The Latest Breaking News from Yindjibarndi

Yindjibarndi native title: Fortescue’s A$150.3m award faces three appeals

Native title compensation in Western Australia reached a record level when the Federal Court ordered Fortescue to pay the Yindjibarndi people A$150.3 million for mining their Pilbara country without agreement. The award, the largest in Australian history, covers cultural and economic loss at the Solomon Hub iron ore operation, which…

The Times of India · Oct 25

Indigenous community rejects $150 million mining payout

An Indigenous community has rejected $150 million in compensation from mining giant Fortescue for operating on their land without proper consent.

AAP · Jul 30

WA’s Yindjibarndi traditional owners consider appeal against Fortescue’s $150m record native title payout

Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation label federal court ruling against mining giant’s Solomon Hub iron ore operation ‘unsatisfactory’

The Guardian - AU · May 14

Elders giving evidence in Fortescue compensation case

The Federal Court is holding on-country hearings in the case that will decide how much compensation Fortescue must pay the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara.

AAP · Mar 7, 2023

Yindjibarndi people ask for landmark Fortescue Metals case to be heard on-country in remote WA

The compensation claim is linked to a long-running and bitter dispute between traditional owners and Australia's richest man.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022

Fortescue Metals could face paying traditional owners millions of dollars in native title compensation claim

The Yindjibarndi traditional owners won a landmark native title case in the Pilbara in 2020 in a David-and-Goliath battle with mining giant Fortescue Metals Group, however, negotiations over royalties for mining iron ore on their land fell through. Now they are launching legal action against FMG for compensation.

ABC News · May 24, 2022