DFP Recruitment has released its mining and resources jobs index for January, which registered a seasonally adjusted rise of 1% to 67.97, with vacancies down 35.79% nationally over the past year, but only 7.5% in the last 6 months and 5.1% in the last quarter.
January saw a 3.9% fall in permanent vacancies, but a 7.0% rise in temporary and contract job advertisements (see next chart).