Insight - Rio Tinto’s weak response to cave blasts will trigger stronger reaction


The board of Rio cut the bonuses of three senior executives including chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques (pic) as part of the company’s review into the destruction of two historically significant caves in Western Australia state, against the wishes of the Aboriginal traditional owners.

RIO Tinto may have inadvertently triggered the law of unintended consequences with its blasting of an Aboriginal heritage site at one of its Australian iron ore mines, and the subsequent slap on the wrists for some senior executives.

The board of Rio cut the bonuses of three senior executives including chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques as part of the company’s review into the destruction of two historically significant caves in Western Australia state, against the wishes of the Aboriginal traditional owners.

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