Mining Industry Average Employment

2005 - 2025

	2025e	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Alderon Iron Ore Corp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	88	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atlantic Barite Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	9	13	11
Atlas Salt	15	10	10	6	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AuMEGA (Formerly Matador)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BarCan (Barite Mud Services Inc.)	19	19	4	18	20	19	0	0	9	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaver Brook Antimony Mines Inc.	8	9	7	107	105	106	104	9	9	9	10	11	12	104	112	101	85	87	21	1	2
Canada Fluorspar Inc.	196	155	45	10	257	346	296	255	222	22	8	10	7	5	4	2	2	2	0	0	0
Carew Services Limited	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
CEMEX Materials Newfoundland Inc. (CEMEX)	112	91	92	92	90	65	86	98	103	118	151	127	115	98	89	58	40	93	86	75	75
C-Mac Construction Limited	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Continental Stone Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Crew Gold Canada Ltd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
Equinox Gold (Formerly Calibre Mining)	854	616	176	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FireFly Metals Ltd. (Formerly AuTECO Minerals Ltd.)	216	129	41	289	208	195	189	194	185	175	151	168	143	147	159	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fisher Hills Bluestone	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Galen Gypsum Quarries Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3
Hurley Slate Works Company Inc.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	27	42	48	68	55	36
International Granite/ Terra Nova Granite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Island Aggregates/NCL Holdings	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	200	200	138	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Found Gold Corp.	58	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newfoundland Pyrophyllite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12	6	3	4	4	8
Peat	18	16	14	15	14	15	22	22	20	20	19	25	16	13	16	4	17	15	17	16	15
Richmont Mines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Rio Tinto IOCC	2,300	2,200	2,180	2,181	2,035	1,957	1,858	1,813	1,810	1,747	1,753	1,863	1,946	1,983	1,635	1,534	1,525	1,571	1,473	1,247	1,290
Roycefield Resources Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sand & Gravel/Stone	557	557	557	557	557	557	557	546	535	552	542	531	521	511	473	577	481	437	350	365	370
Search Minerals	0	0	0	23	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shabogamo Mining & Exploration Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	8
Signal Gold Inc.	0	0	0	105	105	95	95	84	95	90	90	65	68	68	66	44	24	24	30	1	2
Tacora Resources Inc.	667	663	677	595	554	318	157	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd.	548	545	516	360	275	202	250	251	415	150	865	707	330	71	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teck Duck Pond Operations	5	5	3	4	11	9	10	8	16	17	120	315	386	335	330	326	287	287	195	173	200
Terra Nova Granite (2007) Inc.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0
The Kami Iron Mine Partnership (Champion Iron)	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Torngait Ujaganniavingit Corp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	23	12	13	42
Trinity Performance Minerals	18	21	14	19	22	18	14	12	9	6	8	11	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Voisey's Bay	2,526	2,345	3,882	3,867	3,566	2,781	2,454	1,954	1,499	3,315	3,315	3,185	6,600	5,600	3000	1,772	1,200	750	850	850	850
Wabush Mines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	67	495	479	460	429	361	434	455	438	438
SUBTOTAL	8131	7407	8221	8251	7836	6692	6101	5257	4934	6246	7057	7226	10950	9643	6513	4891	4123	3806	3588	3272	3361
Exploration	684	587	748	350	340	210	210	210	210	210	210	210	284	448	361	241	140	340	341	170	140
TOTAL	8815	7994	8969	8601	8176	6902	6311	5467	5144	6456	7267	7436	11234	10091	6874	5132	4263	4146	3929	3442	3501

p: preliminary; f: forecast; e: estimate; r: revised
Source: Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources

Last updated: Thursday, January 15, 2026