comment: >
  
  They said they're sorry, it's all good.
context: I love how they just threw in the last sentence “in 2020 the firm took credit for destroying a 46,000 year old aboriginal site”
  Like wtf >
  
  They are proud of it. Tbh it's not an easy feat. >
  
  New record! >
  
  Stay 5 metres away from a cube smaller than the average dice "when seen" >
  
  Sorry they did it, or sorry it's been in the news so much? >
  
  Sorry not sorry. >
  
  Is there anything in Australia Rio Tinto won't screw up? >
  
  I mean, "The company's name comes from the Rio Tinto in south-western Spain, which has flowed red since mining began there about 5,000 years ago, due to acid mine drainage." >
  
  It's like naming your factory farm "Shit Pond" >
  
  They are more sorry about the pellet than the irreplaceable 50,000 year old cave paintings. >
  
  Well they have to buy another pellet you know. >
  
  "Did I do that!?"   -Tinto Urkel >
  
  That’s why pencils have erasers, Rio Tinto! No biggie… just don’t let it happen again! :D >
  
  A heart-felt apology is enough, right? >
  
  The emus have it! They're enriching it for the next war. >
  
  Clear advantage, the kangaroo faction has no chance. >
  
  It's not the emus that you need to casso-worry about. >
  
  Oh, I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere.  Eventually. >
  
  Yeah, the half life isn't that much, as long as it doesn't half someone's life I guess. >
  
  Dangerously radioactive for the next 300 years is not exactly a short time >
  
  Fly those drones with Geiger counter devices in them. Or those planes. I say they find it in less than 45 days from today. Do you like the over or under? >
  
  Do you really think they will bother to look for it? >
  
  Depends how much of a clue they have. >
  
  True. Or maybe also how much the media covers it putting pressure on them. If they care at all, that is. >
  
  It was such a crackup to see that little vial. >
  
  Because of Rio Tinto, we have to endure that dork posting pictures of magnets and a hand every day. The guy doesn't even use magnets that match the visual description of the missing capsule. >
  
  Lol I was looking for this comment!   Now it makes sense.   😅 >
  
  Don’t the Australian have a bird that likes to decorate its nests with small shiny things???? >
  
  Bowerbirds are one species that I know of. >
  
  So they have managed to find and recover the source, but all the stories I have read a severely lacking in details.  
  
  
  Huge number of regulations surround transporting source around in any developed nation, so how was it shipped in such a manner that bolts failed releasing the isotope?
  
  
  How was it not noticed for 1400kms? I get it, shit happens, but there’s been no real disclosure of what/where things went wrong.
  
  
  Your average yobbo doesn’t just take his screwdriver out and remove the source from a nuclear gauge so it’s easier to ship around.  So either someone who knew better violated a metric shit ton of regulations, or you had something that was so badly damaged that it fell apart during transport. If it was that badly damaged to begin with, other agencies should have been involved before it even was transported.
  
  
  So, looking forward for some legitimate explanations from rio tinto/ whatever letter salad looks after Aussie nuke regulations.
  Source.  Was a yobbo who had to drive around with and use nuclear tools once in a while.  Just enough training to know I wasn’t supposed to dig the little spicy nuggets out of them. >
  
  One of the employees took it. Maybe to get revenge on someone.  There must be some kind of lead container this is kept in between uses.  It didn't just fall off the back of the truck, itself.  It's either where they last used it, or it's under an ex-wife's bed frame. >
  
  You've missed your calling in life. You could be making bank writing one off episodes for detective shows that get cancelled after one season. >
  
  Can someone please add the gif of the South Park people saying sorry while rubbing their nipples? >
  
  yeah cool, def don't hold them accountable or anything >
  
  Even when they aren’t ripping up the earth, mining companies just keep being dirty lol >
  
  They said they're sorry, it's all good. >
  
  Rio Tinto might be even more of an evil, soulless assembly of abject corporate shitbags than DuPont… >
  
  Why does a mining firm need this stuff? >
  
  You know how x-rays help doctors see inside you? Same idea, but with the rock. >
  
  Ah ok thanks >
  
  "We are sooooooo sowwy." >
  
  I love how they just threw in the last sentence “in 2020 the firm took credit for destroying a 46,000 year old aboriginal site”
  Like wtf >
  
  They are proud of it. Tbh it's not an easy feat. >
  
  New record! >
  
  Stay 5 metres away from a cube smaller than the average dice "when seen" >
  
  Sorry they did it, or sorry it's been in the news so much? >
  
  Sorry not sorry. >
  
  Is there anything in Australia Rio Tinto won't screw up? >
  
  I mean, "The company's name comes from the Rio Tinto in south-western Spain, which has flowed red since mining began there about 5,000 years ago, due to acid mine drainage." >
  
  It's like naming your factory farm "Shit Pond" >
  
  They are more sorry about the pellet than the irreplaceable 50,000 year old cave paintings. >
  
  Well they have to buy another pellet you know. >
  
  "Did I do that!?"   -Tinto Urkel >
  
  That’s why pencils have erasers, Rio Tinto! No biggie… just don’t let it happen again! :D >
  
  A heart-felt apology is enough, right? >
  
  The emus have it! They're enriching it for the next war. >
  
  Clear advantage, the kangaroo faction has no chance. >
  
  It's not the emus that you need to casso-worry about. >
  
  Oh, I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere.  Eventually. >
  
  Yeah, the half life isn't that much, as long as it doesn't half someone's life I guess. >
  
  Dangerously radioactive for the next 300 years is not exactly a short time >
  
  Fly those drones with Geiger counter devices in them. Or those planes. I say they find it in less than 45 days from today. Do you like the over or under? >
  
  Do you really think they will bother to look for it? >
  
  Depends how much of a clue they have. >
  
  True. Or maybe also how much the media covers it putting pressure on them. If they care at all, that is. >
  
  It was such a crackup to see that little vial. >
  
  Because of Rio Tinto, we have to endure that dork posting pictures of magnets and a hand every day. The guy doesn't even use magnets that match the visual description of the missing capsule. >
  
  Lol I was looking for this comment!   Now it makes sense.   😅 >
  
  Don’t the Australian have a bird that likes to decorate its nests with small shiny things???? >
  
  Bowerbirds are one species that I know of. >
  
  So they have managed to find and recover the source, but all the stories I have read a severely lacking in details.  
  
  
  Huge number of regulations surround transporting source around in any developed nation, so how was it shipped in such a manner that bolts failed releasing the isotope?
  
  
  How was it not noticed for 1400kms? I get it, shit happens, but there’s been no real disclosure of what/where things went wrong.
  
  
  Your average yobbo doesn’t just take his screwdriver out and remove the source from a nuclear gauge so it’s easier to ship around.  So either someone who knew better violated a metric shit ton of regulations, or you had something that was so badly damaged that it fell apart during transport. If it was that badly damaged to begin with, other agencies should have been involved before it even was transported.
  
  
  So, looking forward for some legitimate explanations from rio tinto/ whatever letter salad looks after Aussie nuke regulations.
  Source.  Was a yobbo who had to drive around with and use nuclear tools once in a while.  Just enough training to know I wasn’t supposed to dig the little spicy nuggets out of them. >
  
  One of the employees took it. Maybe to get revenge on someone.  There must be some kind of lead container this is kept in between uses.  It didn't just fall off the back of the truck, itself.  It's either where they last used it, or it's under an ex-wife's bed frame. >
  
  You've missed your calling in life. You could be making bank writing one off episodes for detective shows that get cancelled after one season. >
  
  Can someone please add the gif of the South Park people saying sorry while rubbing their nipples? >
  
  yeah cool, def don't hold them accountable or anything >
  
  Even when they aren’t ripping up the earth, mining companies just keep being dirty lol