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Sheffield opens Derby doors

WESTERN Australia’s Premier Mark McGowan has officially opened a local office in Derby, in WA’s far north, for Sheffield Resources and its burgeoning Thunderbird mineral sands mine.

 Bruce McFadzean (left), Mark McGowan, Shire of Derby-West Kimberley president Geoff Haerewa, Josie Farrer and Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation chairman Robert Watson.

Bruce McFadzean (left), Mark McGowan, Shire of Derby-West Kimberley president Geoff Haerewa, Josie Farrer and Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation chairman Robert Watson.

The Thunderbird project, midway between the towns of Broome and Derby, will operate on a drive-in, drive-out basis so employees can live and work locally and salaries stay in the region. Sheffield...

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