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AUSTRALIAN mining industry employment has dropped 8% from its peak in May 2012.

Hannah Vickers

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics quarterly labour force report estimated total workforce numbers for the mining sector at 242,000, a 5% drop from the previous quarter and an 8% dip from the peak...

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