mining and Resources Job Index report from DFP Resources. 

Fortescue Metals Group has offered employment to 836 Aboriginal people and will continue to offer jobs to graduates of its vocational training and employment centre (VTEC) program.

BHP is cutting jobs and in-sourcing more of its contractor workforce as part of a global process that chief executive Andrew Mackenzie believed would deliver benefits valued in “many billions”.