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.
Community news
Christmas arrives in Broken Hill, December 2022
Broken Hill Cobalt Project staff and families caught the Christmas spirit this year, participating in the annual Christmas Pageant on Saturday, 3rd December 2022. The Christmas Pageant and associated festivities are highlights of the Broken Hill community calendar, with the event bringing people of all ages into the historic CBD to welcome Christmas and Santa Claus to town.
Foundation Broken Hill Visits the Demonstration Plant
The Broken Hill Cobalt Project has engaged in a very positive, ongoing relationship with Foundation Broken Hill over recent years, with a common view to maximise community benefit arising from the Project. In October 2022, several Foundation Broken Hill representatives were taken on a tour of the Demonstration Plant at Pyrite Hill to experience first-hand the progress being achieved on-site.
Roy Butler MP Visits Pyrite Hill, October 2022
Roy Butler is the Member for Barwon, a vast north-west rural electorate of 356,292 square kilometres and the state's largest, covering 44.5% of New South Wales. In October 2022, he returned for a visit to the Broken Hill Cobalt Project Demonstration Plant, this time touring Pyrite Hill with our Demonstration Plant Manager, Adam Randall.
Sowing the seeds in community: Cobalt Blue supports disability services in Broken Hill
Our Broken Hill Cobalt Project team have proudly donated the resources to build a new residential garden bed in association with Westhaven, a local agency that provides important disability services and support for people in need in Broken Hill.
Lights, camera, action! Broken Hill Cobalt Project goes to the movies
The Broken Hill Cobalt Project is proud to have continued sponsoring the AGL Perfect Light Film Festival (PLFF) in 2022. This event was held over 3 days from 8th – 10th April, with the local community treated to a feature film night, short film event, and workshops involving experts from the Australian film industry
Media Release: Cobalt Blue Attends Landmark Meeting with Korean President to Discuss Ethical Supply of Cobalt
Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited (ASX:COB) participated in a critical minerals supply chain discussion with Korean President Moon Jae In and other senior Korean government officials, with a view to supplying ethical cobalt to Korea from its Broken Hill Cobalt Project.
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.
Book a tour of the Demonstration Plant
Located in Broken Hill, we are able to host tour groups for site visits to our innovative processing plant. To find out more, contact us.
How to become a supplier
We are proud to be supported by a network of suppliers and service providers who know the mining, building and industrial game locally and are assisting us in meeting our demanding timelines.
Careers at Cobalt Blue
Wherever possible, we will be looking local to attract, develop and retain a local workforce.