Juukan Gorge inquiry puts Rio Tinto on notice, but without drastic reforms, it could happen again
- Written by Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAPOn the eve of Reconciliation Week this year, news broke that Rio Tinto had destroyed ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia to expand one of its 16 iron ore mines in the Pilbara.
The public was appalled to learn that a mining company could legally destroy such sacred Aboriginal heritage. Rio Tinto mishandled...
