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...
An industry body has applauded a multinational resources company’s most senior Indigenous Australian employee as a shining example of diversity. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) recently...
What does Traditional Ownership in the resources sector mean? There is a lot of history, law and context in looking at this question. But let’s first address the word ‘Indigenous’. For any industry...
Despite 23,000 resources jobs lost in Queensland during the downturn, new data reports a 20 per cent increase in the number of Indigenous employed in the sector last year. The Queensland Resources...
With National Reconciliation Week commencing on Wednesday, BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie announced the company’s support for Constitutional Recognition and the Recognise campaign. Reflecting on...
After leaving Roma and driving several hours north through dry semi-arid bushland, the approach to Carnarvon Gorge comes as a lush, tropical surprise. The soaring palms, rich green ferns and...
The ACCC is investigating claims that Aboriginal cultural consultants and mining companies have engaged in ‘price fixing’ for services and have destroyed artefacts to make way for new...
