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‘Astounding revelation’: Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge explosion could have been avoided – The New Daily
Rio Tinto revealed it could have expanded a mine in WA without harming a 46,000 year-old indigenous site – but it did not tell traditional land owners.
Irate investors are demanding answers after Rio Tinto revealed it could have mined the Juukan Gorge without destroying Indigenous rock shelters pre-dating the last Ice Age.
Traditional landowners were never told the company had alternatives to the blast, which destroyed the 46,000 year old rock shelters in June.
Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastian (JS) Jacques told a Parliamentary inquiry on Friday the company developed four different options to expand its Brockman 4 iron ore mine in Western Australi…
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