Is mining an expensive job

Answer 1

Salary wise, mining can pay poorly, or it can pay very well. You might get a dollar a day at a mine in India, but you might make over $100,000 a year at a big diamond or gold mine in the far north of Canada, where high wages must be paid to attract qualified workers and make up for appallingly tough working conditions.

If you're asking whether mining itself is expensive, that's also highly variable. A small mine can be started by one man with a drill and a case of dynamite. The current average cost of starting a serious mine these days, however, is around a billion dollars.

So, to sum up, mining can pay well, and can be very expensive indeed.