Rio Tinto signs land use agreement with traditional leaders
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Mining giant Rio Tinto sealed a land-use partnership with the Yinhawangka traditional owners in the Pilbara, allowing for the expansion of its iron-ore operations.
The latest agreement followed five similar settlements reached with other traditional owners in 2011.
The Yinhawangka are custodians of about one-million hectares across the central Pilbara, taking in four existing iron-ore mines and several areas scheduled for future development, including Western Range, Turee Syncline, Western Turner Syncline section 17 and several deposits near West Angelas.
Rio Tinto president of Pilbara Operations Greg Lilleyman said these agreements would ensure that the Aboriginal people of the Pilbara obtained intergenerational wealth and positive social outcomes as Rio’s business grows.
“It will enable stability and business certainty for decades into the future, while helping to create a future for Aboriginal people where their future generations will enjoy a far greater opportunity for health and education and, therefore, better jobs and wealth creation,” he said.
The partnership includes agreeing to implement regional standards, which oblige participants to achieve specific and measurable aims across seven key areas of interest.
There were two agreements still under negotiation with Pilbara traditional owners. Once that process was completed, Rio’s entire sphere of operations across the Pilbara would be covered by consistent agreements that provide for decades of access, guardianship, mutual obligation and certainty, Lilleyman added.
Earlier this week, the Western Australian state government approved Rio’s $3-billion expansion plans for its iron-ore operations in the Pilbara, which would see production from the Nammuldi mine increase from eight-million tons a year to 23-million tons a year, and the construction of a 130 MW power station at Cape Lambert.
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