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Posted: 2023-02-13 10:44:07

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) says it will hand over documents that detail more than 30 allegations of sexual harassment to the workplace safety watchdog, but will redact names to protect employee privacy.

WorkSafe last week charged the mining giant with 34 counts of refusing or failing to provide documents to an inspector amid an investigation into sexual harassment in the mining sector.

FMG defended its conduct at the time, saying it had been "working constructively" with WorkSafe for six months and did not believe there was a legal basis for the regulator to demand the information.

After the charges were laid, the company issued a statement on Thursday, saying it would "not be pushed into breaking the law or releasing the private information of our teammates without their knowledge and consent".

But the mining giant changed tack on Monday, saying the board had met to consider the charges.

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Fortescue Metals Group says it met with government officials at a "very senior level". (ABC News: James Carmody)

In a statement, FMG said it would now submit the requested documents to Worksafe but "with the names of our people redacted to protect their identities".

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