Despite one federal government agency predicting job losses in the mining sector generally over the next five years, an investigation by National Safety suggests that the opposite is almost certain.rnIn its less-than-optimistic annual update of employment projections, the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) forecasts that employment in the mining industry is likely to decrease at an average rate of 1.5 per cent per annum over the next five years, with the biggest drop in metal ore mining (minus 2.7 per cent).
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