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Shima Jagernath has a particular ability to connect with others who visit her office. That office is a space where all employees in the Suriname Branch in Paramaribo, can come with their concerns and better understand how to progress in…

A client’s geology superintendent once told Christine Mae Coquilla something bold. He said it feels good to have a woman’s perspective in the mining industry because women think differently than men. Fortunately, that once-unthought-of opinion is becoming more prevalent as…

By definition, leadership is not a masculine trait. That point is personified in Major Drilling Brazil Underground Supervisor, Simone Félix dos Santos. She is recognized not only for her skills, but also for the balance she brings to the workforce.…

Bhing Maglantay (left) tours the Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah, USA, with Michael Carbone (right), now serving as Regional Controller for Australasia and Africa, and Higor Remigio, Major Drilling America Assistant Controller. Update on Bhing Maglantay, Major Drilling…

For years, women in Mexico were sidelined from mining, due in part to early mining superstitions that bad luck followed after a woman visited a mine. Fortunately, new waves of diversity and inclusion are overcoming long-held folk wisdom as the…

Catching Up With Kala Cassinelli, Major Drilling America, Driller Assistant March 2021 Since featuring Kala Cassinelli in Major Drilling's 2020 feature on Women in Mining, she continues to excel in her career in drilling and provides the following update: After…

Catching up with Laura Lee, Major Drilling Canada, Percussive HSEC Coordinator Update: October 2021 In April 2020, I transferred from Timmins, Ontario, Canada, to our Sudbury, Ontario, branch and was thrilled to be working under the same roof with the…