Mining Monthly - Juukan-gorge

Juukan Gorge

Rio Tinto Iron Ore corporate counsel Chloe Piper, Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation board member Rhonda Parker, Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation independent board member Nolan Hunter, Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Liam Flanagan, Yinhawangka board member Jared Grabenhofer, Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation board member Gail Cox and Rio Tinto Iron Ore manager agreement making Eloise Hoffman.

Rio Tinto strikes modified agreement with the Yinhawangka people

The group also gets the right to raise concerns about country, the environment and cultural heritage

12 December 2025

Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto representatives signed the updated Native Title Agreement in Port Hedland on November 28.

Rio Tinto cuts gag clause from Karlka Nyiyaparli agreement

New agreement offers better outcomes for Pilbara TO group

02 December 2025

A cultural heritage practitioner conducting archaeological fieldwork.

TO training matters for Niche

Aim is to create a generation of cultural heritage professionals

20 August 2025

Rio Tinto and PKKP strike co-management deal

Formalise how they will engage on mine proposals affecting heritage in PKKP country

02 June 2025

Rio Tinto's decision to blow up Juukan Gorge in WA rapidly drew protests.

WA government has another crack at NT laws

State's Native Title and Aboriginal cultural heritage processes under review

30 May 2025

Rio Tinto's Jakob Stausholm to stand down

Succession plans in place as Rio Tinto looks for new boss

22 May 2025

L-R: PKKP lead excavation specialist Terry Hayes and Scarp Archaeology's Michael Slack and Liam Neill working at the excavation. Photo courtesy Scarp Archaeology and PKKP Aboriginal Corporation.

Re-excavation of Juukan-2 rock shelter uncovers more rare artefacts

Re-excavation of the remaining cultural deposit at Juukan 2 has been ongoing for about two years

17 April 2024

IGO backs Vella but questions remain

Ivan Vella still expected to take up IGO CEO role in December

17 November 2023

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