PoliticsFederalCorporate ethicsPrint articleCave blast damaged Rio Tinto's reputation: AFR readersLiz MainReporterJun 8, 2020 – 10.47amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThree-quarters of readers of The Australian Financial Review say Rio Tinto has damaged its reputation by destroying a sacred Indigenous site in Western Australia.A fortnightly poll revealed 74 per cent of readers believed the mining giant had damaged its reputation by legally detonating the Pilbara cave, which had been used by Aboriginal people for 46,000 years and was on the site of an iron ore mine.Loading...Liz Main is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review based in the Melbourne office. Connect with Liz on Twitter. Email Liz at liz.main@afr.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreCorporate ethicsRio TintoJosh FrydenbergBlack Lives MatterLatest In FederalFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineThis is the party you get invited to when you’re a top VC&A customerMatthew DrummondHow the billion-dollar wellness industry took over your holidayWhat rowing taught this CEO about team workBOSS Financial ReviewBy the time he was 37 this exec was running IBM in AustraliaSally Patten and Lap PhanWhy I quit advertising to set up a haircare company in my late 40sWhat happened when Domain learnt it spent $36m a year on meetingsLife & LeisureThe other white burgundy is stepping out of chardonnay’s shadowMax AllenForget tavernas – discover authentic Greek cuisine with the cool crowdHow to make the most of the south of France’s best artRich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success