Fresh doubts have emerged over world number one miner BHP Billiton’s planned $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold-silver mine in South Australia.

See http://www.mining.com/report-raises-fresh-doubts-over-olympic-dam-as-bhp-freezes-hiring-54275/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-120729&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest.

There is huge resistance to the Olympic Dam mine expansion. See:

http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/07/a-lizard-seeks-revenge-on-bhp-billiton/

http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/07/aboriginal-elder-returns-to-court-to-block-bhp-billitons-olympic-dam-mine-expansion/

http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/04/bhp-billitons-uranium-mine-expansion-challenged-in-court/

http://londonminingnetwork.org/2012/03/minister-confident-bhp-will-approve-huge-olympic-dam-expansion/