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Rudi Maxwell

Value of minerals irrelevant to compensation, says FMG

Andrew Forrest's FMG hasn't paid a cent to Yindjibarndi people a cent since opening the Solomon hub. (Tony McDonough/AAP PHOTOS)

Should Fortescue Metals Group - the mining company founded by billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest - pay Yindjibarndi people millions of dollars or very little for digging up iron ore worth billions from their land?

That's the question being considered in the long-running native title battle in the Federal Court, which on Monday and Tuesday heard testimony from valuers on both sides.

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