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Stories We Missed in 2020: Rio Tinto’s Destruction of the Juukan Gorge Proved (Again) Nothing Is Sacred Except Profit Mining executives knew the spiritual value of the ancient Indigenous site – and they blew it up anyway On 24 May 2020, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the mining giant Rio Tinto blew up a 46,000-year-old sacred site: the Juukan Gorge rock shelters. The traditional owners of the land, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP), only learnt about the company’s intentions 11 days before the blast; they issued an urgent request to the Western Australian government to halt the destruction, but to no avail. Carol Meredith, the chief executive of PKKP Aboriginal Corporation has made clear that her people are ‘not anti-mining’ and have financially benefited from their relationship to mining companies. Yet, she explained to the ABC that their hands were tied: ‘If we were to proceed to seeking an emergency declaration, we w ....
Never Again. These words are used with boring, stage managed frequency by political and company figures who should know better. They title the interim report from the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia investigating the destruction of rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia by Rio Tinto. This act of spectacular cultural vandalism destroyed sites 46,000 years old. The company initially thought it was worth the bill: AU$135 million worth of iron ore. The efforts of Rio Tinto were given that more punch as they took place on the eve of Reconciliation Week on May 24. They were approved through existing mining laws long shaped by wily developers and land users. The company had previously boasted of its rapport with the local indigenous peoples, including the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP). But a bleak picture emerged. PKKP concerns, according to the company s statement, did not arise through the engagements that have taken place over many years und ....
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