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BHP bosses to front Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge blast hearings – Sydney Morning Herald
BHP will face a parliamentary inquiry launched in the wake of rival miner Rio Tinto’s destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters.
BHP on Wednesday said it had spoken with its Indigenous partners across its operations and had confirmed to them that it would not act on any of its existing approvals to impact heritage sites under the WA state heritage act until it had re-engaged with traditional owner groups. BHP, which like Rio also operates in the Pilbara region, has previously said it would pause plans to destroy up to 40 significant Aboriginal sites at its $4.5 billion South Flank project in order to re-consult with the B…
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