Owner of the Great Australian Mine on the outskirts of Cloncurry have switched from a FIFO workforce of 80 per cent to just 20 per cent by deciding to hire locally.
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Santos deny claims contractors used sacred site as toilet
Santos has hit back at claims it used a scared Indigenous site as a rubbish dump, stating there is no evidence to support the claim, despite local Indigenous groups saying contactors used the site as a toilet.
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CSG company accused of dumping rubbish on sacred Indigenous sites
A native title group have protested outside a Santos shopfront after claims contractors working on the GLNG pipeline destroyed a cultural heritage site by using it as a rubbish dump.
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Seabed mining ban sees mining body call on compo
The peak body for exploration companies has demanded compensation from the Northern Territory government after it repealed licenses granted to three miners when it prohibited seabed mining off Groote Eylandt.
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Miner defends proposal to mine on heritage land
Burrup Materials’ director has defended his mine proposal on heritage-listed land in the Pilbara, after coming under attack from a Greens MP.
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Morris Corporation wins massive Fortescue accommodation contract
Morris Corporation has won a $435 million contract to provide catering and hospitality through its Indigenous joint ventures at Fortescue's Pilbara operations.
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Indigenous group ‘joyous’ over Native Title claim win
The Banjima people of Western Australia’s Pilbara region have won a Native Title claim covering over 10,000sqkm after a 15-year court battle.
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Rio signs MoU to boost Indigenous economic independence
Rio Tinto’s Gove Operations and the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to complete a feasibility study for bauxite mining on Gumatj lands in the Northern Territory.
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Fortescue awards $1bn in contracts to Indigenous companies
Fortescue has reached its set target of awarding more than $1 billion in contracts to Indigenous businesses by the end of 2013.
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Miner charged $150k for sacred site damage
Mining junior OM Manganese has apologised after a judge handed down a $150,000 penalty in a case of desecrating a sacred Aboriginal site.
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Rum Jungle mine gets rehabilitation funding
The Australian Government announced a $14.5 million funding allocation for rehabilitation of the former Rum Jungle mine in Northern Territory.
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Maules Creek mine protest continues for second day
Local Indigenous community members have spent a second day protesting against Whitehaven’s Maules Creek mine, claiming the company failed to consult them about cultural and heritage concerns.
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More contractor layoffs at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine
Indigenous mining contractor Ngarda will lay off a number of staff posted at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine.
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Protestors line up to stop Whitehaven’s Maules Creek mine
Protestors have formed a picket line at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine development, vowing to continue their fight against the project that received final approval last week.
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Miners looking at human rights policies
Mining, oil and gas companies are increasingly designing human rights policies that will control the effects of their projects on indigenous communities, according to a native title lawyer.
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Roadshow to showcase mining jobs for indigenous Australians
Today’s Gidarjil Roadshow in Bundaberg promise to be a good opportunity for local indigenous people to learn about employment in the state’s booming energy sector.
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NT Government supports increased mining exploration
The NT government is unsatisfied with the fact that there have been so few new mining projects in the past few years.
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Battle over site ‘desecration’ continues
Mining junior OM Manganese has reinforced claims it damaged but did not desecrate an Aboriginal site in the Northern Territory, the Darwin Magistrates Court has heard.
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NT Government call for land rights reform
The Northern Territory government has called for reforms to Aboriginal land right laws.
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Miner to fight desecration charges
OM Manganese says it will plead guilty to damaging a sacred Aboriginal site in the Northern Territory but denies desecration charges.
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