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The Australian owner of the company that holds the largest mining stake in the Ring of Fire has a controversial reputation for business dealings with Indigenous people back home. Canadian and Australian interests weigh in on whether Andrew Forrest's background may impact what happens here.
Fortescue Metals sorry for clearing land on Aboriginal sacred site
An autonomous haulage truck. Credit: Fortescue Metals Group.
Australian iron ore major
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has apologized to a local Aboriginal group for clearing land on a heritage site without representatives of the community being present while the work was done.
The iron ore miner had Western Australian’s government permission to clear land in the Weelamurra Creek area, on condition that members of the Wintawari Guruma people were present to perform salvage and cultural rites, Reuters reported.
Fortescue CEO Elizabeth Gaines attributed the incident to an “administrative error,” which led to land-clearing works earlier than scheduled on Feb. 1.
Fortescue apologizes for clearing land on Aboriginal sacred site
The Solomon Hub (pictured) comprises the Firetail and Kings Valley mines, which together have production capacity of about 70 million tonnes of iron ore a year. (
Australian iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has apologized to a local Aboriginal group for clearing land on a heritage site without representatives of the community being present while the work was done.
The iron ore miner had the Western Australian government’s permission to clear land in the Weelamurra Creek area, on the condition that members of the Wintawari Guruma people were present to perform salvage and cultural rites, Reuters reported.