Rio Tinto offers $4 million towards rebuilding flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing in WA's north, as payment for the painstaking search to find a tiny radioactive capsule it lost last month.
abc.net.au/news/rio-tinto-to-rebuild-fitzroy-crossing-for-capsule-search/102046570Mining company Rio Tinto will provide a mobile worker camp to help rebuild flood-damaged Fitzroy Crossing, in lieu of payment for the cost of the massive search for a missing radioactive capsule.
The radioactive capsule, measured here against a 10-cent coin, fell off the back of a truck south of Newman. Following discussions between Rio and Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson, it has been agreed that instead of a cash payment, Rio will provide accommodation for workers sent to the Kimberley to rebuild homes and infrastructure after January's devastating floods.
"We really want to support the efforts to rebuild the Kimberley following those devastating floods," he said.
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