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Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson says he is accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access iron ore and he will not seek reelection as a board director next year
Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson is departing not because of the Juukan Gorge disaster itself, but for his handling of its aftermath.
Last modified on Wed 3 Mar 2021 10.01 EST Rio Tinto’s chairman will stand down amid an outcry over the miner’s destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site in Western Australia. Simon Thompson will leave Rio Tinto within the next year after accepting he was “ultimately accountable” for the company’s decision to blow up ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara. Rio Tinto blew up the rock shelters, which were highly significant to the area’s Aboriginal traditional owners, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura peoples, to help it access better-quality iron ore d...
Simon Thompson's decision not to stand for reelection to the board comes after a spate of top-level resignations following the incident in Australia.
Rio Tinto's chairman Simon Thompson to step down in latest shakeup following Indigenous cave destruction CNN 3/3/2021 By Laura He, CNN Business © Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images Simon Thompson will step down as chairman of Rio Tinto in 2022. Rio Tinto Chairman Simon Thompson is stepping down over the company's destruction of a 46,000-year-old, sacred Indigenous site in Australia, becoming the latest in a string of departures connected to the event. Thompson, who has chaired the company since 2018, has told Rio Tinto's board that he will not seek re-election in ...