MINING AND QUARRYING #LABOURDAY FACTS
Today’s #mining and #quarrying industry is a sophisticated, science-based business that provides essential materials we all use every day – and a very different industry than in the past.
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#Mining/#quarrying employs 5500 #NovaScotians and generates $420 million per year in economic activity.
97% of jobs at #NovaScotia #mines and #quarries are filled by Nova Scotians. The industry is committed to hiring locally.
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#Mining is #NovaScotia’s highest-paying resource industry. Its average wage is over $55,000 per year – on par with the province’s financial services sector - and an entry-level job like haul truck driver pays an average of $25 per hour.
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We believe the most important thing to come out of a mine is the #miner, and our #safety record reflects this. Injury rates in #NovaScotia's #mining and #quarrying industry have been reduced 90% in the last two decades.
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Learn more about #mining, #minerals and #geology at NotYourGrandfathersMining.ca or by following our daily educational social media posts.
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