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May 27, 2020 · In the expansion of its iron ore mine in Western Pilbara, Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 – Aboriginal rock shelters dating back 46,000 years. These sites had deep historical and ...
Dec 9, 2020 · After the Juukan Gorge tragedy, Rio Tinto conducted an internal, board-led review of its heritage policies, but did not deliver meaningful recommendations on accountability and fell well short of ...
6 May 2021. AFP. Juukan Gorge cave site before and after mining works. Mining giant Rio Tinto has faced a shareholder revolt over a $10m (£7.2m) bonus for its outgoing boss. In a rare development ...
Dec 11, 2023 · The 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in WA’s Pilbara prior to their destruction by mining giant Rio Tinto in May 2020. AAP Image supplied by traditional owners, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) Aboriginal Corporation. In November 2020, distinguished academics in the department of Law Reform and Social Justice at the ...
Nov 24, 2022 · MELBOURNE, Australia-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto acknowledges the release of the Australian Federal Government’s response to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia’s report into the destruction of rock shelters in Juukan Gorge on the land of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) in the Pilbara Region of Western ...
Dec 10, 2020 · A four-month inquiry into the destruction of the 46,000-year-old sacred site has made clear this was a tragic failure of communication on all sides. The cultural heritage of Juukan Gorge was ...
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May 28, 2020 · Rio Tinto was acting within the law. In 2013, Rio Tinto was given ministerial consent to damage the Juukan Gorge caves. One year later, an archaeological dig unearthed incredible artefacts, such as a 4,000-year-old plait of human hair, and evidence that the site was much older than originally thought.
