Role of Information Communication Technologies Regarding Employment Aspect in Mining Industry

Abstract

The information and communications technologies represent a significant field in each sector of the economy. Currently, they are very rapidly growing means that bring new aspects in the particular industrial sectors. Employment is a very important perspective here. As the mining industry belong to the primary sector of the economy, it represents an essential part in a form of the first input branches. Nowadays, the information and communications technologies bring to the forefront novel methods and approaches that have been gradually becoming significance. The explored area covers all the 27 European Union member countries dated to the year 2020. The data set comprises the time period from the year 2008 to the year 2020. Employment in the mining industry from a view of the information and communications technologies is understood in the two ways – as a manufacturing side and as a side of the services offered here. Moreover, the altogether perspective is illustrated too. The nature of the data is investigated through the Jarque-Bera test, while the main analytical technique is the correspondence analysis. The scrutinised member countries of the European Union demonstrate the various development in the employment from a view of the information and communication technologies in the mining industry as a part of the primary sector of the economy.