Staff at Newmont gold mine munch through 16,200 eggs and 3 tonnes of meat a week

As the setting sun casts a pinkish-orange glow across red earth and a golden spinifex horizon, a swarm of hungry men and women in high-vis get off their bus and flock to the dry mess at Twin Hill Village. 

Here, they’ll refuel their bodies after a long, hot day working above and below ground at…