Mining firm Rio Tinto sorry for destroying Aboriginal caves
Image copyright AFP Image caption Juukan Gorge cave site: Rio Tinto got permission to expand its mining in 2013
Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised for blowing up 46,000-year-old Aboriginal caves in Western Australia dating back to the last Ice Age.
The Juukan Gorge caves, in the Pilbara region, were destroyed last Sunday as Rio Tinto expanded an iron ore project agreed with the authorities.
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