indigenous organisations and mining in the pilbara

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Indigenous Supply Relationship Enhancing Recycling in Pilbara Mining ...

ISS has had a long-standing relationship with AAC who have been one of our key Indigenous suppliers. ISS has partnered with them on several enterprising and sustainable projects that support Aboriginal people in the Pilbara. In 2014, AAC began supplying ISS-run accommodation villages with cooking oils, sourced from canola growers in WA.

Inspiring the next generation of Indigenous mining

Miralga Creek is an extension of the Abydos mine and is expected to produce more than eight million tonnes of ore across a four-to-five-year life. Atlas expects to employ around 300 people ...

Early Indigenous engagement with mining in the Pilbara: Lessons from a ...

Issue no.: 24 Abstract This paper traces the development of the first private company set up by Aboriginal people in Western Australia. This company, Northern Development and Mining (Nodom), was formed in the late 1940s to enable Aboriginal members of the company to develop an economic base from mining and pastoralism in the Pilbara.

About - Indigenous & Aboriginal Consulting

With a work history that includes a mechanical trades background with civil construction and mine infrastructure, operational mining and training management, and business development and management expertise - Brad has a diverse knowledge of the mining sector. As an Aboriginal elder, he has a key focus within the mining sector in Indigenous ...

My Country, Mine Country: Indigenous People, Mining and Development ...

Agreements between the mining industry and Indigenous people are not creating sustainable economic futures for Indigenous people, and this demands consideration of alternate forms of economic engagement in order to realise such futures. Within the context of three mining agreements in north Australia this study considers Indigenous livelihood aspirations and their intersection with sustainable ...

Indigenous people and the Pilbara mining boom - ANU Press

it stems fr om an approach made to the centre for aboriginal economic policy research (caepr) by jeff wilkie of pilbara iron who sought to establish a detailed profile of the pilbara population in order to assist company and public policy discussions on indigenous engagement in the context of rapidly expanding mining activity in the pilbara r .

Aboriginal water values and resource development pressures in the ...

Holcombe, Sarah 2005 'Indigenous organisations and miners in the Pilbara, Western Australia: Lessons from a historical perspective', Aboriginal History 29:107-35, ... Taylor, John and Benedict Scambary 2005 Aboriginal People and the Pilbara Mining Boom: A baseline for regional participation, ANU E Press, Canberra (CAEPR Monograph No. 25). ...

Rio Tinto / BHP's iron mining destroys sacred Aboriginal sites, Western ...

The Pilbara is a large and thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal Banjima people; its ancient landscapes; the red earth; and its vast mineral deposits, in particular iron ore [1]. Exactly here the mining giant BHP Billiton wants to expand its South Flank iron ore mining project [2].

About us - Brida

Key facts: 100% Aboriginal owned. 100% Aboriginal board. 100% local employees (No FIFO) 65% Aboriginal staff. Outstanding KPI results of more than 97% every month. More than 500,000 LTI (Lost Time Injury) free hours. More than 13,000 onsite man hours every month. Supply Nation certified.

Pilbara's Powerhouse - Our observations from the 2022 ... - Gilbert

The Summit was an incredibly valuable opportunity to hear from leading experts and prominent organisations about recent developments, key challenges and future opportunities in the industry. ... presents the opportunity to create a culture of participation and to produce inter-generational benefits for Aboriginal communities in the Pilbara ...

Indigenous Business Australia Archives - International Mining

Indigenous contracting business Civil Road & Rail SX5, part of the broader SX5 Group of companies, will use the new dozer for mine rehabilitation services at Rio Tinto's mine sites in the Pilbara. According to SX5 Directors, Ralph Keller and Cherie Keller, and Co-Director and Eastern Guruma Senior Elder, Kenzie Smith, the act of ...

Pilbara | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

In 2015-16 the average income of Pilbara-based corporations decreased by $0.83 million from 2014-15 (from $7.81 million to $6.98 million), whereas the average income of the top 500 corporations increased by $0.06 million (from $3.77 million to $3.83 million). Although there was a noticeable decline in average income for the last year, on ...

BHP pauses Pilbara expansion following Aboriginal backlash - Mining ...

The revelations by the Guardian came following a huge backlash against Rio Tinto after its expansion in the Pilbara region destroyed a 46,000-year-old indigenous heritage site. Exploited legislation, exploited lands. Section 17 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 forbids damaging or destroying Aboriginal heritage sites.

Aboriginal groups and investors form new alliance to protect heritage ...

Oct 13, 2021A Rio Tinto sign at an Aboriginal heritage site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The new Dhawura Ngilan alliance will bring together powerful investors and Indigenous organisations.

Indigenous Jobs in Port Hedland, Karratha & Pilbara WA

North Regional TAFE. 8d ago. Port Hedland, Karratha & Pilbara. $64,172 - $69,256, generous leave & benefits. Community Services & Development. Indigenous & Multicultural Services. Aboriginality is a genuine requirement under the Equal Opportunity Act.

Pilbara communities - Rio Tinto

Open on week days from 8am to 4:30pm Central Park building foyer, 152-158 St Georges Terrace, Perth Online exhibition open seven days, 24 hours a day, during the exhibition dates. Visit Colours of our Country Counselling programme extended to regional WA communities Supporting WA jobs as COVID-19 recovery phase ramps up

Who we are - IBN Group

Our offices also provide assistance every day to many other Pilbara Aboriginal people who are not IBN members. ... life-changing social programs and development of a Future Fund to provide for the IBN Community long after the end of mining. IBN is recognised as one of the strongest Aboriginal organisations in Western Australia, and it's a ...

Open Research: Early Indigenous engagement with mining in the Pilbara ...

Holcombe, S. Description. This paper traces the development of the first private company set up by Aboriginal people in Western Australia. This company, Northern Development and Mining (Nodom), was formed in the late 1940s to enable Aboriginal members of the company to develop an economic base from mining and pastoralism in the Pilbara.

Pilbara Indigenous artists fight for rights to their art, say ...

A group of Pilbara artists fighting to retain the copyright of their works say Indigenous people are disproportionately exploited when it comes to intellectual property. Key points:

'On Red Earth Walking: The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike': Two Perspectives ...

On Red Earth Walking: The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike is a history of the great strike of marrngu (the Pilbara's Aboriginal pastoral workers) during the later 1940s.This week we feature two reviews of the book, one from the historian and social scientist Tim Rowse, and the other from a former senior Commonwealth bureaucrat in Indigenous affairs, Michael Dillon.

Ten Year Community Plan - Pilbara Development Commission

The Pilbara is a globally significant mining and energy region located in north Western Australia within close proximity to existing and emerging high demand ... working with Aboriginal organisations and communities; 7. Instigate a community awareness training workshop programme on the

Indigenous Entrepreneurialism and Mining Land Use Agreements - SSRN

Abstract. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the focus of this chapter, the mining boom - or the 'ramp up' in production as it is referred to within the industry - is such that negotiations for land access have intensified and annual payments to the Indigenous organisations examined here have increased threefold since 1997.

BHP agrees not to damage 40 Aboriginal heritage sites without ...

Jun 11, 2020On Thursday BHP said it was clarifying earlier statements by promising not to destroy any of the 40 sites in the central Pilbara to expand its $4.5bn South Flank iron ore mining operation, without ...

Mining interests trump Aboriginal heritage in WA's proposed laws - Crikey

Aboriginal leaders in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Perth have rejected the Western Australian government's plans to amend the state's Aboriginal Heritage Act to further streamline provisions ...

Co-designing benefits management structures: A summary overview

Reviews general research on the structure and operation of Indigenous organisations. ... based on a common structure in Western Australia's Pilbara region. This pilot BMS shows how the design considerations work, where improvements can be made and potential examples of 'best practice'. ... Perth: UWA Centre for Mining, Energy and Natural ...

Aboriginal sites and mining conflict in the Pilbara - Google Groups

Juukan Gorge sits about 60km north-west of the remote Pilbara mining town of Tom Price.(Supplied: Puutu Kunti Kurrama And Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation) Share The fears of traditional owners in the western Pilbara, "deeply troubled" after Rio Tinto detonated explosives over the weekend in an area near culturally significant sites dating back ...

Pilbara Indigenous Business Announces Mining Services Joint Venture

YMAC congratulates Nyiyaparli Engineering Mine & Maintenance Services Pty Ltd (NEMMS) and Western Plant Hire (WA) Pty Ltd (WPH) who have just announced an incorporated Joint Venture to conduct Plant Hire and Mining Services in the Pilbara. NEMMS is an Aboriginal owned and run company, established in 2010 by members of the Bung family, who are ...

Supply Nation | Australia's largest national directory of Indigenous ...

Supply Nation's national role in Australia's business landscape. Supply Nation works to connect over 3,800 verified Indigenous businesses on Indigenous Business Direct with more than 600 paid corporate, government and not-for-profit members in every state and territory. Supplier diversity is a growing movement in Australia as we work to ...

Early indigenous engagement with mining in the Pilbara [electronic ...

This company, Northern Development and Mining (Nodom), was formed in the late 1940s to enable Aboriginal members of the company to develop an economic base from mining and pastoralism in the Pilbara. The methods by which this company operated and the impetus behind its formation, which stemmed from a pastoral strike and associated social ...

Indigenous Alliance - Mitie Construction

Koodaideri Pty Ltd. A 100% Aboriginal owned and operated business run by members of the Banjyma Language Group in the central Pilbara region. Their team have over 100 years combined experience in the construction and mining industries, including expertise in supervision, skilled trades, mining and rail operations.

Pilbara rock art custodians want WA government, Woodside to hit pause ...

Unlike many Indigenous organisations in the Pilbara, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation does not have a steady income from mining royalties to fulfil its responsibilities to look after Murujuga.

Pilbara - Wikipedia

Prehistory. The Aboriginal population of the Pilbara considerably predates, by 30-40,000 years, the European colonisation of the region. Archaeological evidence indicates that people were living in the Pilbara even during the harsh climatic conditions of the Last Glacial Maximum. The early history of the first peoples is held within an oral tradition, archeological evidence and petroglyphs.

How mining supports Indigenous Australians - Australian Mining

The study also found higher employment rates for Indigenous Australians in regions with mining activity. "In remote areas, the overall Indigenous employment rate in mining areas was four ...

Indigenous People and the Pilbara Mining Boom: A ... - ResearchGate

As a consequence of this mining boom, the Pilbara population of approximately 45,000 is expanding. Taken as a whole, the Pilbara indigenous population of 6,000 is young, relatively under-educated ...

Centre Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Early Indigenous engagement with mining in the Pilbara: Lessons from a historical perspective S. Holcombe WORKING PAPER No. 24/2004 [Revised August 2006] ISSN 1442-3871 ISBN 0 7315 4923 6 . ... Indigenous organisations—the Nodom, Pindan and Nomad Companies, that were formed in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s respectively for mining and pastoral ...

Pilbara Indigenous - Pilbara Country

Pilbara Indigenous There are more than 31 Aboriginal cultural groups in the Pilbara. Many of these languages have between 2 and 5 dialects. Within some languages there are further varieties that are not as distinct as a dialect.Most groups are referred to as language groups.

Pilbara Development Commission :: Community Development

Pilbara Aboriginal Place Names. The IBN Aboriginal Place Names partnership project aims to research and catalogue place names in traditional languages for significant sites, such as hills, rivers and waterholes, located on the Yinhawangka, Banjyima and Nyiyaparli lands of the inland Pilbara. The project will capture the information into a language database, transfer details onto a digital ...

Indigenous people and the Pilbara mining boom - OAPEN

3.3. Dependency ratios for the Indigenous population of the Pilbara and Western Australia, 2001 32 3.4. Indig enous emplo yment b y industry sector and hour s worked: Pilbara SD, 2001 33 3.5. Indigenous Organisations in Pilbara SLAs, 2004 35 3.6. Rank order of top 20 industries of employment: Indigenous and non-Indigenous workers in the Pilbara ...

Dr Sarah Holcombe - UQ Researchers - University of Queensland

Indigenous organisations and mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia: lessons from a historical perspective ... Indigenous organisations and mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia: lessons from a historical perspective. Aboriginal History, 29, 107-135. doi: 10.22459/ah.29.2011.07 'Whose ethics?': Codifying and enacting ethics in research ...

Search titles - ANU Press

The largest escalation of mining activity in Australian history is currently underway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Pilbara-based transnational resource companies recognise that major social and economic impacts on Indigenous communities in the region are to be expected and that sound relations with these communities and the pursuit of sustainable regional economies involving ...