21 AUGUST 2015www.cairnspost.com.au
Glencore to proceed with bauxite mining project in Aurukun, Cape York
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The Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Anthony Lynham has confirmed the competitive bid process to mine a bauxite lease in Aurukun will not be reopened. Dr. Lynham told at an open community meeting of about 30 people in the Cape York community on Saturday the Swiss company Glencore would proceed with the project.
“The next stage for the project is for the department ... to consider Glencore’s application for a mineral development licence,” he said after the meeting.
Glencore was named preferred proponent by the former LNP government over local company Aurukun Bauxite Development (ABD), which has signed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement with Aurukun’s Native Title Body Ngan Aak-Kunch (NAK). It was the first time Dr Lynham, as minister, visited Aurukun to discuss the lucrative bauxite mining lease on Wik Waya land.
“I really valued the opportunity to hear directly from the community and to assure the community, face-to-face, that the government wants to see them gain immediate and continuing benefit from the development of Aurukun’s bauxite,” he said.
“The next stage for the project is for the department ... to consider Glencore’s application for a mineral development licence,” he said after the meeting.
Glencore was named preferred proponent by the former LNP government over local company Aurukun Bauxite Development (ABD), which has signed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement with Aurukun’s Native Title Body Ngan Aak-Kunch (NAK). It was the first time Dr Lynham, as minister, visited Aurukun to discuss the lucrative bauxite mining lease on Wik Waya land.
“I really valued the opportunity to hear directly from the community and to assure the community, face-to-face, that the government wants to see them gain immediate and continuing benefit from the development of Aurukun’s bauxite,” he said.
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