Growing Together

Students from the local Moura and Banana State Schools, Traditional Owners from Gangulu Nation, local community members, and employees from Anglo American, Komatsu, and Mitsui got together to plant 1,000 native trees at a community planting day at the Dawson Mine Viewing Platform.

The young people had the opportunity to join in the planting, learn more about local flora and rehabilitation from environmental experts, hear about Cultural Heritage from Gangulu Nation representatives, and complete rock art painting activities. They were all given free plants to take back to their homes and schools.

A further 9,000 trees have been planted at the newly constructed Kianga Creek Diversion, near Moura and 4,000 trees were planted at the Dawson Mine last year.

Tyler Mitchelson, Chief Executive Officer of our metallurgical coal business said the partnership was helping to embed sustainability practices within both companies and the broader Central Queensland community.

“Our Sustainable Mining Plan contains ambitious sustainability targets to help transform our business, including a commitment to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040,” he said. “It guides us in not only minimising the impact of our mining operations, but also in seeking to deliver positive and lasting environmental outcomes.

“We’re committed to ensuring that the land where we operate is rehabilitated to provide ongoing value to communities, and this partnership is a further demonstration of that commitment.

“Being able to collaborate with our industry partners, Traditional Owners, local school students, and community members is a powerful way to increase the impact of our partnership, and achieve improved sustainability outcomes locally,” he added.