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  Climate change | BHP

  BHP’s climate change strategy contains a series of targets and goals. We hold senior management accountable for progressive implementation through a direct linkage between these targets and goals, and executive remuneration. We are committed to advocate for public policy in pursuit of global. We remain alert to technological, political, and ...

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  Groote Resources faces legal action over Aboriginal land

  Groote Eylandt, off Arnhem Land, is unfriendly territory - for miners. Photo: Andrew Meares Groote Resources, the former sleepy uranium explorer Western Uranium, has moved to gatecrash BHP Billiton's stranglehold on highly profitable manganese mining on Groote Eylandt, 630 kilometres south-east of Darwin. Manganese is a key raw material used in …

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  Tropical Cyclone Megan closes major mine in Australia’s north

  2024317 · The storm has already led to the closure of a manganese mine on Groote Eylandt island, the world’s largest producer of the metal.

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  NT government to consider independent air monitoring on Groote Eylandt ...

  2023417 · After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on Groote Eylandt, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station.

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  Iron ore | BHP

  Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be extracted. There are four main types of iron ore deposit: massive hematite, which is the most commonly mined, magnetite, titanomagnetite, and pisolitic ironstone. These ores vary in colour from dark grey, through to deep purple, rusty red and bright yellow.

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  Vehicles and boats seized as fraud probe spreads - ABC News

  2013412 · Making waves: GEMCO, which is 60 per cent owned by BHP Billiton, produces more than four million tonnes a year of ore from its Groote Eylandt mine and pays royalties to an Aboriginal Trust. (Adam ...

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  Cultural resilience and social wellbeing: A case for …

  2023817 · Abstract: The Anindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt have encountered extraor-dinary social upheaval since the arrival on the island of missionaries and the devel-opment of a large manganese mine ...

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  BHP Billiton Withdraws from Ok Tedi Copper Mine and …

  BHP Billiton today completed its withdrawal from the Ok Tedi copper mine in Papua New Guinea with the transfer of its 52 per cent equity stake to PNG Sustainable Development Program Limited (Program Company), a development fund that will operate for the benefit of the Papua New Guinean people.

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  BHP GEMCO FIFO Village, Groote Eylandt NT » MDA …

  1  · The GEMCO Fly in Fly Out village on Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory will replace the existing temporary housing facility, providing 584 new accommodation units and central facilities on a 5.5 hectare block. As well as providing private sleeping areas for mining staff, the Village will house a central kitchen, …

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  Indigenous peoples | BHP

  Our ambition BHP’s ambition is to create long-term relationships with Indigenous peoples based on trust and mutual benefit. Respecting and partnering with Indigenous peoples aligns with BHP’s purpose of bringing people and resources together to build a better world, our focus on delivering long-term social value and our commitment to working with integrity.

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