Skillings Mining Review May 2023: our cover, Ten Trends Shaping Iron Mining in 2023, distills the year’s big forces—grade and quality premiums, decarbonized steel demand, price volatility, logistics bottlenecks, capital discipline, and automation—into a practical playbook.
Around the iron story, we look at Australia’s wage premium and the strategic iron-ore stance toward China, funding realities for South African projects, and the M&A pulse. Operations and risk get equal weight: new explosives & blasting upgrades, China’s cash-for-copper crackdown, gold trade risks in the DRC, and career guidance in our Skillings Mining Career Series.
We also cover coal job declines as clean energy scales, how to find buyers for copper assets, and regional spotlights from British Columbia to North American mining jobs—plus a quick pass through the iron-ore market setup for the second half. The through-line: win on quality tons, safe productivity, and credible financing.
