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BHP has launched a training school at Olympic Dam for people with no experience in mining.
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The expansion of Olympic Dam using heap leach technology is among the higher-risk and lower-return projects on BHP’s radar, the mining giant told investors today.
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Uncertainty over the Marshall Government’s parked Mining Bill and an “unprecedented” new $2 million slug to companies seeking exploration licences in some of the state’s most desirable sites have prompted industry warnings that investment could be put at risk.
UPDATED | A major expansion of BHP’s Olympic Dam mine has been granted major project status.
Jay Weatherill piggy-backed on a BHP-sponsored media tour of Olympic Dam this morning – not to announce an election policy but to push his jobs message and, more boldly, to send a message of confidence in the state’s electricity system.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in fines and compensation over the death of one of its workers in “foreseeable” circumstances at the Olympic Dam mine in 2015.
Even in the traditionally male-dominated industry of mining, gender equity can be achieved, writes BHP executive Jacqui McGill.
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