<story><title>Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal caves (2020)</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52869502</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jermaustin1</author><text>is £75m even really that much money anymore? Why sacrifice a historic site for some rocks in the ground worth only £75m???</text></item><item><author>alex_c</author><text>Only thing that comes to mind is South Park&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;re sooorrry&amp;quot; clip.  This sentence in the Dec 2020 article says it all, doesn&amp;#x27;t it?&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;They were seen as one of Australia&amp;#x27;s most significant archaeological research sites, but they also had more than eight million tonnes of high-grade iron ore, with an estimated value of £75m (A$132m; $96m).&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Rio Tinto&amp;#x27;s official page on this is also worth a read.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.riotinto.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;inquiry-into-juukan-gorge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.riotinto.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;inquiry-into-juukan-gorge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fascinating where they choose to use passive vs active voice.&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;Our relationship with the PKKP people extends over more than 17 years&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;We are engaging with the PKKP people&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;In partnership with the PKKP people, we are focusing on understanding&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;We can re-establish a sense of place&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Contrast with:&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;The decision to destroy the rock shelters was taken nearly eight years ago&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;the site was reclassified as ‘cleared’ for mining&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;knowledge and awareness of the location and significance of the site was progressively lost&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;the Juukan 2 rock shelter is likely to be irreparably damaged&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>lupire</author><text>Article links to a 2013 article about a similar event.&lt;p&gt;Mining company blows stuff up, pays a small fee, and profits handsomely.&lt;p&gt;What would happen if someone blew up the mining company office due to a &amp;quot;paperwork oversight&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-asia-23527303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-asia-23527303&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dec 2020 update: RT ordered to rebuild the cave:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-australia-55250137.amp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-australia-55250137.amp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mar 2021 update: Execs fired, given golden parachutes.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-56261514.amp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-56261514.amp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;May 2021 update:
Shareholders vote 60%-40% to symbolic protest of golden parachutes&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amp.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;cnn&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;rio-tinto-shareholder-revolt&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amp.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;cnn&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;rio-tinto-shareh...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m impressed by the followup reporting. Usually it&amp;#x27;s hard to find updates on things.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Gys</author><text>Making your target, getting a bonus</text></comment>
<story><title>Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal caves (2020)</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52869502</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jermaustin1</author><text>is £75m even really that much money anymore? Why sacrifice a historic site for some rocks in the ground worth only £75m???</text></item><item><author>alex_c</author><text>Only thing that comes to mind is South Park&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;re sooorrry&amp;quot; clip.  This sentence in the Dec 2020 article says it all, doesn&amp;#x27;t it?&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;They were seen as one of Australia&amp;#x27;s most significant archaeological research sites, but they also had more than eight million tonnes of high-grade iron ore, with an estimated value of £75m (A$132m; $96m).&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Rio Tinto&amp;#x27;s official page on this is also worth a read.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.riotinto.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;inquiry-into-juukan-gorge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.riotinto.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;inquiry-into-juukan-gorge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fascinating where they choose to use passive vs active voice.&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;Our relationship with the PKKP people extends over more than 17 years&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;We are engaging with the PKKP people&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;In partnership with the PKKP people, we are focusing on understanding&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;We can re-establish a sense of place&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Contrast with:&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;The decision to destroy the rock shelters was taken nearly eight years ago&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;the site was reclassified as ‘cleared’ for mining&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;knowledge and awareness of the location and significance of the site was progressively lost&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;- &amp;quot;the Juukan 2 rock shelter is likely to be irreparably damaged&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>lupire</author><text>Article links to a 2013 article about a similar event.&lt;p&gt;Mining company blows stuff up, pays a small fee, and profits handsomely.&lt;p&gt;What would happen if someone blew up the mining company office due to a &amp;quot;paperwork oversight&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-asia-23527303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-asia-23527303&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dec 2020 update: RT ordered to rebuild the cave:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-australia-55250137.amp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-australia-55250137.amp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mar 2021 update: Execs fired, given golden parachutes.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-56261514.amp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-56261514.amp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;May 2021 update:
Shareholders vote 60%-40% to symbolic protest of golden parachutes&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amp.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;cnn&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;rio-tinto-shareholder-revolt&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amp.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;cnn&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;rio-tinto-shareh...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m impressed by the followup reporting. Usually it&amp;#x27;s hard to find updates on things.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>whymauri</author><text>My favorite part about bloodsucking corporations like this and Verizon&amp;#x2F;AT&amp;amp;T is that the actual stock value of these corporations has barely moved in the last two decades. I thought this kind of unfettered profiteering and capitalism would be good for long term value?&lt;p&gt;All this suffering and destruction to meekly underperform the stock market. Why do these executives have jobs?</text></comment>