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Keira Jenkins

Cultural landscape 'obliterated' at mine, court told

An Aboriginal corporation seeks compensation over "economic and cultural loss" due to mining. (Will Russell/AAP PHOTOS)

The Country where Fortescue Metals Group has dug up tonnes of iron ore will be returned to Traditional Owners as "large pits in the land", once mining operations have ceased, a court has been told.

The federal court is considering how much compensation Yindjibarndi native title holders could receive from Fortescue Metals Group, as closing submissions begin in the long-running legal dispute.

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