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Rio Tinto yet to pay compensation over sacred site destruction

By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Mining giant Rio Tinto is yet to pay compensation to the Aboriginal group whose ancient rock shelters it destroyed for an iron ore mine in Western Australia last year, company officials told a parliamentary inquiry Friday. The incident last year destroyed the historically and culturally significant site at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region that showed evidence of human habitation 46,000 years ago into the last Ice Age. The destruction created public outrage that led to a dramatic overhaul of Rio s leadership and a review of the Australian laws that are supposed to protect significant sites of the world s oldest living culture. An interim report from a federal parliamentary inquiry in December said Rio should pay restitution to the Puuti Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) with the final report and recommendations due in coming months. The head of Rio s Australian operations, Kellie Parker, told the inquiry on Friday the company was committed ....

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