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Machine learning hiring in mining rose to a year-high in March 2022

How big is the gender pay gap in the UK mining industry?

02/17/2024 01:27:21

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Metals and mining industry M&A deals total $7.8bn globally in Q1 2022

The top five M&A deals in metals & mining industry accounted for 1.2% of the overall value during Q1 2022, according to GlobalData.

Metals and mining industry merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced globally in Q1 2022 totalled $7.8bn, led by China Fangda’s $1.7bn acquisition of Anyang Iron and Steel, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

The value marked a decrease of 78.7% over the previous quarter of $36.38bn and a drop of 47.4% when compared with the last four-quarter average, which stood at $14.73bn.

Comparing M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $5.96bn. At the country level, China topped the list in terms of deal value at $3.96bn.

In terms of volumes, Asia-Pacific emerged as the top region for metals & mining industry M&A deals globally, followed by North America and then Europe.

The top country in terms of M&A deals activity in Q1 2022 was Canada with 19 deals, followed by China with 16 and Australia with 14.

In 2022, at the end of Q1, M&A deals worth $7.75bn were announced globally in metals & mining industry, marking a decrease of 1.2% year on year.

Top deals in Q1 2022

The top five M&A deals in metals and mining industry accounted for 1.2% of the overall value during Q1 2022. The combined value of the top deals stood at $5.27bn, against the overall value of $7.8bn recorded for the quarter.

The top five metals & mining industry metals and mining deals of Q1 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) China Fangda’s $1.7bn acquisition of an 80% stake in Anyang Iron & Steel

2) Tata Steel Long Product’s $1.61bn acquisition of a 93.7% stake in Neelachal Ispat Nigam

3) Shanxi Coking Coal’s $1.04bn acquisition of a 51% stake in Huajin Coking Coal

4) Zhejian Flat Mirror Glass’s $525.78m acquisition of Anhui Dahua Oriental Mining and Anhui Sanli Mining

5) Newmont’s $400m acquisition of Minera Yanacocha

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02/17/2024 01:16:45

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Machine learning hiring in mining rose to a year-high in March 2022

The proportion of mining industry operations and technologies companies hiring for machine learning related positions rose in March 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year.

According to GlobalData figures, 25.8% of the companies analysed were recruiting for at least one position in machine learning.

This latest figure was higher than the 16.9% of companies who were hiring for machine learning related jobs a year ago and an increase compared to the figure of 18.8% in February 2022.

When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to machine learning, related job postings rose in March 2022, with 0.7% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic.

This latest figure was a decrease compared to the 1% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to machine learning in the equivalent month a year ago.

Machine learning is one of the topics that GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, has identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years. Companies that excel and invest in these areas now are thought to be better prepared for the future business landscape and better equipped to survive unforeseen challenges.

Our analysis of the data shows that mining industry operations and technologies companies are currently hiring for machine learning jobs at a rate lower than the average for all companies within GlobalData's job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 1.3% in March 2022.

GlobalData’s reporting has also shown that Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for cybersecurity hiring among mining industry companies in the three months ending February.

The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 31.1% of total cybersecurity jobs, up from 23.2% in the same quarter last year. That was followed by Europe, which saw a 1.3 year-on-year percentage point change in cybersecurity roles.

GlobalData's job analytics database tracks the daily hiring patterns of thousands of companies across the world, drawing in jobs as they're posted and tagging them with additional layers of data on everything from the seniority of each position to whether a job is linked to wider industry trends.

You can keep track of the latest data from this database as it emerges by visiting our live dashboard here.

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