Faststream is a mining recruitment firm with 130 employees across regional hubs in the UK, Singapore, Perth, Texas, and Florida. They have placed over 1500 professionals in 54 countries in the last 12 months and have access to over 600,000 visitors annually on their website. They recruit for a wide range of mining roles and have a global database of over 120 candidate nationalities. Their services include permanent recruitment, contract recruitment, executive search, recruitment process outsourcing, and international payroll services. They have strong performance metrics such as referral to placement ratios well below industry averages and low staff turnover.

1. Mining Specialist faststream.com

2. Fast facts
130
Employees
Regional Hubs in
UK, Singapore,
Perth, Texas
& Florida
14Years in
Business
Over 1500 More than Access to
Professional Placements
made in 54 Countries
170,000 600,000
Unique Candidates visitors annually via
in the last 12 Months
Registered Faststream.com
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3. Specialist teams
Mining
Geology Mine Engineering Plant & Metallurgy Corporate & Commercial
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4. We recruit for
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G • upply Chain Mining specialists
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• eologists – Resources
G • SE Security Mining specialist
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• xploration Managers
E • inancial Mining specialists
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• ine Surveyors
M • rofessional Support Services
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• lant Mill Managers
P • ommunity Environment
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M • onstruction Managers
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• aintenance Engineers
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Global database of over 120 candidate nationalities
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5. Our services
Permanent Contract Executive
Recruitment Recruitment Search
Recruitment International Campaign
Process Payroll Management
Outsourcing Services
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3.03 : 1 1.95 : 1 1.12 : 1 1 in 263
Significantly below industry average staff turnover
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7. We add value
Produced by: Major mining corporations, mid-tier, juniors and single mine companies are
struggling to recruit enough geologists, mining engineers, metallurgists and
other technical professionals, to fill standard job functions. inevitably this will
lead to extreme shortages amid the huge projects penciled for development
over the next decade.
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it is a problem which is being faced in both the developed and developing world. driven
by continued strong commodity prices, new mines are opening worldwide and an already
challenging labour market is getting tighter and tighter. according to its chamber of Minerals
and Energy, western australia alone will require an extra 33,000 workers to keep its mines
operational by the end of 2012 and canada’s Mining industry Resource council recently
81%
estimated that it will need 100,000 new workers by 2020. bhP billiton has predicted
australia’s resources industry will need an extra 170,000 workers in the next five years.
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12 Months. whilst some of these workers will of course be lower level unskilled support staff, many
will need to be mining professionals with both a university degree and several years of
experience.
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REasons and only 19% foR MonEy.
given the ageing profile of the current workforce and a lack of engineers and geologists
with enough experience, the labour resourcing requirements for new mining projects at
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various stages of development across the globe are simply not going to be met. Production
targets and project deadlines are inevitably going to slip. the time taken to train a mining Geologist Mineral Engineer - fantastic Mine Manager
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