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Rio Tinto CEO, top executives resign amid cave blast crisis – Sydney Morning Herald
Rio Tinto’s CEO and two senior executives will be replaced after an investor revolt forced the board to escalate its response to the Aboriginal cave blast crisis.
The blast was legally sanctioned for the expansion of Rio’s Brockman 4 iron ore mine, but it went against the wishes of the land’s traditional owners, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) people, who said they were shocked and left devastated.
Although Rio Tinto claimed it believed it had the PKKP’s consent until it was too late to stop the blast safely, the miner has issued public apologies and has acknowledged multiple failures in its communication with the traditional owners that coul…
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