Global miner has no plans to follow in the footsteps of peers BHP and Shell to collapse its dual listing, according to people familiar with its thinking.

Indigenous heritage protection has become a hot-button issue since miner Rio Tinto legally destroyed culturally significant rock shelters for an iron ore mine 18 months ago.

Australia's Evolution Mining has agreed to buy Glencore's Ernest Henry Mining copper-gold mine in Queensland, with Glencore taking 100% of the copper output.

The bill will focus on reaching an agreement with Aboriginal groups and on obtaining full, prior and informed consent for development of projects.

The remains of two bodies were identified after specialized cameras were fed into the Pike River coal mine through boreholes, police said in a statement.