07-08-2020 17:25 via uk.finance.yahoo.com

Rio Tinto boss under pressure over Aboriginal cave destruction

The boss of mining firm Rio Tinto is under growing pressure to quit after his company blew up a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelter described as one of the most significant finds in Australian archaeological history. Jean-Sebastien Jacques has been condemned across the political spectrum for demolishing the prehistoric site so that Rio could access iron ore deposits worth £135m. The company had been warned in 2018 that the Juukan Gorge cave in Western Australia was a priceless part of
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