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Rio Tinto apologises to traditional owners after blasting 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site
Mining giant detonated explosives at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia, destroying two ancient rock shelters
Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised to traditional owners in Western Australia’s north after destroying a significant Indigenous site dating back 46,000 years, saying it…
- The Guardian
- Australian Associated Press
Rio detonated explosives in a part of the Juukan Gorge last Sunday, destroying two ancient rock shelters, which has devastated the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and…
The mining giant was granted approval for work at the Brockman 4 iron ore project in 2013, but subsequent archaeological excavation revealed ancient…