Daniel Tucker

Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation chairman Daniel Tucker is confident the company will become the first Aboriginal-owned and operated iron ore miner this year, after signing a mine gate sales deal with Fortescue Metals Group.

Indigenous contractors such as Warrikal, Carey Mining, and Brida illustrate the increasing maturity of the sector.

Mineral Resources has surprised the market by purchasing an iron ore project from Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation, and also bought into a legal fight with Fortescue Metals Group.

Prominent Aboriginal mining executive Daniel Tucker has resigned from the company he founded after it scrapped a deal with Fortescue Metals Group in favour of working with Mineral Resources.

Mineral Resources has mapped out ambitious growth plans that would see the company producing more than 90 million tonnes of iron ore per year.

Carey Mining was one of the first private Aboriginal contractors to be established in Australia and it’s still going strong.

One of Western Australia’s largest indigenous contractors and a major privately-owned engineering firm have established a joint venture targeting work with tier-one miners.

The Aboriginal business sector in the Goldfields has been a poor cousin to the Pilbara but is starting to develop.

Indigenous business leaders have shared their stories and set an agenda to achieve more progress in the fast-growing sector.

One of WA’s most senior mining executives, former AngloGold Ashanti boss Mike Erickson, has taken on a senior corporate advisory role at Indigenous contractor Carey Group.

Three of WA’s largest indigenous businesses have recorded substantial revenue increases, but labour costs are eating into profits.