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Battle for Oak Flat: How Apache opposition to a copper mine became a religious liberty test
1 year, 6 months ago

Battle for Oak Flat: How Apache opposition to a copper mine became a religious liberty test

LA Times  

On a recent morning about an hour outside Phoenix, the pounding of tribal drums reverberated across the desert from a stand of oaks in the Tonto National Forest, where nearly 20 men had packed into a squat green sweat lodge to pray. We’re fighting Rio Tinto,” Nosie said, referring to the multinational mining company that wants to excavate the surrounding …

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Rio Tinto is accused of short-changing Australian aboriginal land owners by £200m
3 years, 5 months ago

Rio Tinto is accused of short-changing Australian aboriginal land owners by £200m

Daily Mail  

Rio Tinto has been accused of short-changing the traditional owners of an iron ore mine in Western Australia – to the tune of £200 million. Backlash: The Yandicoogina mine in Western Australia Relations have soured since July last year when Rio was scrambling to make amends with traditional landowners following the Juukan Gorge scandal. The sums at stake are insignificant …

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

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Rio Tinto and BHP battle Apache tribes to build North America's biggest copper mine at sacred Oak Flat site
3 years, 11 months ago

Rio Tinto and BHP battle Apache tribes to build North America's biggest copper mine at sacred Oak Flat site

ABC  

"This place is very holy and religious to us." But earlier this month, in the dying days of the Trump administration, the US Government handed over Oak Flat to two of the world's biggest mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP. Rio's plan to press ahead with the Resolution Copper mine comes after chairman Simon Thompson pledged the company would "never …

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Op-Ed: Trump is making a last-minute push to turn a sacred Arizona oasis into a copper pit
4 years ago

Op-Ed: Trump is making a last-minute push to turn a sacred Arizona oasis into a copper pit

LA Times  

In the spring of 2018, a team of observers trained to catalog native historical sites in the Tonto National Forest visited an area of springs near Oak Flat, about 60 miles east of Phoenix. Rio Tinto spent years lobbying Congress for a bill that would give Oak Flat to them as private land, a maneuver that would circumvent Eisenhower’s mineral …

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Rio Tinto should pay compensation for Juukan Gorge caves blast, inquiry recommends
4 years, 1 month ago

Rio Tinto should pay compensation for Juukan Gorge caves blast, inquiry recommends

ABC  

Mining giant Rio Tinto should pay compensation to traditional owners for destroying the sacred Juukan Gorge caves, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended. Key points: A parliamentary inquiry report says Rio Tinto's role in the destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves is "inexcusable" The inquiry recommends the mining giant compensate traditional owners for the loss of the sacred site and commit …

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BHP halts destruction of 40 sacred Aboriginal sites amid outcry over Rio Tinto blasting of Juukan caves
4 years, 7 months ago

BHP halts destruction of 40 sacred Aboriginal sites amid outcry over Rio Tinto blasting of Juukan caves

ABC  

Mining giant BHP has announced it will place on hold plans to destroy dozens of sacred sites in WA as part of a major mine operation, following a national backlash over Rio Tinto's blasting of sacred sites in Western Australia's Pilbara. Key points: BHP applied for approval to destroy up to 40 heritage sites The firm today said it would …

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