Resources

Some employees begin careers in mining after attending college, completing an internship, or obtaining training through a local union. Below are links to opportunities for becoming more proficient at your job and advancing your career.

Colleges with mining programs

Michigan Technological University

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Rend Lake College

Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

University of Kentucky

Internships with mining companies

Delta Companies (Southern Illinois Stone)

Fred Weber (Bluff City Minerals)

Holcim

Lehigh Hanson (Hanson Material Service)

Plote Construction (Beverly Materials)

Rogers Group

Vulcan Materials

Walbec Group (Midwest Aggregates Payne & Dolan)

William Charles Construction

Unions representing some of the mining workforce

Laborers International Union

Teamsters

Operating Engineers