Australian mining jobs stand at two-year low at end-May

From argusmedia.com

Employment in Australia's resources sector during March-May fell to its lowest since December 2017-February 2018 as Covid-19 impacted some part of the sector. Some 233,300 people were employed in Australia's resources sector at the end of May, down from 246,300 a year earlier, and below the 240,900 workers at the end of February, according to labour data for February-March by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This was the lowest level of employment in the sector since the 230,700 employed at the end of February 2018, the ABS data showed. The ABS did not provide a breakdown of employment within the mining ... (full story)