Mining

There are more than 120 different career opportunities in the Mining Industry.

How might we help create a greater awareness of these opportunities?

The Mining Industry faces many challenges. How might we assist the mining companies address one or more of the challenges they face?

Sustainability is about meeting the current needs of an Industry without compromising the needs of the future of the sector. Many of our daily products are dependent on the mining industry such as batteries, display screens, electric cars, musical instruments etc. The materials currently mined may at some point become depleted.

How can we help to ensure the sustainability of the Mining sector should this occur?

Our world is constantly changing to develop more efficient and safer ways to complete tasks by incorporating robotics systems.(How Mining Robots are Replacing Humans)

How can we incorporate robotics to support this sector while maintaining employment opportunities?

Coding has many definitions beyond computer language. How might we support the use of coding within the Mining sector?

Equity is described as “freedom from bias or favoritism”. (Merriam-Webster). According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, Gender inequality runs deep in mining.

How might we help to ensure equity in this sector?

What are the most common hazards within the Mining sector? How might we change/improve the efforts to prevent these hazards?

What is the impact this sector has on the Environment? How can we minimize the impact this sector has on the environment?

The United Nations has categorized the many challenges we face globally and has developed 17 interconnected Goals. Which Global Sustainable Development goal might this sector be able to best support and How might we help them to support this goal?

Entrepreneurs are considered “agents of change”. They have the ability to “change the way we live and work. Their innovations may improve standards of living, create jobs and contribute to a growing economy”. (Investopedia) How might you be an “agent of change” in this sector?