Philippines-focused Medusa Mining has named recently appointed director Jeff McGlinn as its new chairman, replacing Andrew Teo who will become the company's managing director.
Fortescue Metals Group's recent awarding of $179 million in contracts to Aboriginal businesses highlights two different approaches to indigenous development.
One of the state's largest indigenous contractors, which counted Fortescue Metals Group and Roy Hill Holdings among its clients, has been placed into liquidation.
Contractor Indigenous Construction Resource Group has suffered two setbacks, with its half-owned joint venture ICRG North expected to go into liquidation owing creditors about $4 million.
Indigenous Construction Resource Group has diversified its business by purchasing consulting group NANA Australia, the local offshoot of a giant Alaskan native corporation.
Western Australia's largest indigenous contractor has parted ways with chief executive Jeff McGlinn, less than a year after the former NRW Holdings boss was lured out of retirement.
Western Australia's largest indigenous contractor has elected a new chairman and confirmed plans to lift both Aboriginal ownership and Aboriginal participation on its board.
Indigenous contracting in the Pilbara is getting more competitive, more complicated and arguably more divisive, as players chase a shrinking pool of work.
Perth-based Indigenous Construction Resource Group is poised to become a bigger player in the mining services sector after its chairman, Clinton Wolf, lured NRW Holdings founder and former managing director Jeff McGlinn out of retirement.
Fortescue Metals Group has set an ambitious target of having Aboriginal workers fill 20 per cent of all trades positions in its workforce, on the back of an apprenticeship program launched today.
A federal government move to set itself targets for indigenous procurement has met with a disappointed response from established contractors, with one critic labelling it as ‘smoke and mirrors'.
Facing a slowdown in mining-related construction work, indigenous contractors are diversifying into new fields, establishing joint ventures and highlighting their Aboriginal credentials. Click through to also see our BNiQ list of 25 major indigenous contractors in WA.
Aboriginal contractor the Indigenous Construction Resource Group has made the largest pledge by an indigenous company to the Australian Employment Covenant - promising to deliver 150 jobs for indig
THE desire for economic development and employment outcomes from resources projects has resulted in indigenous contracting deals becoming a major part of native title and land-use agreements.
Indigenous businesses are building capacity through joint ventures and are growing on the back of multi-billion dollar contracts from big mining companies.
ECONOMIC development is the answer to indigenous liberation in Australia, facilitated through procurement and contracting of indigenous corporations and joint ventures.
