The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) represents a world-leading minerals sector that is dynamic, diverse, sustainable, and a major contributor to national income, investment, highly-paid, highly skilled jobs, exports, and government revenues.
Australia’s minerals industry is innovative, technologically advanced, capital intensive, and environmentally and socially progressive.
The MCA engages with the community, other industries, industry and representative bodies, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to reinforce and raise awareness of the industry’s contribution to national resilience and the prosperity of all Australians.
The industry is a global leader in responsible mining through the integration of economic progress, responsible social development and effective environmental management.
The safety, health and psychological wellbeing of the mining workforce – where everyone who goes to work returns home safe and healthy – is the industry’s number one value and commitment.
Australia needs a modern and flexible workplace system that attracts investment, creates and preserves jobs, supports communities and contributes to national prosperity.
Mining must earn and maintain the trust of regional communities to operate. This requires respectful and ongoing engagement, enduring community benefits and fair, transparent practices.
The resources sector pays the highest wages, generates substantial economic activity, pays significant tax and delivers more export revenue than all other sectors combined.
Flexible learning, specialist training and stronger collaboration between industry and education providers will generate more highly skilled, highly paid jobs across regional Australia.
Australia requires a stable policy framework that provides low-cost, reliable energy while enabling all low emissions technologies to be developed.
