MMG puts a strong emphasis on Indigenous employment and its relationships with the local communities in which it operates. The company treats people with respect, while recognising cultural differences.
MMG has one of the highest Indigenous employment rates with its Century mine drawing around 20 per cent of its employees and contractors from local Indigenous communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The Gulf Communities Agreement, the tri-partite agreement between the mine, Queensland State Government and Native Title holders sets a broad agenda for support of local Indigenous communities alongside the mines development, operation and ultimate closure.
In Laos, the majority of the Sepon copper and gold operations’ 2,500 employees are drawn from villages in the Villabouly district of the Savannahket province supported by expatriate managers from Australia and all over the world who have made Laos their home.