Commentary: African expat salaries back on the rise after tepid 2016
Salaries for expatriates working in Africa are trending upwards after 85% of mining companies increased wages in 2017, according to research by our African-specialist human…
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Commentary: How a board should craft executive pay in a rebounding market
Determining executive compensation can be tough enough for a mining company to get right in a normal year, but unique challenges arise as the mining…
What an HR manager can do in a downturn
Asking miners to work on their Human Resources strategy when the industry horizon appears to hold little that is positive may appear futile. But changes…
Executive compensation proves resilient
As if investors weren’t gloomy enough these days. Now a survey of 100 leading companies in the mining industry suggests that executive compensation has been slow to adapt to the sector downturn, and more disturbing, that “there…
Commentary: African expatriate salaries continue to fall
Expatriate salary benchmarks in Africa are trending downward with a 10% drop in base salaries over the past year, according to research by our firm Globe 24-7, an African-specialist human resources consultancy.
Letter to the editor: Being female never held me back
In response to the Letter to the Editor entitled “Daughters – Avoid mining or geology as a career” (T.N.M., June 15-21/15),
Letter to the editor: Women in mining a complex issue
Lesley Stokes’ commentary last week entitled “Gratitude for women pioneers” is a thoughtful insight and response to the letter published a week earlier, “Daughters: Avoid geology or mining as a career.”
Editorial: Women remain an untapped resource in mining
We’ve been receiving feedback from readers and industry participants in recent weeks on the experiences of women in the Canadian mining industry.
Commentary: Australia, its economy and mining
You can expect a salary of A$150,000 or more as a truck driver at a remote iron ore project in Australia. The country has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the economic boom in China, having grown continuously for more than two decades….
Commentary: Pay packages shrink for mining execs
Over the past year in the mining industry, we have seen many impairments and writedowns, project cancellations, project postponements, capital spending cuts, profit downgrades and reported net-income losses. Not surprisingly, this has affected…
Commentary: Mobile employees and the stay-put generation
If you manage a mining company with assets abroad, sooner or later you will have to consider whether you are going to staff the key positions with local nationals, or send someone from the home office.
Commentary: The cyclicality of global mining executive pay
Mining is an unpredictable business, but it’s still cyclical in nature. In good and bad times, the industry faces new, unique challenges, and nowhere is this more evident than in executive compensation.