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Rio Tinto sorry for blasting 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 01, 2020 | 9:00 am Education News Top Companies Australia Iron Ore 

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has apologized for accidentally blowing up a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site with dynamite while carrying out work to expand its iron ore operation in Australia’s Pilbara region. The world’s second-largest miner destroyed two ancient...

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