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min2664 BHP Billiton’s plan to create the world’s largest open-cut mine in South Australia has won federal and state government development approval. It brings with it up to 6000 jobs during a decade-long construction phase, 4000 ongoing jobs at the mine and 15,000 indirect jobs. However, with the potentially enormous economic benefits comes a warning from the the Greens , who say it will create a “carcinogenic mountain range of radioactive waste”. The proposed $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper, uranium and gold mine, which yesterday won separate environmental approvals from the commonwealth, South Australian and Northern Territory governments, is expected to bring 25,000 jobs and a flow-on economic benefit of up to $65bn over 30 years. The sheer scale of the project, spruiked by Labor yesterday as the largest mining venture in history, has government officials in South Australia concerned about the state’s ability to meet expected demand for skilled workers and supply of goods and services. read the full article The challenge of staffing such projects and the overall issue of resourcing the resources sector will be explored at Resource Humans Australia 2011 to be held in Brisbane 15-17 November 2011. Technorati Tags: Resource Humans Australia 2011 , skills shortage , mining , jobs , BHP Billiton , Olympic Dam , resource sector
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