New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Australia will lead its first-ever First Nations Business Mission to India this month, to strengthen trade and investment opportunities between Australia's First Nations peoples and India's rapidly growing mining and renewable energy markets, an official release said.

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 relationships and explore partnership opportunities. Australia's First Nations peoples-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples-represent one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations, with a history extending back over 65,000 years.

Commenting on the visit, Australia's High Commissio...