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Foxleigh Joint Venture | | Category: | Organisation | | | Sub Category: | Proprietary Company | | Place: | Bowen Basin, Central Queensland | | State/Country: | Queensland, Australia | | Alternative Names: | Foxleigh Mining Pty Ltd
| | Summary Information: | | | Foxleigh Mining is the operator of a coal mine in central Queensland. The project is a joint venture between Brisbane company CAML Resources (63%), ICRA Foxleigh, part of the Japanese Itochu group (20.6%), and Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) (16.4%). | | Detailed Information: | | | The mine commenced operations in late 1999 and presently exports coal to steel mills in Korea, Japan, and elsewhere. In July 2004, the mine had between 20-30 Indigenous employees on site among an employee population of approximately 230.
IBA envisages that the Foxleigh venture will provide a role model for other mining companies, many of which currently employ high cost fly-in, fly-out workers. IBA instead encourages the training of Indigenous workers in local communities to provide for a future workforce. | |
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