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1 year, 7 months ago

Juukan Gorge rehabilitation work underway three years after Rio Tinto blast

ABC

Three years since sacred rock shelters at Juukan Gorge were destroyed, works have started to rehabilitate the land — but the pain still runs deep for the traditional owners. Key points: The Puutu Kunti Kurrama Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation says it is working with Rio Tinto to remediate the land The traditional owners are also working to recover cultural material from …

Heritage Traditional Work Owners Rio Supplied Trott

3 years, 8 months ago

Rio Tinto hit by huge protest vote on executive pay over Juukan destruction

ABC

Rio Tinto investors have given the miner a slap in the face at the company's annual general meeting in Perth by voting against big bonuses for top executives to protest the destruction of sacred Aboriginal caves at the Juukan Gorge. Key points: 60 per cent of Rio Tinto investors vote against executive pay plans after destruction of ancient caves Traditional …

Board Pay Protest Vote Thompson Rio Executive

3 years, 10 months ago

Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson to resign over Juukan Gorge destruction but First Nations leaders and investors say more heads should roll

ABC

An investor advocacy group says the Rio Tinto chairman could be unseated at this year's annual investor meetings in the wake of the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia, despite the big miner's announcement that Simon Thompson would stand down in 2022. Key points: Simon Thompson and Michael L'Estrange will resign before the 2022 shareholder meetings This …

Board Resign Nations Thompson Rio Lowe Jacques

3 years, 11 months ago

Rio Tinto acknowledges 'mistakes' in communicating with traditional owners about management changes

ABC

Rio Tinto has moved to deal with fresh concerns raised by the traditional owners of the Juukan Gorge heritage sites, which were destroyed in blasts by the mining company to access iron ore. Key points: Juukan Gorge traditional owners wrote a scathing letter to Rio Tinto criticising executive movements Following reports of the letter, Rio Tinto and the PKKP Aboriginal …

Relationship Traditional Owners Tinto Rio Tinto Vella Pkkp Letter Rio

4 years ago

Rio Tinto may have to pay $250 million in Juukan Gorge compensation, native title chief warns

ABC

Rio Tinto could have to pay up to $250 million in compensation to the traditional owners of Juukan Gorge, according to the chief executive of the National Native Title Council. Key points: A parliamentary inquiry has found Rio Tinto should pay compensation The company destroyed the 46,000-year-old rock shelters earlier this year The mining industry is opposing calls for WA's …

Industry Mining Sites Rio Traditional Owners Western Australia Tinto

4 years, 3 months ago

Juukan Gorge destruction caused by 'stupid actions', says former Rio Tinto executive

ABC

A former vice-president of Aboriginal relations at Rio Tinto said the miner's reputation as a global leader in heritage management may never recover after it blasted the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Key points: Former Rio Tinto executive says the destruction of Juukan Gorge followed a 'lot of stupid actions' Rio Tinto blew up to the 46,000-year-old Indigenous …

Heritage Commission Told Rio Barnett Executive Aboriginal

4 years, 4 months ago

Indigenous artefacts pulled out of Juukan Gorge before Rio Tinto blast sitting in shipping containers, inquiry hears

ABC

An internationally renowned anthropologist has raised concerns about the preservation of thousands of priceless artefacts from ancient rock shelters in the Pilbara, removed before Rio Tinto blasted the site to mine for iron ore. Key points: Anthropologist gives evidence at parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of caves at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia Professor Glynn Cochrane is concerned ancient Indigenous …

Inquiry Traditional Owners Site Rio Traditional Owners Shipping Containers

4 years, 5 months ago

Rio Tinto didn't tell traditional owners there were options to save ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters

ABC

Rio Tinto has admitted it did not tell traditional owners there were four options for blasting at Juukan Gorge, three of which did not involve the destruction of highly significant ancient rock shelters. Key points: Rio Tinto says it did not tell traditional owners there were four options for the Brockman 4 mine The option presented, which involved destroying the …

Traditional Rock Owners Rio Jacques Traditional Owners Shelters

4 years, 7 months ago

Report reveals Rio Tinto knew the significance of 46,000-year-old rock caves six years before it blasted them

ABC

Mining giant Rio Tinto was alerted six years ago that at least one of the caves it blasted in Western Australia's Pilbara region last month was of "the highest archaeological significance in Australia". Key points: Reports on the site describe one of the caves as the "only one in the Pilbara to contain such aspects of material culture" Rio Tinto …

Rock Report Sites Rio Supplied Slack Traditional Owners

4 years, 7 months ago

Rio Tinto: Miner apologizes for blowing up 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site in Western Australia

CNN

Sydney CNN Business — Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologized after blowing up a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site with dynamite to expand an Australian iron ore mine. “We pay our respects to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura People,” Rio Tinto Iron Ore CEO Chris Salisbury said in a statement released Sunday. — Ken Wyatt May 29, 2020 But Puutu …

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