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Inquiry slams Rio Tinto’s slow contrition

Rio Tinto’s belated admissions and half-hearted apologies over the Juukan Gorge debacle have been condemned by a...

09th Dec. 2020 7:12 PM

Rio CEO steps down over cave destruction

The head of mining giant Rio Tinto will leave the company after the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old cave sacred to the...

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11th Sept. 2020 10:09 AM

The head of mining giant Rio Tinto will leave the company after the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old cave sacred to the indigenous people.

Juukan Gorge destruction inquiry delay ‘distressing’

Traditional owners say the delayed inquiry visit to the Juukan Gorge site, which was blasted by Rio Tinto, only further...

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10th Sept. 2020 7:09 PM

Traditional owners say the delayed inquiry visit to the Juukan Gorge site, which was blasted by Rio Tinto, only further deepens their “hurt and anguish”.

Rio Tinto injects $531 million into Gladstone economy

114 community organisations benefited from Rio Tinto’s Here for Gladstone program.

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31st July 2020 5:07 AM

QAL's Parsons Point refinery is 80 per-cent owned by Rio Tinto. Picture: Rodney Stevens

Shock as Rio writes down Aluminium assets by $472 million

Overall first-half profits dropped from $4.1 billion in 2019, to $3.3 billion, after tax.

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30th July 2020 5:07 AM

Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) is the second largest aluminium smelter in Australia. Supplied

No indigenous site should be harmed: Wyatt

No indigenous site should ever be damaged, government minister Ken Wyatt says, after Rio Tinto destroyed ancient West...

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08th June 2020 10:06 AM

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt

How mining giants have adapted to Covid-19 crisis

The measures taken by industry to protect workers and communities.

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27th April 2020 11:04 AM

At Anglo American, teams are adhering to social distancing guidelines. Pictured are workers at its Capcoal Open Cut mine. Picture: Anglo American

Region believed virus-free despite mining worker scare

The region is believed to be still coronavirus-free after a mining worker who visited the area two weeks ago tested...

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06th April 2020 8:04 AM

Cape Fear: Worker tests positive after mine visit

A RIO Tinto worker has tested positive for COVID-19 after flying out of Weipa sparking fresh calls for a total lockdown of...

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04th April 2020 8:04 PM

Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite facility in Weipa.

Rio Tinto refinery takes $800m hit

THE value of Rio Tinto Yarwun took an $800 million hit last year, owner Rio Tinto has confirmed, off the back of the...

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20th March 2020 9:03 AM

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