Rio Tinto Group Chairman Simon Thompson became the latest high-profile casualty of the company’s destruction of an ancient Aboriginal site, saying that he’s accountable for the failings that led to the incident.
The fallout from Rio’s actions at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara iron ore region of Western Australia last May has already led to the departure of former Chief Executive Officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques and other senior executives. Thompson had also come under investor pressure to step down.
