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Fortescue ordered to pay Yindjibarndi traditional owners $150m in record native title payout

Fortescue](https://www.theguardian.com/business/fortescue) has been ordered to pay $150m in compensation to traditional owners over cultural losses caused by the multibillion-dollar Solomon Hub iron ore mine – the largest compensation payout

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

compensation payout, saying it is “unsatisfactory” and will not cover the cultural and financial losses suffered since [Fortescue](https://www.theguardian.com/business/fortescue) began mining

Indigenous Australians win record A$150m after billionaire mined without permission

payout ever awarded in Australia, and concludes a protracted legal battle between the Yindjibarndi people and Andrew Forrest's mining company Fortescue. Since 2013, Fortescue's mines have generated tens of billions of dollars