With the lack of women in mining, the gender gap in the profession is unlikely to close any time soon. The ESG Mining Company Index found that 61 of some of the largest mining companies ...

Nigeria is seeking stronger partnerships with Australia and Rwanda to improve women’s participation in governance and mining, ...

In Australia, data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) confirms that to date women comprise only 22% of mining employees. As the highest-paying sector in Australia, 92% of mining ...

A high-flying mining manager has revealed the hardship of being a woman in the industry, revealing some think she is just a 'diversity hire'. Sienna Mallon, 27, relocated from Victoria to regional ...

This is the case in the mining sector, which is conventionally male-dominated. Initiatives such as 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100), launched by Women in Mining UK, as well as ...

Lawyers for women who claim they’ve been sexually harassed while working for global mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto say they’ve been inundated with emails since filing two class action cases ...

After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, women are taking on jobs once dominated by men, like coal mining. Before the war, no women worked underground in mines. Now there are hundreds of female ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Betty Jean Hall, an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to enter the coal mining workforce, has died. She was 78. Hall died ...

“Legislation, proposed white papers and labour guidelines have been put in place to overcome barriers for women wanting to enter into a mining career, but it is clear in equity numbers that a ...