Rio Tinto has damaged another Aboriginal site three years after the destruction of sacred rock shelters at Juukan Gorge.

The FTSE 100 firm has paused its mining activities at an iron ore mine in Western Australia after an Indigenous rock shelter was damaged. 

A rock and small tree were displaced from the registered cultural heritage site after a blast that occurred at the Nammuldi site last month.

It comes three years after the Anglo-Australian company was condemned for destroying rock shelters at Juukan Gorge.

Rio Tinto said it was working out what had happened with the Muntulgura Guruma people. 

Operations boss Simon Trott said drone footage suggested there was no structural damage to the shelter.

Aaron Rayner, of the Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation, said: ‘WGAC is disappointed by the report but is yet to establish the extent of the impact.

An Irishman has been arrested in Brussels after breaking off part of a statue outside the city’s Stock Exchange – which had just cost £15,000 to restore.

The building, known as the Bourse, was reopened just a day before the incident on Sunday, following a three-year £77million restoration project.

Shocking video shows the man, who appears to be drunk, climbing up the statue, which is called ‘the hand with a torch’ and is one of two which flank the entrance.

Astonished crowds watched as he clambered on to the sculpture, which depicts a lion and a man holding a torch.

As he goes to dismount the artwork, he grabs on to it to steady himself, snapping the torch and what appears to be part of the arm off as he jumps to the ground. 

The man is thought to have been intercepted by police in a nearby fast food restaurant soon after and arrested. 

The Stock Exchange now wants to recoup the thousands in damages directly from the man, Belgian media reports.

Nel Vandevennet, who managed the restoration project, told outlet VRT NWS: ‘The repairs are going to cost a lot of money because the work will have to be done by real craftsmen.

‘It is listed heritage and there will be follow-up from the monuments and landscapes agency of the Brussels region.’

Pictures show the erosion suffered by the stone statue before it was restored. Now, it will need to be worked on again. 

‘We would like to carry out the repairs quickly, but it will surely take a few weeks or even months,’ said Vandevennet.

‘The whole building has only just been restored to its former glory, including the two lions which were in a bad way. 

‘We thought the sculptures would enjoy greater respect. We just think it’s very sad this happened.’

The reopening of the landmark has been highly anticipated in the Belgian city, with guided tours being put on as tourists are welcomed back. 

It is not the only attraction to have suffered damage from tourists this summer, with Rome’s Colosseum targeted by a holidaymaker in June.

Ivan Dimitrov, 27, who also goes by the name Ivan Hawkins, was caught on camera by an American tourist as he carved the words, ‘Ivan and Hayley 23’ into the brickwork with a set of keys.

Then in July, a 17-year-old Swiss girl was also caught carving into the walls of the ancient amphitheatre.