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Articles on Rio Tinto
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WA Premier Roger Cook has apologised to the state for getting the rollout “wrong”, while rejecting suggestions he was under pressure from the federal government to drop it to remove a referendum impediment
Should the capsule not be found immediately, we can’t just write it off as lost. A long term system of monitoring is needed to protect humans and the environment.
Our prospects of a better, fairer future are inextricably linked with the minerals and metals beneath our feet. Is it time to make peace with the industry that extracts them?
If mining workplaces are anything to go by, the clean energy sector will have their work cut out for them to retain women in the workforce.
The A Way Forward report addresses the issues of cultural heritage protection in Australia after Rio Tinto destroyed Juukan Gorge. However, achieving change will be far from straightforward.
Local communities near lithium deposits shouldn’t become zones of sacrifice, shouldering the socio-environmental costs of supporting a renewable energy transition.
For Indigenous people, Country is more than a landscape. But climate change, and the natural disasters it produces, present a clear and present threat to Country, culture and heritage.
The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What’s needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities.
Businesses have long been a big part of the climate problem. They shouldn’t scale back environmental initiatives when it all feels too hard.
The destruction of one ancient rock shelter is devastating. But there’s a greater loss to cultural heritage that is occurring from the ‘cumulative impacts’ of mining operations in WA.
Rio Tinto’s own staff wanted the blast stopped.
For far too long, mining companies have let their social and cultural heritage commitments slide. The inquiry report should be a wake-up call for the industry.
Heritage is non-renewable — just like the mineral wealth of this country.
This mine has destroyed thousands of lives and livelihoods in Bougainville, an island in Papua New Guinea. It’s time Rio Tinto cleaned up its mess.
The way Rio was set up explains a lot about how it came destroy 46,000 years of Indigenous heritage.
There are many possible outcomes from the closure of the smelter – just don’t expect lower electricity prices to be one of them.
There are many questions about the inquiry into the destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site, including how it will be conducted, what will be publicly disclosed and who will be protected.
The destruction of the 46,000 year old site Juukan Gorge forces us to confront archaeology and history in Australia.
It’s a devastating loss, but the destruction of a culturally significant Aboriginal site is not an isolated incident. Rio Tinto was acting within the law.
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Andrew Hopkins is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Manager, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate professor Head of Management Discipline Group UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
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Research Director, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University, RMIT University
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Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
