FSUMF - Fortescue says sorry for clearing Aboriginal sacred site

Fortescue Metals (FSUMF) has apologized to an Aboriginal group for clearing land on a heritage site while failing to meet a government condition for representatives of the community to be present when the damage took place.The company had state government permission to clear the land in the Weelamurra Creek area registered as sacred to the Wintawari Guruma people, on condition that community elders were present to perform salvage and cultural rites, but CEO Elizabeth Gaines says an administrative error led to land clearing works earlier than scheduled on Feb. 1 in the absence of the representatives.Australian miners have been under pressure to show they have improved practices to manage important sites after Rio Tinto destroyed two sacred rock shelters for a mine expansion last year.

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Fortescue says sorry for clearing Aboriginal sacred site