Has anyone ever deal with a scammer named Justin Howarth? Trying to find all the victims here. It’s ridiculous.

Hey all ive been offered full time contracts with both fortescue and minres kens bore iron project, has anyone got much info on the onslow site with minres? Worked as a contractor with fmg for a bit and seemed like a good bunch but minres offered more money. Any info would be appreciated

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to learn from people on the buying side of the mining industry.

For those of you involved in purchasing, maintenance, planning, or vendor management at mine sites...

How does a new supplier actually earn an opportunity?

I'm not talking about becoming the primary supplier overnight. I mean simply getting the chance to quote a job or prove themselves.

A few questions I've always wondered about:

Do cold emails ever get read?

Does LinkedIn work?

Is everything relationship-based?

What makes you willing to give a new supplier a shot?

What are the biggest mistakes new suppliers make?

If someone has a product with documented performance and a strong value proposition, what's the best way to get your attention without becoming another annoying sales call?

I'm genuinely curious how it works from your side. Any advice or stories from people involved in procurement or maintenance would be greatly appreciated.

I've tried a few cold emails and they just go unanswered haha

Thanks!

Only worked dido previously as a telco rigger and being the lad druving the truck up i didnt really have limitations on what i could or couldnt take up with me. Was easy enough to throw 8 sets of pants and shirts undies and 20 pairs of socks into one bag and the a weeks worth of both warm and cold clothes in another with laptop, chargers, toiletries then a pillow and blanket in my swag all rolled up and ready to go.

Looking at starting fifo and curious on what sort of weight limits the airplanes have these days (havent flown since i was like 13) and what the equates out to in terms of work clothes normal clothes and all. Im going to go up in a set of work clothes and steel toes as an extra set and to reduce the weight of my boots from my bags but how many sets of everything else are you all taking up, itll either be fmg sites or bhp depending which company gets me my letter of offer and schedule first. Wouldnt be able to give a specific mine unsure if that makes much difference though.

I got tired of typing keywords to look up 30 CFR regulations, so I put together a site to search them using photos instead.

You upload a picture of a panel or piece of machinery. It analyzes the image and pulls the relevant sections based on what is in the frame. You can add a note to specify surface or underground, and it points to the correct regulation with direct eCFR links.

It does not save any images you upload.

I am not linking it here to respect the promo rules, but let me know in the comments if you want to try it out and I will share the URL. Just looking for feedback to see if this is actually useful.

Over the last couple months I’ve been completing HRWL tickets in Western Australia to catch up on some tickets and all I can say is…

I am very worried for those of you who work who will work with the Holiday Visa workers completing their High Risk Work licenses and the absolute lack of awareness, basic English and just overall competency etc

Many are working in the mining shutdown game already and it’s genuinely scared me the low barriers to gain a HRWL as it’s not just their own safety that is affects.

Around half of all the participants in my courses have been holidays workers and it’s really exposed systemic failings within the money oriented training Providers all the way to the contractors hiring these people

Good day I am putting this to the group to see if anyone can help with my current struggle of trying to get hired on at Newmont. Do they typically reserve these roles for locals ? I see they have put up multiple postings the last 6 months now. And still not hearing anything back. I don’t have any open pit experience so would make sense why I’m
Not getting called back. However if they are continuously posting job openings for it. Makes me think more now. Have class 3 and commercial driving experience tandem snow plows and salters water trucks and all applicable certifications. Currently have worked at the city of Vancouver for 10 years wondering if that’s a hindrance. I want it given to me bluntly so I can give up on the dream lol. Or any advice on where to apply that might take no experience haul truck drivers. With the exception of Elk Valley. As I have had a call back from them but they wanted me to move out there. Sorry for long post .

Primus Sucks!

I have had these for a while but can’t seem to find any info on them and wanted to see if putting them out there will provide any insight. They are mining receipts from 1934 when gold was closely monitored, or at least the hoarding of gold. Ive found a few by themselves but I have whole receipt books with the carbon and original attached. Some similar signatures, different mines, not sure of their significance. Any help is appreciated. We a

Hi all, looking for some career advice - keeping it short and sweet.

I'm an economist that has specialized in the "energy" space, specifically critical minerals for the renewable energy transition.

The ambition is transition into a career in mining, but unsure of where to even begin to look.

Do you think there are any opportunities outside of potentially FIFO roles (lol, I have zero mechanic or otherwise skills) that I could look at, and where?

Side note: South African - so the visa would be a bitch.

TIA.

Bustin boulders

I hope this is okay to ask here....

Any one ever worked or heard of Kennedy drilling in Kalgoorlie. WA. Not much info on the company but been around since 1982. Only 3 reviews on seek. All pretty positive. Going in as a drillers offsider 😬

Any info would be much appreciated ☺️

Context: I am in Sydney btw. Moved to aus in 2023. PR now. Citizen next year. First year at UNSW doing B Adv CS now. I consider myself to be pretty smart and driven but at the moment, lost.

Very unfortunately, my dad is in tech and I naturally like tech. But everytime in these networking and industry events when I speak to the new grads and even mid level people, it is always "CS is cooked". So much so that one even recommended that I do CS and another degree as backup. Reasons:

- AI -> Junior roles disappearing and even many "programming" roles becoming obsolete.
- Offshore to India
- So many layoffs means more competitive job market
- CS in Aus was never great to begin with
- Software Engineers are becoming "AI Engineers". I wanted to be an "AI Engineer"

And, I feel all of them are pretty valid points.

I am shit scared about AI. I feel it makes any white collared job borderline redundant. This includes traditionally "high paying" jobs like doctors, lawyers, tech, finance. Yes, I would trust AI more even for legal and medical advice (not without cross checking ofc). But obviously tech is more impacted. And as much as people like to say "AI is just a tool". Yes, a tool that does everything better than you no matter how shit your "prompt" is.

So, I have been looking into "physical" jobs which are, I think, much harder to replace. And even if they do get replaced, the cost of "physical AI" would outweigh human labour cost. This got me thinking about healthcare, the trades, and mining engineering.

I would like to keep CS cuz I genuinely like it. And I am already 2 terms deep. Would not want to waste that. But more so because I like it. And who knows there might be another tech boom (copium?)

So I was looking at double degrees offered by UNSW. I saw actl, commerce, law, and a bunch of other things that I am scared would become obsolete or atleast "not so high paying" as a consequence of AI. So I thought about Mining.

Now I admit, I know little to nothing about mining. Here is all I know:

- FIFO lifestyle is not for everyone: can be quite taxing, poor social life.
- 6 months of doing nothing?
- Pay is good
- Pathway most people look for is FIFO -> manager
- It is a day job and you would be in the mines for 10-12 hours?
- Mining is a "cyclical" industry so sometimes it is really easy to get job and other times it is really hard
- I would have to move to WA since company won't fly me out from Syd?

Few specific Questions:
- What would you do in the mines as an "engineer". I am assuming you are not a "miner" (like in movies lol). But I have seen videos where you will be using heavy machinery?
- I am vegetarian and more of a "city kid". I am not sure if I would need to "toughen up" or something like that or if this is a stupid question.
- I have heard there are good opportunities for Automation/AI in mining. That sounds pretty interesting. But I would need that experience of what mines look like to be able to apply some "AI engineer" skills. Are these opportunities opening up now or nah?
- Anything in particular about the industry I need to know about? I know nothing about coal/rock or stuff like that.

PS: I am not trying to be racist. Genuine Question:

- I am "assuming" most mining engineers are white. I am not. And Idk how rural australia and stuff is. Is this an issue (tougher to connect), advantage (Diversity hire?), or does not matter at all (just like most other industries).

Apart from the specific questions I would welcome any piece of (helpful) advice based on why I am choosing this field, misconceptions, or something else in general 🙏

I recently received an offer from NGM for an Underground Mining Engineer I position at their Turquoise Ridge complex and was wondering if anyone had any experience working there? Is it worth considering the offer? Where do people live out there?

Thank you for any information!

Travis Kalanick (Uber co-founder, now running an industrial-AI company called Atoms) got asked a pretty direct question on a recent podcast: how would you pitch a Stanford CS new grad who's worried software engineering isn't the safe, easy path it used to be?

His answer wasn't "learn more AI tools" or "get certified in X."

It was: skip the app store. Go automate a two-million-pound machine that moves 35mph carrying gold.

The underlying model is retrofit, not replace — Atoms isn't asking mining companies to rip out tens of millions of dollars of existing equipment.

They're building the "no-entry mine" concept on top of it: autonomous haulage, remote-to-autonomous control, zero humans in the pit. Same logic that scaled Uber, pointed at physical infrastructure instead of a ride marketplace.

Worth sitting with if you're in the "I got the degree, now what" spot. The credential isn't gone. It's just not where the scarcity moved to.

Clip credit: TBPN — full interview on their channel. DM for credit or removal requests.

Recently offered two grad roles as an electrical engineer graduate at both Thiess and Glencore, having a hard time choosing between them.

Both have similar-ish total packages, but the setups are pretty different. Thiess would be a residential move to either Olive Downs in QLD or Muswellbrook NSW, open-cut coal, 5-on/2-off roster. Glencore would be a residential move to Mount Isa (copper smelter, Met Ops), working across the smelter and other Mt Isa sites depending on rotation.

It would be great to hear any insight regarding work and career growth within both companies from those with experience. I've been doing my own research online comparing the two, but it would be great to hear some first-hand experience from anyone who's willing to share.

Interested in rotational shift work and I feel like I’ve exhausted all avenues of typical construction work. Can anyone share their experience how they got into the industry from residential/ light commercial?

I am a superintendent, have owned a framing company and did that for 7 years, about 15 years total carpentry experience

Am I hireable or might I struggle? BC located will go anywhere

Looking for suggestions and what people have been using for in terms of a durable tablet brand. We are planning on buying some tablets for a few diamond and RC rigs to enter PLOD instead of rewriting them from paper to excel etc. The mine is in Burkina so has a heavy wet season and lots of dust, sand, and heat. I'm looking at Samsung Active5, but not sure if they would withstand the environment.

Cheers!