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Rio Tinto facing massive backlash over executive pay rises despite Juukan Gorge disaster – NEWS.com.au
Rio Tinto facing massive backlash over executive pay rises despite Juukan Gorge disaster
Two mining heavyweights have scored massive pay rises in the wake of one of the biggest scandals to hit their company.Last year, Rio Tinto sparked widespread fury after the company destroyed the sacred Juukan Gorge caves in WA’s Pilbara region.
The mining giant’s decision to blast the 46,000-year-old Indigenous site to boost access to iron ore deposits was slammed by Labor senator Pat Dodson as one of the worst avoidable disasters “that has ever happened in our country” during a parliamentary inquiry…
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