Hi I'm 1st yr mining engo/commerce
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1756142
Heres ^^^a thread that talks about it.
Mining Commerce is a good double cause i think that they can assist each other in ways (mainly the mine planning and mine economics part of the mining engo degree which is kinda small)
I have 3 friends also doing the double they all believe its good because it will help them move into a managerial position once they have graduated or a consultancy positions. But when you graduate you most probably wont use your commerce degree until later mainly because companies want mining engineers not commerce students.
I spose it helps you gain a greater understanding of how the business works and how mining is connected to the world economy. As for getting management no not really because they want people with experience, if a company you work for wants you to be a manager they will pay for you to do an MBA part time effectively making ur commerce degree useless.
I suppose it differentials you but its not something that companies are gonna care that much about because all they are interested in is in employing mining engineers
But there are a few cons in that all of your friends who do mining will graduate before you and get jobs before you.
However I still do it havnt done any commerce subjects yet. It is easier to get into the double through HSC than getting high marks at uni because its just a massive effort at uni to have really high marks. and you can always drop stuff when you are doing the double.
But im more interested in doing it because of the opportunities it offers like more exchange stuff and doing languages if you major in certain stuff.
