A major mineral producer was recently applauded for commissioning many big ticket contracts. Fortescue Metals Group’s (FMG’s) Billion Opportunities program has awarded more than $4...
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Conversations and collaborations about the resources sector’s future must include Indigenous Australian communities, a panel found. About 80 per cent of future minerals are based on Indigenous...
First Nations-owned businesses supplied 36 per cent more in the past financial year, the latest data shows. Nearly 150 First Nations enterprises out of a total 535 Indigenous suppliers did business...
A new study by the University of South Australia has found less than 10 percent of mining companies in Australia have publicly stated their position on engagement with Aboriginal communities...
After 37 years of operations and having exhausted its economic reserves, the iconic Argyle diamond mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has celebrated its final day of mining...
After a COVID-19 delay, the inquiry into the destruction of Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge will finally travel to Western Australia next week to see the damage first hand...
Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (BNTAC), the prescribed body corporate for the Banjima People, together with BHP, today announced plans for the establishment of a Heritage Advisory...
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2020 is now open for public consultation. This new legislation will replace the outdated Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 concluding more than two years of...
Four new mines inspectors have been officially sworn in by Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion, including the state’s first Aboriginal Special Inspector of Mines. “Their skills...
