The Australian Minerals Industry is defined as covering the exploration and mining of minerals and the associated minerals processing industry.
Read about MCA's position on Occupational Health and Safety in the minerals industry.
Through their commitment to Enduring Value, MCA members and other leading companies commit to upholding fundamental human rights and respecting cultures, customs and values in their dealings with employees and others affected by their activities.
Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Australian minerals sector strongly supports the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Japan.
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| 06/05/2008 | Media Release: Victorian Budget on Track The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) endorses the Victorian Budget’s strong contribution to sustainable economic growth, to effective climate change policies and to addressing capacity constraints in the economy that threaten the scale and longevity of the present minerals industry expansion. |
| 22/04/2008 | Media Release: MCA calls for measured transition to Sustainable Emissions Trading Scheme Measured transitional arrangements will be the key to ensuring the proposed emissions trading scheme achieves its environmental objectives without compromising economic growth, community living standards and the competitiveness of Australian industry, the Minerals Council of Australia’s (MCA) Chief Executive, Mr Mitchell H.Hooke said today. |
| 02/04/2008 | Media Release: Otway Clean Coal Project - Global leadership in climate change solution. The campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing clean coal took a major step forward today at the launch of Australia’s first carbon dioxide storage demonstration project. |
| 20/03/2008 | Media Release: Minerals Council of Australia. MCA elects new Chairman. |
| 14/03/2008 | Media Release: Farmers and miners join forces to tackle skills shortages in Dubbo. Skills shortages in the mining and agriculture industries were tackled head on today at the launch of a pilot project directed at building the pool of skilled workers available to both industries in the Dubbo Region of New South Wales. |
| 11/03/2008 | Media Release: Farmers and miners join forces to tackle skills shortages in Townsville. Skills shortages in the mining and agriculture industries were tackled head on at the launch of a pilot project directed at building the pool of skilled workers available to both industries in the Townsville Region of Queensland. |
| 04/03/2008 | Media Release: Minerals Council of Australia Victorian Division The Minerals Council of Australia welcomes Victorian Government announcment of exploration projects. |
| 12/02/2008 | Minerals Council of Australia, 2008-09 Pre-Budget Submission, January 2008 The Minerals Council of Australia calls on the Federal Government to signal a new direction for macroeconomic policy to emphasise investment in infrastructure over consumption in its 2008-09 Pre-Budget submission. |
| 06/02/2008 | Media Release: Minerals Council of Australia. Farmers and miners join forces to tackle skills shortages in Port Augusta. |
| 18/12/2007 | Media Release: Minerals Council of Australia. Profitable Minerals Industry gears up for continued boom - survey. |
> a sound, fair and stable society, where effort is encouraged and rewarded and a helping hand extended to those in need; and
> a sustainable natural environment, reflecting national consistency and balance in policy settings.
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| 27/5/2008 | MW08: Minerals Week Hyatt Hotel & Parliament House, Canberra |
| 15/09/2008 | SD08: Sustainable Development Conference Darwin Convention Centre, Northern Territory |