6 Countries Where Miners Are in Serious Demand

Today’s blog is a guest post from Victoria Moretti. Mining is a crucial industry worldwide, and miners are needed in a variety of countries to help responsibly access and develop the world’s mineral and metal resources. With that in mind, here are:

6 Countries Where Miners Are in Serious Demand

The mining industry is a specialist arena. Even within each mining type there are specific job roles that are not found in other types of mining. In this article we’ll take a look at 6 of the most prolific mining companies in the world. Anyone looking for a mining job should have these countries on their radar, as they are likely to frequently have contract and full-time jobs available.

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Mining in South Africa

Around 18% of GDP in South Africa is related to mining. Companies such as BHP Billiton, Anglo-American and Impala Platinum ply their trade mining some of the $2.5 trillion in mineral reserves in the country. The chief substances being mined are chromium, gold, diamonds, coal and platinum.

South Africa is the biggest producer in the world of platinum, and has the fifth-largest coal reserves in the world at 32,000,000,000 tons.

The Russian mining industry

Mining in Russia accounts for 33% of GDP. Several large companies operate in the country including Anglo-American Platinum Ltd, Amur Minerals Corp and Norilsk Nickel Mining. The most prolific minerals mined in Russia include copper, aluminium, nickel, cold, bauxite, steel, iron ore, gold and diamond.

Russia produces around 15% of the world’s iron ore and has the biggest reserves in the world. Russia is also the 2^nd largest reserve of coal and the third-largest exporter of black coal around the globe.

Mining in Australia

Mining accounts for 10% of the GDP of Australia. The biggest mining companies in the country BHP Billiton and city gold. The mineral reserves are worth around $737 billion, and the most mined minerals are zinc, uranium, diamonds, gold, bauxite and iron ore.

In 2009, Australia was responsible for 30% of global production of bauxite, and approaching 15% of that of nickel.

The Ukraine industry

6% of Ukrainian GDP is accounted for by mineral mining. The biggest companies to work for in Ukraine are Anika LLC and Black Iron Inc. The country has approximately $500 billion in mineral reserves, counted for primarily by iron ore. The minerals mined in Ukraine include iron ore, diamond, gold, aluminum, uranium, and coal. Ukraine produces a massive amounts of iron ore and sits in 7th in the world position for production of this mineral.

Guinea mining

A massive 26% of GDP in Guinea is attributed to the mining industry. The big companies to look out for in Guinea are Newmont Mining Corp, Alcoa Inc, Anglo Aluminum Corp and Affino Resources Inc. The chief minerals being mined in Guinea are uranium, iron ore, diamond, bauxite and gold. The estimated that Guineaholds almost 25% of the world’s reserves of bauxite; the largest reserves in the world.

Mining in the USA

Mining in the USA has been ongoing since colonization by the British, although it din’t become a major industry until the 1800’s, with a series of ‘mining rushes’ flowing from the discovery of minerals in previously undeveloped areas.

There were a series of Gold Rushes throughout the 1800’s and 1900’s – though the USA is most famous for Copper and Uranium mining in more modern times.

The United States is the world’s second largest miner of gold and copper and a significant producer of iron ore, zinc, lead, molybdenum and silver. With buoyant demand for iron and lead in the local market, the mining industry supports the US huge manufacturing and construction sectors.

The U.S. metals mining industry is made up of about 200 companies with combined 2013 annual revenues of over $24 billion. The industry supported approximately 36,000 employees and generated nearly $3 billion in exports in 2009.

The largest subsectors in the industry by value of 2009 mine output were gold ($6.4 billion), copper ($6.2 billion), iron ore ($2 billion), zinc ($1.2 billion) and lead ($670 million).

The key players are still BHP Billiton and in the copper and gold industry Freeport-McMoRan are the second largest mining organisation in the US.

Additionally the U.S. mining industry has access to well-developed and reliable transportation and power infrastructure as well as the latest mining technology, products and services.

Victoria is a writer who primarily covers events in business, economics and finance. Her passion is travel, even though she has so little time to actually do any.