The Broken Hill Community
Community first
From the outset, the Broken Hill people have welcomed the Broken Hill Cobalt Project and shown solid support for the lifeline it provides to the future.
Not only will the Broken Hill Cobalt Project be large, but it will also be a long-life operation. We expect a project life of more than 20 years. That’s a generation of employment, for somewhere in the region of 400 workers. All of these, we aim to employ locally and avoid Fly-(n-Fly-Out (FIFO) workers wherever possible.
What’s more, those we can’t recruit from within the community, we want to recruit into the community. This means bringing entire families to Broken Hill – which means new housing, new opportunities for skills and training, and new demand for business, services and amenities.
Our commitment
Broken Hill is Australia’s longest-lived mining city and home to one of its most resilient mining communities.
Our vision
To build enduring relationships with the Broken Hill community, characterised by mutual commitment, openness, and shared respect.
Our objectives
To maintain a flow of communication that INFORMS the Broken Hill community about the mining of Cobalt and its value for the future.
To CONSULT in order to better understand what is important to the community.
To INVOLVE stakeholders in identifying issues and opportunities facing the community.
To COLLABORATE on projects that enhance the economic prosperity and social wellbeing of the community.
To EMPOWER the community through contributing towards employment, education, wellbeing, social vibrancy and economic diversification.
Our commitment
The Broken Hill Cobalt Project will be based on sustainable principles and best practice management for water, waste, and biodiversity.
We will work with the Broken Hill community and other stakeholders.
Our priority will be to employ locals and purchase locally wherever we can. We will invest wherever possible in developing local skills and training.
We aim to be here for the long haul – providing jobs and economic prosperity for the Broken Hill region, aligned to a green and sustainable future.
That’s why we’ve called this the Broken Hill Cobalt Project.
Broken Hill has a proud history of mining and innovation. Let’s work together to make history all over again.
Let’s take Broken Hill Cobalt to the World.
