Native Title negotiations loom for WA miners

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Native Title negotiations loom for WA miners

WA miners could be on the hook for substantially larger payments to Aboriginal groups as new Native Title agreements loom large.

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WA pushes for native title changes to protect mining leases

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Miner's alarm at native title rule

Mining companies have voiced their alarm at being required to sign new native title agreements that have increasing royalty payments to groups asserting traditional ownership over vast tracts of resources-rich Western Australia. Their concern is based on a WA government ruling that has set the scene for drawn out and fraught negotiations between traditional owner groups demanding hefty royalties and miners. More than $1bn in mining royalties is …