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What's on offer?

Career opportunities in the extractive industry include those in:

Challenging and exciting career opportunities!
Industrial Minerals
Quarrying for the construction industry
Mineral Processing
Exploration
Gold and Base Metals Mining
Coal and Iron Ore
Diamonds and Gemstones
Smelting and Refining
Environmental Management
 Challenging and exciting career opportunities!

Take a closer look at some of the challenging and exciting careers the extractive industry can offer you!

Requiring a degree [Click for more details]

Mining Engineer/Mine Manager

Quarry Manager

Minerals Surveyor

Minerals Process Engineer/Mineral Processing Operator

Geoscientists

Metallurgist

Environmental Engineer

Industrial Technology

Health and Safety

Law and Finance

Requiring training [Click for more details]

Quarry Operative/Plant Operative

Mining Technician

Blaster/Shot firer

Geological Technician/Laboratory Technician

Haul Truck Driver

Where are they now? - Learn more about the lives of people who work in the extractive industry todayDig this! - Read about cutting edge mining and quarrying projects in the UK and throughout the worldFieldstudies - Discover how both active and dormant extractive sites offer fascinating fieldstudy opportunitiesWhat's yours is mined! - Find out how much the extractive industry underpins each of our daily lives