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A ROADMAP FOR MINERALS PROCESSING EDUCATION
processing graduates entering industry, at 50%. It is thought that this low
value is related to other industries (e.g. financial) being attracted to the
skillset acquired by mineral processing/engineering graduates. Across
the other countries/regions where data were available, the uptake of
graduates into industry is estimated as being between 80 and 90%. Taking
these values into account, the proportion of women entering the mineral
processing industry directly from mineral processing degree programmes
is 13.9% (based on no women entering the industry from countries/regions
where no data were available) or 19.9% (based on the five countries/
regions representing the whole supply). The lower value represents around
1 in 7 graduates entering the industry being female, while the higher value
is 1 in 5. It is likely that the “true” value lies between these limits.
The data gathered in the IMPC Commission suggest, therefore, a value for
the proportion of women entering the industry with a mineral processing
degree of between 13.9% and 19.9%.
Figure 3: Proportion of female graduates entering industry (LHS)
and contribution of female graduates to total supply of mineral
processing graduates entering industry (RHS) by country/region
(adapted from Cilliers, 2013).
100 9%
% Graduates entering industry 90 % Female graduates entering industry 10%
8%
80
70
7%
6%
60
50
5%
4%
40
3%
30
20
1%
10
0 2%
0%
Africa Australia China North America South & Central America Africa Australia China North America South & Central America
Where are the Women in 159
Mineral Processing?
