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The blasts at the caves led to
condemnation and
affected Rio Tinto's
worldwide. The blasting took place against the wishes of the
owners of the site, the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people. They accused the mining
of a blatant disregard of their culture and traditions, purely in a quest for greater profits. They said: "We cannot and will not allow this type of
to occur ever again." The Rio Tinto chair offered an
. He said: "What happened at Juukan was wrong and we are determined to ensure that the destruction of a
site of such exceptional archaeological and cultural
never occurs again at a Rio Tinto
."
