Tuesday, 21 September, 2004 - 22:00
Skills dearth bites miners
The shortage of skilled labour has become one of the biggest problems facing the mining industry, participants in WA Business News’ boardroom lunch have confirmed.
Following 20 years with Anglo American and De Beers, Mr Rowe moved to Australia were he held a number of senior managerial positions. These included project director of the Fimiston expansion (Kalgoorlie Superpit), general manager of the Boddington Gold Mine and of the Boddington Expansion Project and managing director and CEO of Bulong Nickel. He joined AngloGold Ashanti Australia and transferred to Johannesburg in 2006. He has recently retired from his position there as executive vice president – business effectiveness, and has returned to Australia.
Rank | Company | # | |
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19th | ![]() |
Vault Minerals | $621.08m |
24th | - | Capricorn Metals | $359.98m |
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Catalyst Metals | $319.39m |
26th | ![]() |
Bellevue Gold | $298.41m |
27th | ![]() |
Fenix Resources | $264.43m |
Rank | Company | 1 Yr | 5 Yr |
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874th | Wellfully">Wellfully | 0% | -28.23% |
875th | Wingara Ag">Wingara Ag | 0% | -30.12% |
876th | Vault Minerals">Vault Minerals | -0.01% | 4.56% |
877th | Peel Mining">Peel Mining | -0.02% | -15.8% |
878th | Rio Tinto">Rio Tinto | -0.03% | 12.12% |
The shortage of skilled labour has become one of the biggest problems facing the mining industry, participants in WA Business News’ boardroom lunch have confirmed.
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Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
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Non-Executive Director
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2009 - 2015 | ||
Chairman
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2009 - 2014 | ||
Non-Executive Director
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2004 - 2010 | 19 |
Announced | Bidder | Target | Transaction Type | Total Value | |
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DMCI Holdings | ENK | Takeover | $73.60m | >> | |
Golden Harvest Global Corporation | ENK | Asset acquisition | $11.00m | >> | |
World Fund | ENK | Asset acquisition | $7.25m | >> | |
Endeavour Mining Corporation | Adamus Resources | Merger | $577.74m | >> |