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BHP clocks up Local Buying Program milestone

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BHP’s Local Buying Program has reached a major milestone with more than $1 billion spent with small, local and Indigenous businesses across regional Australia.

Since its launch in 2012, the program has helped nearly 1600 small businesses become part of the BHP supply chain, involving over 67,000 work packages.

A partnership between BHP and C-Res, the Local Buying Program makes it easier for small business owners to competitively bid for supply opportunities through a streamlined onboarding, procurement and payment process that includes seven-day payment terms or less.

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BHP backs Future of Work training initiative

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Gold.

BHP is partnering with the Commonwealth Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) to create training opportunities for up to 1000 Australians in regional areas.

The mining company is investing $30 million in the Future of Work Program, designed to strengthen economic resilience in regional communities.

The program offers advanced apprenticeships, skills and short-course training opportunities, targeted to address the specific needs of local workforces and small businesses.

“BHP is supporting a business-led recovery through our ongoing operations and significant investments in regional Australia," BHP president Minerals Australia Edgar Basto said.

"We will help Australia bounce back by. . .

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Union survey highlights Operations Services gripes

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A mineworkers' union says a survey has shown only 4 per cent of those employed by BHP’s Operations Services are satisfied that their wages and conditions stack up with Queensland coal industry standards.

It comes as the mining giant tries to lock in their substandard conditions with fresh Enterprise Agreements, CFMEU Mining and Energy says.

Queensland President Stephen Smyth said the survey results should send a clear message to BHP that it was time to negotiate a better deal with their Operations Services (OS) Queensland coal workforce. 

Mr Smyth said the union was pushing to get BHP to. . .

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BHP examines sorting strategies with CRC ORE

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BHP is working with an Australian research consortium to examine deployment of cutting-edge preconcentration techniques.

Olympic Dam in South Australia  is one of the locations where BHP is actively examining bulk ore sensing and sorting opportunities – techniques within the Grade Engineering suite of technologies.

Grade Engineering is a key innovation of the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE).

BHP received a high-level bulk ore sorting deployment strategy from CRC ORE for Olympic Dam, along with a framework and calculator for the quantification and ranking of bulk ore sorting strategies at the. . .

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BHP records lift in metallurgical coal production

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BHP has reported a four per cent increase in metallurgical coal production in the past quarter, with Blackwater back at full capacity towards the end of that period.

The company said guidance for the 2021 financial year remained unchanged at between 40 and 44 Mt in relation to its stake in the metallurgical coal mines (71- 77 Mt on a 100 per cent basis).

However it said it was monitoring for any potential impacts from restrictions on coal imports into China.

Strong underlying operational performance at its Queensland coal operations, including record truck and shovel stripping, was partially offset by. . .

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Jasper truck’s unusual hue a touchstone for inclusion

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A new Komatsu 930E-5 haul truck at BMA’s Goonyella Riverside Mine stands out from the rest - with its tray painted turquoise in celebration of BHP’s LGBT+ ally community, Jasper.

The group’s name was inspired by the gemstone jasper – an opaque and fine-grained variety of quartz known for its unique multi-coloured patterns - reflecting the rich diversity of the LGBT+ community.

BHP said the LGBT+ ally network focused on strengthening the company's inclusion culture by providing advice on ways to mitigate bias and ensuring that LGBT+ people were respected, valued and free from discrimination. 

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Major BHP apprenticeship pledge and METS support

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BHP will create 2500 new apprenticeship and traineeship positions within five years through its BHP FutureFit Academy hubs at Mackay and Perth.

That will mean about 1250 positions at Mackay, including the 225 people already enrolled, in addition to a separate skills development investment focused on regional areas throughout Australia.

The commitment today from BHP chief executive officer Mike Henry is part of a wider training and METS business support package representing an investment of almost $800 million.

It includes funding for 3,500 new Australian apprenticeship and training positions, and driving up to $450 million into supporting business opportunities. . .

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Big Australian buys into NT copper

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BHP has teamed up with Encounter Resources in a deal that could see it spend up to $22 million on a Northern Territory copper project.

The Big Australian has entered an option agreement with Encounter covering the 4500 sq km Elliott copper project.

Elliott was first identified by analysing new datasets generated by Geoscience Australia, as part of the Federal Government’s Exploring for the Future Program.

BHP can earn a stake of up to 75 per cent over 10 years by spending up to $22 million.

“New data has shone a light on the potential for copper to be. . .

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BHP details billions spent in Australia

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BHP has injected more than $33 billion into the Australian economy in the past financial year.

The company's latest economic contribution report showed this included about $11.2 billion in taxes, royalties and other government payments during the year.

In Queensland, where BHP operates a raft of Bowen Basin coal mines, the company paid $919 million in taxes and royalties.

Nationwide BHP increased its workforce by more than 5000 to approximately 45,000 employees and contractors, predominantly in operational roles in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance asset president James Palmer said the $33 billion BHP. . .

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Top line-up for national resources awards

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The finalists for the BHP 2020 Women in Resources National Awards have been announced, featuring 37 inspiring people across six categories.

Queensland contenders include Jo Best from Hastings Deering in Brisbane (Dyno Nobel Exceptional Woman in Australian Resources Award) and Kathryn Young from BHP’s Peak Downs Mine in Moranbah (Newcrest Exceptional Young Woman in Australian Resources Award).

The 2020 event includes the inaugural Maptek Women in Resources Technological Innovation Award.

Larnie Mackay from Anglo American’s Moranbah North mine, Ellie Barnes from Hastings Deering in Queensland and Priya Gore from BHP in Queensland are among the women in the. . .

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Coal company signs up for renewable power supply

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BHP has signed a deal that will see it meet half of the electricity needs across its Queensland coal mines from low-emissions sources, including solar and wind.

The company says the renewable power purchasing agreement will help it halve emissions from electricity use in its Queensland operations by 2025, based on FY2020 levels.

The agreement, with state-owned clean energy generator and retailer CleanCo, will run for five years from January , 2021.

It will support the development of new solar and wind farms in Queensland – the Western Downs Green Power Hub due for completion in late 2022, and Karara. . .

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BHP to offload BMC Queensland coal assets

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BHP has flagged plans to offload the Bowen Basin metallurgical coal mines it owns in joint venture with Japan's Mitsui and Co.

In its annual results presentation today the company said it would pursue options to divest its interests in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC) as well as thermal coal businesses New South Wales Energy Coal and the Cerrejón mine in Colombia.

BHP holds an 80 per cent stake in BMC, which owns and operates South Walker Creek mine and Poitrel mine in Central Queensland.

Despite the company reporting a 4 per cent drop in annual profits, BHP chief executive. . .

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BHP coal mines put new spin on circular economy

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A new circular economy initiative in the Bowen Basin will see mining truck tyres recycled for the first time in Australia.

Up to 30 new jobs are expected to be created as a result of the partnership between BHP and Novum Energy.

Used earth moving tyres from all seven BMA and BMC coal mines will be supplied to Novum, who will convert them into heavy and light oils, carbon black, syngas and steel at a processing plant being built in Nebo. 

“This is the first time in Australia that mining truck tyres will be recycled - and we’re doing. . .

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Scheme to tackle emission reduction in supply chains

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Major mining and gas players are among the Australian industry heavyweights signing up to scheme to work towards net zero emissions in supply chains.

BHP, Woodside, BlueScope Steel, BP Australia, Orica, APA Group, Australian Gas Infrastructure Group and Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers – which together represent 14 per cent of Australian industrial emissions – have signed on to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative.

The initiative aims to set Australian industry up for a success in a decarbonised global economy, by harnessing industry knowledge to develop pathways and actions that can accelerate emissions reductions across whole supply chains – in sectors where. . .

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Strong performance at BHP’s Qld coal sites

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BHP has achieved record production at its Caval Ridge and Poitrel coal mines in the Bowen Basin in the last financial year.

Metallurgical coal production was down three per cent to 41 million tonnes across its Queensland operations, based on BHP's stake in the mines.

The total output for the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance and BHP Mitsui Coal operations in Queensland last year was about 73 million tonnes.

BHP highlighted a strong underlying operational performance at its Queensland coal operations, including record underground coal mined atBroadmeadow and record annual production at Caval Ridge and Poitrel.

However this was offset by. . .

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Fair Work win in union fight over BHP labour model

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The miners' union has claimed a victory in its battle against BHP over its Operations Services workforce conditions.

The Fair Work Commission this week upheld an appeal against approval of the enterprise agreements covering Operations Services staff over concerns they weren’t genuinely agreed by workers. 

It was an interim decision allowing BHP seven days to decide whether it will make further oral submissions to the Fair Work Commission on the enterprise agreements.

The CFMEU says the two agreements were voted on by a small number of iron ore workers in Western Australia before being applied to a growing Operations. . .

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