Profile of Major Mining & Oil Employers

The natural resources industries will maintain its growth momentum in 2012, making them as one of the best performing industries worldwide, and many mining companies are looking for different types of professionals. 

Apart from the technical professionals such as geologists and engineers, there are also positions available relating to non-technical positions especially in project management, sales & marketing, logistics and accounting & finance. 

We will start a new series by selecting and publishing information on different mining & resources companies worldwide; we hope you find our information useful.

Newcrest Mining (Gold)

Newcrest Mining Limited is engaged in the exploration, development, mining and the sale of gold and gold/copper concentrate. The Company’s operations comprise a portfolio of seven mines, five mines in Australia, one in Indonesia and one in Papua New Guinea. 

Newcrest operates in one business segment being the gold mining industry and derives its revenue from the sale of gold and gold/copper concentrate. 

The Company's activities include six operating mines: Cadia Valley Operations, comprising Cadia Hill and Ridgeway (near Orange, NSW), Telfer Open Pit and Telfer Underground (Pilbara Region, Western Australia), Cracow (Gladstone Region Central Queensland) and Kencana (Indonesia). The Company’s projects include Cadia East, Ridgeway Deeps, Gosowong Extension Project and Hidden Valley. 

As gold price remains very high in uncertain economic times, many gold companies have been expanding their operations to meet the rising demand for gold from investors. It is a good time to join a gold mining company; many companies had been reporting record profits this year.

Rio Tinto 

Rio Tinto Plc (Rio Tinto) is one of the world’s largest mining companies. It is an international business involved in each stage of metal and mineral production. If you are in Canada, you probably seen their TV commercials every night as they are recruiting people across all divisions.

The Company produces aluminum, copper, diamonds, coal, iron ore, uranium, gold and industrial-minerals (borates, titanium dioxide, salt, talc and zircon). 

With production mainly from Australia and North America, the Company operates in more than 50 countries. 

The Company’s businesses include open pit and underground mines, mills, refineries and smelters, as well as a number of research and service facilities. 

Rio Tinto and is structured into five product groups and two global support groups: aluminum, copper, diamonds, minerals, energy, iron ore, exploration and technology & innovation.

The last technology & innovation is one of the reasons why Rio Tinto has been a dominating mining giant in the world, as this division has very strong R&D capability in developing mining related technologies such as analysis, sampling and drilling and exploration. 

Cameco Corporation

Cameco Corporation is a Canada-based company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the exploration, development, mining, refining, conversion and fabrication of uranium for sale as fuel for generating electricity in nuclear power reactors in Canada and other countries. 

The Company operates in four segments: uranium, fuel services, electricity and gold. 

Cameco is an acquisition-driven company; its recent acquisitions include Kintyre uranium exploration project in Western Australia, Global Laser Enrichment, a company specializes in using laser technology for uranium enrichment.  The company is equally well recognized both as a miner and as a nuclear energy & technology company. 

Despite of the set-back caused by Japan’s nuclear disaster, the outlook of uranium remains stable as the demand for uranium is likely to continue from the various nuclear power plants currently under construction, many of them will be commissioned in China over the next few years; or upgraded across Europe and the United States. 

Cameco is based in Canada but its operations are worldwide, if you have interests in uranium, nuclear power or alternative energy, then Cameco could be an interesting company that offers different career opportunities. 

Husky Energy Inc. 

The Group's principal activities are to explore, develop, process, transport, market and sell crude oil, natural gas, synthetic crude oil and a range of derivative products. It operates in three business operations: Upstream, Midstream and Downstream. Upstream segment explores and produces light, medium and heavy crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. 

Midstream segment focuses on upgrading of heavy crude oil feedstock into synthetic crude oil, marketing, development of pipelines and infrastructure facilities to support the upstream operations. Downstream segment refines crude oil and markets the refined petroleum products. The Group operates in Canada, China and Indonesia. It is one of the largest oil companies based in Canada.

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.

The Group's principal activities are production, exploration, distribution, import and export of oil, gas, energy and its by-products. It deals with oil refineries, production of crude oil, and natural gas and generation of energy. 

It has products like: gasoline, diesel, base oil, LPG, natural gas, kerosene, solvents, paraffin, fertilizers, sulfur and aviation fuels. In 2008, The Group had 109 production units and 5,998 service stations all over Brazil. It operates in 27 countries with 4 continents. 

Major discoveries found recently in Brazilian offshore will make Petroleo into even stronger company. Globally, it is now seeking acquisition and joint venture opportunities, it had acquired companies in Australia, Canada, United States and Middle East recently.

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