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Rio Tinto blew up two 46,000-year-old caves in Australia, and now its CEO is being docked millions
MarketWatch ^
| 08/24/2020
| Steve Goldstein
Posted on 08/24/2020 4:49:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Rio Tinto on May 24 did what mining companies do — blast land to make it easier to access minerals. In doing so, however, Rio Tinto destroyed two 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia, despite being warned that the area was “one of the most archaeologically significant sites in Australia,” and having its own heritage team request a delay.
The report said Rio Tinto RIO, +0.47% RIO, +0.95% RIO, +0.18%produced three options to reach the iron ore without blasting the caves — and never shared these options with the PKKP. Jacques has previously testified picking one of the three other options would have cost the company $135 million, as it would not have been able to access 8 million metric tons of iron ore.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History
KEYWORDS: australia; caves; godsgravesglyphs; ironore; riotinto
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