Aboriginal group seeks $1.1 billion from Western Australia over mining damage: Video

FILE PHOTO: A giant excavator loads a mining truck at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Sheila Valley, around 400 km south of Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 2, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray/File photo
FILE PHOTO: A giant excavator loads a mining truck at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Sheila Valley, around 400 km south of Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 2, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray/File photo
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An Aboriginal group is demanding A$1.8 billion ($1.1 billion) in compensation from Western Australia, alleging the state permitted Fortescue to mine iron ore without a land use agreement. The Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation (YNAC) claims operations at the Solomon mining hub have harmed their land and community, according to court filings on Wednesday, February 19.

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