Ex Rio Tinto chief Walsh joins Aboriginal group's board

Sam Walsh, a former CEO of Rio Tinto, has joined the board of an Aboriginal group on whose traditional lands in Western Australia Rio Tinto and BHP Group have operations. The appointment announced by Banjima Native Title Aboriginal Corporation on Tuesday comes after a particularly fraught period in relations between traditional land owners and Australia's powerful mining companies. The outcry over Rio's destruction of the rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia state last year led to a national inquiry and a review of heritage agreements struck between miners and the traditional owners.