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Fortescue mining firm regrets Australia sacred site failure – BBC News
Fortescue apologises to an Aboriginal group for clearing a sacred site without its members present.
image captionFortescue is the world’s fourth largest iron ore mining company
An Australian mining firm says it regrets clearing a key Aboriginal site in the west of the country without following proper procedures.
Fortescue Metals Group was supposed to develop the land in the presence of community elders, who were to salvage artefacts and perform cultural rites.
But work to expand an iron ore mine went ahead without them due to what the firm called an “administrative error”.
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