Rio Tinto and the Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation have agreed on a co-designed management plan to ensure the protection of significant social and cultural heritage values.
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BHP veteran spells out mining’s social challenges
While mining companies consistently work to retain their social licence, BHP Billiton's former head of institutional and government relations Osvaldo Urzua boldly suggests the issue isn't only reserved for miners.
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Navigating the waters of mining sponsorship [opinion]
Wesley Enoch discusses the apparent dichotomy between mining sponsorship and integrity, and why it doesn't always, as supposed, exist.
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Are miners more likely to be divorced?
A new study on the professions most likely to be married or divorced highlighted miners are amongst the professions most likely to be married.
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A new vision for mining’s future [infographic]
Visual Capitalist has creased a new infographic outlining how the mining industry needs to change, and the steps it is taking to evolve.
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Report claims mining companies do not have a social licence to operate
Research by the University of Melbourne has found the concept of a social licence to operate is “purely metaphorical” and is negatively impacting both mining companies and the communities in which they operate.
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Australian Mining Prospect Award Winners: Community Interaction – OPEN4U Breakfast
In the small Hunter Valley township of Broke, at about 4.30am a group of about six mining stalwarts are making an effort to combat the ill effects mining has had on the region’s tired employees.
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Fortescue works to rid slavery from global supply chains
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has called on organisations to audit their supply chains, saying modern day slavery is rife.
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