Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation

Mining agreements in the Pilbara have delivered large financial returns to selected Aboriginal groups.

Rio Tinto has bowed to shareholder pressure over the destruction of Juukan Gorge, announcing this morning that chief executive J-S Jacques and two other senior executives would lose their jobs.

Rio Tinto has changed the name of its new iron ore mine to Gudai-Darri after a request from Banjima elders, one small step in the miner’s efforts to rebuild trust with traditional owners.

BHP and traditional owners are investigating a rockfall at a heritage site near Mining Area C, although the cause is unclear.

Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh has joined one of WA’s largest Aboriginal corporations as an independent director.

Fortescue Metals Group has announced a high-level framework agreement with the Eastern Guruma people and flagged a $500 million mining joint venture but was light on details.

Aboriginal groups are vigorously opposed to government reform efforts, leaving challenges for industry.

A highly respected Indigenous elder, who built bridges between some of the world’s largest miners and traditional owners, has died.

The state government could be dragged to court by Pilbara traditional owners for failing to clean up Wittenoom’s mountains of deadly asbestos tailings.

Allegations of ‘black cladding’ are never far from the surface in the Indigenous business sector.

Rio Tinto has substantially reduced the scale of two major iron ore projects in the Pilbara to progress environmental approvals and gain backing from traditional owners.