Perth, Oct. 24 -- Australia will lead its first-ever First Nations Business Mission to India this month, aimed at strengthening trade and investment opportunities between Australia's First Nations peoples and India's mining and renewable energy markets, an official release stated.

Eight Australian Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) companies will travel to Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata from October 26 to November 3 to foster partnerships and explore business opportunities. In a historic first, all eight businesses are Australian First Nations-owned, the release added.

Australian First Nations - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - are among the world's oldest continuous civilisations, extending back over 65,000...