Engineering the future: Building resilient supply chains and talent pipelines
January 14, 2026
Trang Tran-Valade writes about critical workforce requirements in the mining industry for Canadian Mining Magazine
The clock is ticking on Canada’s mining workforce and supply chains—but bold strategies, innovative solutions, and next-gen talent could secure the sector’s long-term future.
The mining industry is navigating a twin challenge: maintaining resilient supply chains in an era of global disruptions, while weathering a “grey wave” of retiring talent and a stubbornly persistent skills shortage. Woven together, these threaten to constrain growth just as demand for minerals and metals is booming.
Let’s explore how the mining sector is adapting its supply chain strategies and talent pipelines, what educators and organizations are doing to help, and strategies—including new partnership models—and actions to secure mining’s future.
