The agreements, established in 2012, are a way that industry can forge new relationships with Indigenous Peoples to create local employment, business opportunities and build skills and capabilities of local residents.
“Across our operations, it is our ambition to create long-term relationships with Indigenous Peoples based on trust and mutual benefit – and these contract awards demonstrate this ambition in action,” chief commercial officer Vandita Pant said in the statement.
“By integrating local suppliers and Indigenous businesses into our supply chain we are working hand-in-hand with First Nation partners to build long-term positive outcomes for communities and for BHP.”
The three and a half year contracts are valued at over C$260 million ($187.8m), and will support more than 400 local jobs with over 50% planned to be Indigenous.
Since sanctioning Jansen Stage 1 in August 2021, a total of C$470 ($339.5m) million in…
