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People in mining
The resource sector in New Zealand employs directly 6800, and, indirectly, a further 8000. Properly managed and encouraged, the mining industry could triple or quadruple its contribution to the NZ economy.
Kirsty Hollis, pictured as mill manager at Newmont Waihi Gold, has done much to promote opportunities for women in the mining industry.
Mining coal on the West Coast, New Zealand. Mining today is a high-tech and highly-skilled activity.
Newmont Waihi Gold. Turning rock into silver.
Jobs in the mining industry include biodiversity conservation. A stoat trap is installed as part of a blue duck recovery programme on the West Coast, New Zealand.
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Modern mining:
The person at the other end of this rock-drilling machine can earn more than $100,000 a year, and will commute home at the end of every shift.
With the aid of 3D maps of the ore body, this tunnel goes right into a vertical mass of gold and silver-rich quartz veins at Newmont Waihi Gold's Moonlight underground mine. No effort is spared or wasted in removing the ore. This is modern, hi-tech mining.