University of Kentucky undergraduate Jonathan Little is among the legions of students around the world that the mining industry cannot afford to lose, but already has.
More than half of miners are over the age of 45 and 20% are over 60 and closing in on retirement, according to a study from Mercer. The U.S. government isto address "public perceptions about the nature of mining" and its aging workforce.
"If you don't know mining, you get these odd perceptions of the industry that we're like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with pick-axes," said Emilie Schouten of silver miner Coeur Mining IncConcern about the looming talent shortage even prompted Freeport-McMoRan Inc Universities are launching or expanding courses teaching data analytics, autonomous driving and computer programming to prospective miners, not just geology and geography. They are also funding research into new ways to process minerals and battle climate change.
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